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It’s now 2021, and there is a new IATA DGR 62nd Edition and Addendum. If shipping COVID-19 vaccines, lithium batteries, radioactive...

Elton Woodfine January 13, 2021

For those of us who are the geeks and nerds of the dangerous goods world, we know and understand what...

Racheal Mani January 11, 2021

With the COVID-19 vaccine rolling out around the world, IATA has released an updated guidance document (December 16, 2020) that...

Elton Woodfine January 08, 2021

Transport Canada has provided an update on the Temporary Use Permits that were issued at the start of the pandemic.  ...

Racheal Mani January 05, 2021

This post was originally published in August 2015 and has been updated in December 2020 for accuracy. Like most regulations...

Barbara Foster December 21, 2020

As dangerous goods experts, it is our responsibility to keep our employees safe and our community safe by offering dangerous...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP December 17, 2020

This post was originally published in July 2017 and has been updated in November 2020 for accuracy. Consumer Products It...

Barbara Foster November 13, 2020

This post was originally published in February 2016 and has been updated in November 2020 for accuracy. One of the...

Barbara Foster November 10, 2020

This post was originally published in December 2016 and has been updated in November 2020 for accuracy. When we think...

Michael Zendano November 06, 2020

This post was originally published in November 2020 and has been updated in April 2022 for accuracy. Shipping hazardous materials...

April 29, 2022

With the year coming to a close in a few months, many will be celebrating putting 2020 behind us once...

Michael Zendano October 30, 2020

COVID-19 has definitely pushed industries and our government to be creative, to meet the necessary demand for alcohol-based hand sanitizers,...

Elton Woodfine October 26, 2020

The frozen grip of winter has arrived, and we are beginning to hunker down and turn on our furnace /...

Elton Woodfine December 07, 2020

There’s a new idea in dangerous goods training that’s getting a lot of attention these days – Competency-Based Training. It’s...

Barbara Foster December 03, 2020

This post was originally published in November 2019 and has been updated in December 2020 for accuracy. Every few days...

Paula Reavis December 02, 2020

In the words of Winston Churchill, “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” Although we...

Michael Zendano November 26, 2020

A while back I wrote a blog about the benefits of variation packaging. For those interested in 4GV packaging, oftentimes...

Michael Zendano November 23, 2020

This post was originally published in June 2018 and has been updated in November 2020 for accuracy. Can you ship...

Racheal Mani November 16, 2020