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jonbxx · 20-12-2012, 08:10

Transport regulations are a 'mare. These regulations have been in place for some time now, I'm surprised they haven't been enforced before to be honest.

There are some strange variations in shipping regulations. The company I work for ships materials in 20% ethanol which is regarded safe by IATA. If you were to ship in 20% methanol, that would be an explosive hazard. It's down to lobbying from the wine industry that less than 24% ethanol is regarded as 'safe' to ship by air. Don't even get me started on WEE regulations - if we wanted to strip equipment we take back for parts and ship those parts to Sweden where our factory is, the amount of paperwork just wouldn't be worth it.

20-12-2012, 08:10	#15
jonbxx cf.mega poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: #Plagueisland Age: 55 Services: VM VIP Pack Posts: 1,712	Re: Royal Mail bans ALL lithium batteries Transport regulations are a 'mare. These regulations have been in place for some time now, I'm surprised they haven't been enforced before to be honest. There are some strange variations in shipping regulations. The company I work for ships materials in 20% ethanol which is regarded safe by IATA. If you were to ship in 20% methanol, that would be an explosive hazard. It's down to lobbying from the wine industry that less than 24% ethanol is regarded as 'safe' to ship by air. Don't even get me started on WEE regulations - if we wanted to strip equipment we take back for parts and ship those parts to Sweden where our factory is, the amount of paperwork just wouldn't be worth it.