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Road Transport of Dangerous Goods: Responsibilities of Loaders
In the previous articles, we have discussed the responsibilities and obligations of consignors and carriers, the two significant roles in the road transport of dangerous goods. However, besides the two roles mentioned above, another role is emphasized in the Measures for Safety Administration of Road Transport of Dangerous Goods [1], namely, the loaders.
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Road Transport of Dangerous Goods: Responsibilities of Consignors
Consignors play a crucial role in ensuring safe road transport of dangerous goods. They refer to businesses or any other units which entrust a transport company to transport goods. Thus they are usually owners of goods, including businesses engaging in the manufacture, operations, or even transport of goods. It should be noted that a transport company is not necessarily a carrier: if it subcontracts goods to subcontractors, it will become a consignor.
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Road Transport of Dangerous Goods: Responsibilities of Carriers
The carrier is the enterprise performing the actual carriage of dangerous goods by vehicle. The new Measures for Safety Administration of Road Transport of Dangerous Goods and the revised Provisions on the Administration of the Road Transport of Dangerous Goods have detailed the responsibilities of carriers in the road transport of dangerous goods. ChemLinked has teased out significant highlights in the Measures and the Provisions, as shown below.
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Exemptions in Special Provisions for Road Transport of Dangerous Goods
According to Article 10 of the Measures for the Safety Administration of Road Transport of Dangerous Goods, the consignor shall make sure the class and division, product name and identification number of the dangerous goods per the Regulations concerning Road Transportation of Dangerous Goods (JT/T 617) and abide by relevant special provisions.
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Road Transport of Dangerous Goods Packed in LQ
The transport of dangerous goods with low hazards and in small quantities, such as aerosols and disinfectants, has always been a topic of heated discussion in the industry. If such goods can be transported using reliable and durable packages or following certain conditions, they will pose much fewer dangers.
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China Revises Provisions on the Administration of the Road Transport of Dangerous Goods
On December 24, 2019, the Chinese Ministry of Transport (MOT) published a notice [1], announcing revisions to 13 ministerial orders and documents. One of them is the Provisions on the Administration of the Road Transport of Dangerous Goods [2], which was initially issued in 2013 and revised once in 2016.
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Road Transport of Dangerous Goods Packed in EQ
In the Measures for Safety Administration of Road Transport of Dangerous Goods (ChemLinked Translation), the authorities state that dangerous goods packed in excepted quantities (EQ) in line with relevant requirements (the number of packages on a transport vehicle ≤ 1,000) “can be transported as general goods." The new rule is certainly encouraging for businesses in the dangerous goods industry. Below are several frequently asked questions concerning EQ stipulated in the Measures as well as the Regulations Concerning Road Transportation of Dangerous Goods (JT/T617; ChemLinked Translation).
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China Officially Unveils Measures for Safety Administration of Road Transport of Dangerous Goods
On November 25, 2019, the Chinese Ministry of Transport (MOT), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Ministry of Public Security (MPS), Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) and State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) jointly released the long-awaited official version of the Measures for Safety Administration of Road Transport of Dangerous Goods [1].
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Exemption Criteria under China Road Transport of Dangerous Goods Regulations - JT/T617-2018： Limited Quantity and Excepted Quantity
Dangerous goods packed in limited quantity and excepted quantity refer to dangerous goods exempted from certain transport requirements as attained by decreasing/ eliminating the transport risks through a reduction in transported quantity/volume, and adherence to special packaging and marking stipulations.
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