UK Civil Aviation Authority’s Video “Posting Lithium Batteries in the Mail” is very useful for us to know the basic dangers of sending equipment containing lithium batteries (ECLB) by post.
Always check with your postal service before sending lithium batteries by post.
Read more about Lithium Batteries from Universal Postal Union
This short survey is looking for feed back from shippers, forwarders, shipping lines and others in maritime transport industry for their concerns on various types of batteries in transport.
The result and questions raised will be used to publish a comprehensive article explaining regulatory aspects of transporting batteries by sea
Click here to start 3 questions survey
Watch video from Metal Conversion Technologies, Cartersville, U.S.A
Below quoted from iNews880AM
The U.S. Postal Service is banning international shipments of electronics with lithium batteries such as smartphones, laptops and iPads, citing the risk of fire.
Beginning Wednesday, consumers may no longer make the shipments, including to army and diplomatic post offices. That means friends and family will have to use more expensive private companies such as UPS and FedEx to ship electronics to U.S. troops based abroad.
The Postal Service cited discussion by the International Civil Aviation Organization and the Universal Postal Union. They issue semi-binding guidelines for global trade.
Officials expect that U.S. consumers can resume shipments in most cases after Jan. 1, once the agency develops a new policy “consistent with international standards.”
Lithium batteries are believed to have caused at least two fires on cargo planes since 2006. (The Associated Press, twd)
http://www.inews880.com/Channels/Reg/CyberCorner/Story.aspx?ID=1703077
Lighters with flammable gas is assigned with UN Number 1057 under class 2.1.
IMDG Code specifies that a lighter must not have gas volume larger than 10 g of liquefied petroleum gas. The danger of flammable gas filled lighters is potential leakage of gas which will produce a flammable atmosphere in a shipping container.
These days in market we can buy “Torch” cigarette lighters; these are lighters with a small LED and two or three lithium metal batteries to provide power. Lithium metal batteries have gained notorious name to it due to its involvement in numerous accidents of which certain accidents resulted in total loss of aircraft and lives on board.
How safe are these “Torch” cigarette lighters or how dangerous are these “Torch” cigarette lighters more than other lighters?
United Kingdom raised the issue of “Torch” cigarette lighters in the fortieth session of Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, hopefully by forty-first session we should have some guidance on transport of “Torch” cigarette lighters as cargo or guidance for carriage by air passengers.
Below photos of “Torch” cigarette lighter
IMDG Code Compliance Centre 