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Ctr. Mgr. "Just rain water" HazMat "Leaker"
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<blockquote data-quote="Floridacargocat" data-source="post: 303130" data-attributes="member: 6168"><p>"<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">That car dealership should have lost their UPS shipping rights over that."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Under ICAO/IATA/FAA regulations, an incident report about discovered hidden hazmat shipments has to be made, at least in the case of air transportation.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Am not able to find this requirement in 49CFR for ground transportation. Incidents reports need to be filed only when damages or injuries have occured. DOT HazMat specialist also informed me, that for such a type of case there is no reporting requirement (tried to get some clarification a long time ago).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Theoretically the car dealership can be charged by DOT with offering a hidden shipment (and that will become expensive as fines for commercial establishment are stiff to say the least). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Which kind of action will be taken by UPS management, I have no idea, maybe the internal workings will take care of that in their own ways. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Hidden shipments are difficult to find, but sometimes all the clues are there. Who will connect all the dots without being called paranoid?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Once you have seen a fully expanded liferaft and compared it to the original packed state, maybe then attitudes will begin to change. An expanded airbag is not that big, but it is the principle of deliberately violating regulations. If this is done, then other items will be shipped the same way, which can cause far more damage than this airbag.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Possible way out: Training of customers once they have been identified as "possible" HazMat shippers and random inspections.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Floridacargocat, post: 303130, member: 6168"] "[FONT=Comic Sans MS]That car dealership should have lost their UPS shipping rights over that."[/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]Under ICAO/IATA/FAA regulations, an incident report about discovered hidden hazmat shipments has to be made, at least in the case of air transportation.[/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]Am not able to find this requirement in 49CFR for ground transportation. Incidents reports need to be filed only when damages or injuries have occured. DOT HazMat specialist also informed me, that for such a type of case there is no reporting requirement (tried to get some clarification a long time ago).[/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]Theoretically the car dealership can be charged by DOT with offering a hidden shipment (and that will become expensive as fines for commercial establishment are stiff to say the least). [/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]Which kind of action will be taken by UPS management, I have no idea, maybe the internal workings will take care of that in their own ways. [/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]Hidden shipments are difficult to find, but sometimes all the clues are there. Who will connect all the dots without being called paranoid?[/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]Once you have seen a fully expanded liferaft and compared it to the original packed state, maybe then attitudes will begin to change. An expanded airbag is not that big, but it is the principle of deliberately violating regulations. If this is done, then other items will be shipped the same way, which can cause far more damage than this airbag.[/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]Possible way out: Training of customers once they have been identified as "possible" HazMat shippers and random inspections.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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