UN numbers – Recommendations for the Transport of Dangerous Goods
On land, at sea and in the air – before you can start transporting dangerous goods, the substances must generally be assigned to different, world-wide standardized and universal categories of hazardous materials. Each category contains a four-figure UN number. They fulfill the role of a code number and describe the chemical composition or the type of transported goods. They relate not only to the chemical combinations but also to hazardous materials groups with a similar risk potential. You can find the UN number in the lower area of the orange warning signs. In the upper half there is the Hazard Identification Number that indicates dangers relating to the transportation of hazardous goods.
Propper Shipping Names – Phrases with Many Variants
Each UN number is assigned to an appropriate phrase, the so called “Propper Shipping Name“. The short version of it, which you can find in the carrier transport table and that is clearly recognizable by capitalization and bold print, must always be contained in the transport documents. There are often additional explanations that help to select the appropriate table entry. However, because of deviating data the descriptions mayvary throughout the transport modes. In case of UN numbers with several variations regarding the propper shipping names the explanation can not (oronly incomplete) cover all variants. Qualisys takes this into consideration: If necessary, you will receive all variations in form of an executive summary including adapted descriptions that preservethe original meaning.Because different Propper Shipping Names translations still have to be adjusted into another languages, we will modify the relevant variants accurately. This helps you to eliminate technical special cases regarding your software and tackle the user‘s structural problems.