Cathay Dangerous Goods

Cathay Dangerous Goods

Your dangerous goods in the best of hands

About Cathay Dangerous Goods

Whether you’re shipping the latest x-ray medical equipment or the chemicals essential to the global supply chain, the refreshed Cathay Dangerous Goods solution is ready for you. 

Handling dangerous goods requires special expertise – and we have it. It’s the mission of our dangerous goods team to make safety the first priority, so your shipment in the skies leaves you with peace of mind on the ground.

We are able to accept shipments from every class of dangerous goods – including the increasing numbers of lithium batteries that power our phones, our computers and our electric vehicles. 

Solution features

  1. All classess accepted

    We accept every class of dangerous goods: from Class 1 to Class 9, including flammable, radioactive and other types of hazardous materials, and we allow for the seamless and safe carriage of lithium batteries.

  2. Safety

    All handling procedures are in full compliance with IATA safety standards and requirements of local jurisdictions. We also offer advice and training to forwarders via our Cargo Agent Operation Programme for compliance and safety in their handling of every class of DG. 

  3. Lithium battery handling

    We have just been recertified with IATA’s CEIV Lithium Batteries accreditation, and have reduced the time from enquiry to service level agreement.  

    We offer fire-resistant containers and fire containment bags to accept shipments of Lithium-ion batteries in a wide range of sizes.

  4. Staff expertise and special facilities

    Our IATA Dangerous Goods-certified people provide regulated handling. We offer special segregated storage areas for every class of dangerous goods as approved by local authorities.

Service description

Lithium-ion batteries Shipper Approval Request Form

Shipping Lithium-ion batteries (RBI, UN3480)

Shipping the UN 3480 Lithium-ion batteries (Lithium-ion cells and batteries) under Section IA or IB in accordance with the Packing Instruction 965 requires prior approval for acceptance and carriage by the airline.

Shipper is required to complete and submit the online RBI Shipper Approval Request Form with all necessary documents (eg, UN38.3 test report, MSDS, etc) via “cathaycargo.com” to Cathay Cargo for approval.

For further details, please refer to the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulation.

Lithium-ion / metal battery shipments (including Section I and Section II of PI 966 / PI967 / PI969 / PI970) must not be packed with Class 1, Division 2.1, Class 3, Class 4, Division 5.1 dangerous goods in the same outer package (all-packed-in-one or overpack).

Submit RBI Shipper Approval Request Form

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