TPO: Banned From Your Nails, Marked as a Marine Pollutant
TPO's phase-out from UK gel nail products traces back to a single GHS/CLP reclassification. The same molecule also carries its…
Book It Right and Pack It Tight: The Free IMDG Guide Every DG Stakeholder Should Read
A plain-language breakdown of who owes what duty under the IMDG Code, and why "Book It Right and Pack It…
Radioactive Cargo by Sea: When IMDG Compliance Is Not Enough
When a charterer offers radioactive cargo, IMDG compliance is only half the question. The half that determines whether your P&I…
The Making of the IMDG Code: A History of Maritime Dangerous Goods Regulation
A practitioner's history of how fragmented, voluntary rules for shipping hazardous cargo became today's mandatory global framework — SOLAS Chapter…
The Reverse Battery Problem: Shipping Spent Electric Vehicle Modules Under IMDG Code and Basel Convention
Getting the IMDG classification right on a spent EV battery module is only half the compliance picture. The other half…
Battery Management Systems: The Engineering Layer Behind Lithium Battery Safety at Sea
A battery management system is the first line of defence against lithium battery fires at sea. Here's what a BMS…
From Bedroom to Bulk Carrier: What Lithium Battery Fires Are Really Teaching Us
Thermal runaway in lithium-ion batteries has killed people from a London bedroom to a Pacific cargo ship. This fact-checked article…
Fumigated Cargo Transport Units at Sea: IMDG 5.5.2, UN 3359 and the Ventilated/Non-Ventilated Divide
Following on from our ISPM 15 wood packaging article — what happens once the container itself, not just the pallet…
The Ethanol Blending Conundrum in India: Separating Social Media Myths from Dangerous Goods Reality
E20 ethanol-blended petrol has changed more than mileage. It has reclassified India's fuel from UN 1203 to UN 3475 —…
IMDG Code 42-24
LITHIUM ION BATTERIES
LITHIUM ION BATTERIES CONTAINED IN EQUIPMENT or LITHIUM ION BATTERIES PACKED WITH EQUIPMENT (including lithium ion polymer batteries)
Understanding Proper Shipping Names for Lithium Ion Batteries
Why three proper shipping names — and why it matters Lithium ion batteries appear in...