Carrier requirements

UPS transports hazardous materials only within and between the 50 United States and Puerto Rico. UPS does not accept hazardous materials at UPS Letter Centers, UPS Customer Counters, commercial counters, or as infrequent (one-time) pickups. Approved customers with a signed agreement certifying their compliance with 49 CFR and all additional UPS requirements will have a daily pickup.

It is a shipper's responsibility to determine if a package contains a hazardous material and to properly classify, label, mark, and package it in accordance with government regulations. It is also the shipper's responsibility to ensure that all of their hazardous materials employees (as defined in 49 CFR) are properly trained, tested, and certified as specified in the regulations. For each hazardous materials package requiring shipping papers under 49 CFR Section 172.200, an additional charge, as stated on the current rate chart, will be assessed. Contact your UPS Account Executive for additional information. Hazardous Materials cannot be shipped via UPS hundredweight Service® or UPS international services.

Inaccessible Dangerous Goods may be shipped by way of most FedEx Express services (not acceptable for FedEx SameDay, and FedEx First Overnight accepts dry ice only).

These restrictions apply to dangerous goods irrespective of the FedEx service being used.

•	FedEx drop boxes cannot be used for dangerous goods.

•	FedEx mail slots cannot be used for dangerous goods.

•	Most World Service Centers do not accept Dangerous Goods shipments.

A hazardous material handling fee of $18.00 per shipment will be assessed to any shipment containing commodities that are classified as hazardous by the Department of Transportation and published in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 49.

DHL is an established carrier of Dangerous Goods and it is DHL's longer term vision to provide a full dangerous goods service on all products within DHL.

As a Leading Transportation & Logistics Company DHL adheres the following regulations:

•	IATA for air transport, applicable within all countries which work under the ICAO regulations and any airline under the IATA regulations

•	ADR for road transport, applicable within all countries that have adopted the ADR convention in their legislation and additionally within Europe the EU directives concerning the transport of Dangerous Goods (Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor)