Skip to content
Dangerous Goods by AirConsulting
Call

Dangerous goods procedures for designated postal operators

Mail is the hardest stream to control: millions of items, lodged by the public, with dangerous goods hidden in a fraction of them. David worked on this problem for two decades at IATA, where the provisions for dangerous goods in mail sit alongside the cargo rules, and builds the procedures that let a designated postal operator carry what is permitted and keep out what is not.

Request a consultationCall 0422 518 704
Parcels moving through a sorting facility

Where it usually goes wrong

  • Undeclared dangerous goods, especially lithium batteries, entering the mail stream
  • Procedures required by the ICAO Technical Instructions before permitted dangerous goods can be carried in mail
  • Airline acceptance of mail dispatches that depends on documented controls

What the work includes

Each engagement is scoped to what you need; these are the components David draws on.

Procedures to control the introduction of dangerous goods into mail
Counter and lodgement controls, customer declarations, screening and detection approaches, staff awareness material and the records that show the controls operate.
Procedures for the carriage of permitted dangerous goods in mail
The ICAO Technical Instructions allow a narrow set of items in mail, including lithium batteries contained in equipment, under conditions. David writes the procedures and approval submissions that make that carriage lawful.

What you end up with

Mail dispatches that airlines will accept, and a documented control framework that satisfies the civil aviation authority and the postal regulator.

Related services