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We are handling IMDG 2 to IMDG 9 as listed below:- |
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DG Storage in Hong Kong during transit
The DGs listed below are required to be stored in a licensed DG warehouse in Hong Kong:-
IMDG 2 Gas
IMDG 3 Flammable Liquid
IMDG 4 Flammable Solid
IMDG 6 Poison
IMDG 8 Corrosive |
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The DG listed below is not allowed to stay overnight in Hong Kong:-
IMDG 7 Radioactive
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Licensing / Permits Control
Prior application of permits/license is required if the below listed DGs are to be imported and/or transited through Hong Kong:-
IMDG 3 Methanol of Flammable Liquid (UN 2924)
IMDG 7 Radioactive |
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Special Licensed Vehicle Requirement
The DGs listed below have to be transported by specially Licensed Vehicles in Hong Kong and are not permitted to cross
the Victoria Harbor via the Cross Harbour Tunnel:-
IMDG 2 Gas
IMDG 3 Flammable Liquid
IMDG 4 Flammable Solid |
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Class 1 |
Explosive substances or articles used to produce explosions
Explosives |
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Class 2.1 |
Flammable gas
Gases that can ignite in air on contact with a source of ignition. |
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Class 2.2 |
Non-flammable, non-toxic gas
Gases that are non-flammable, but may cause suffocation. |
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Class 2.2
Sub-risk
5.1 |
Oxidising gases
Gases that are non-flammable and non-toxic, but which contribute
to combustion, such as oxygen and nitrous oxide. |
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Class 2.3 |
Toxic gas
Gases likely to cause death or serious injury if inhaled. |
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Class 3 |
Flammable liquids
Liquids, the vapors of which can ignite in air on contact with a
source of ignition. |
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Class 4.1 |
Flammable solids
Substances that are easily ignited by external sources, such as
sparks and flames. |
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Class 4.2 |
Substances liable to spontaneous combustion
Substances likely to heat spontaneously and catch fire. |
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Class 4.3 |
Substances that in contact with water emit flammable gases
Substances that produce dangerous quantities of flammable
gas when in contact with water. Heat from this reaction may
cause their gases to spontaneously ignite. |
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Class 5.1 |
Oxidising substances
Substances that are not necessarily combustible by themselves,
but which produce oxygen, which increases the risk and intensity
of fire in other materials with which they may come in contact. |
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Class 5.2 |
Organic peroxides
Organic substances containing bivalent oxygen that are thermally
unstable and likely to react dangerously with other substances. |
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Class 6.1 |
Toxic substances
Substances likely to cause death or serious injury if swallowed,
inhaled or brought into contact with the skin. |
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Class 6.2 |
Infectious substances
Substances known or likely to contain micro-organisms which
can cause disease. |
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Class 7 |
Radioactive material
Material for which the specific activity exceeds 70Bq/kg. |
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Class 8 |
Corrosive substances
Solid and liquid substances that can severely damage living
tissue or attack other materials such as metals. |
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Class 9 |
Miscellaneous dangerous goods and articles
Substances and articles that present a danger,but are not
covered by other classes. |
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Important
Information |
Hong Kong Regulations
Under Hong Kong Regulations, consignors i.e. shipper and freight forwarders must ensure all dangerous goods are properly classified, packed, marked, labelled and documented before they are offered for transportation.
A person who contravenes these Regulations commits an offence and is liable to a fine of HKD250,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
If you have an import shipment coming or export shipment going, you must check the proper name of the commodity clearly, must certify it is dangerous goods or non-dangerous goods.
Especially for chemical shipment, you may understand that most of chemical are certainly dangerous goods. Therefore, when you have an inquiry for chemical shipment, you must ask the shipper to provide the MSDS (Material Safe Data Sheet) and search it. |