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ROGER KAGAN
September 21, 2015 at 10:17 amThe Lithium discovery is what Dangerous Goods safety Advisers Ltd have been saying for many years with no or little attention being paid by many Competent Authorities in the UK Europe and elsewhere , added to which IATA considers its training to be adequate for airfreight and does not ever address the Road,Rail, Sea or barge regimes which exist worldwide and where Lithium batteries are carried they generally arrive at an Airport by these regimes
DON’T THEY?
When IATA training and other training does not encompass the whole picture, and the online training especially, no matter how cheap, what do you expect from a Shipper whose sole reasoning is to get something shipped as cheaply as possible. Doesn’t anyone look at the Company which is trying to ship(consignor) as opposed to forwarders and agents. As for non manufacturers (traders) they invariably never train from my personal experience.Come down the mountain without the tablets of stone into reality, experience can teach all those in multi-modal freight to recognise the trickier elements of staying safe.