HANDLER Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has successfully obtained accreditation under IATA's CEIV Lithium Batteries (Li-batt) standard.
hactl now holds all four IATA CEIV accreditations (Pharma, Fresh, Live Animals, Li-batt), reports London's Air Cargo News.
With the well-documented risks arising from incorrect packaging and handling of battery shipments, Hactl said it has been steadily tightening its procedures and improving resources for handling such traffic over recent years.
Measures to date have included additional in-house staff training to IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) standards and IATA Lithium Battery Shipping Regulations.
Hactl has been an IATA Accredited Training School since 2003 and is authorised to train its own and third-party staff.
It has also opened a dedicated DGR zone with competent, experienced staff; and undertaken proactive facilitation of agents and shippers in the correct declaration, handling and storage of lithium battery shipments.
Brendan Sullivan, global head of cargo, IATA, said: 'CEIV Li-batt brings vitally important regulation and consistency to the potentially hazardous business of transporting lithium batteries by air.'
Hactl executive director and chief financial officer Amy Lam said: 'Lithium batteries will become an increasing element of air cargo traffic globally, so ensuring the correct procedures and training for handling them has never been more important.'
She added: 'CEIV Lithium Batteries represents a uniform and universally-accepted standard. We are therefore proud to have achieved it, and to now hold all four CEIV accreditations.'
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hactl now holds all four IATA CEIV accreditations (Pharma, Fresh, Live Animals, Li-batt), reports London's Air Cargo News.
With the well-documented risks arising from incorrect packaging and handling of battery shipments, Hactl said it has been steadily tightening its procedures and improving resources for handling such traffic over recent years.
Measures to date have included additional in-house staff training to IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) standards and IATA Lithium Battery Shipping Regulations.
Hactl has been an IATA Accredited Training School since 2003 and is authorised to train its own and third-party staff.
It has also opened a dedicated DGR zone with competent, experienced staff; and undertaken proactive facilitation of agents and shippers in the correct declaration, handling and storage of lithium battery shipments.
Brendan Sullivan, global head of cargo, IATA, said: 'CEIV Li-batt brings vitally important regulation and consistency to the potentially hazardous business of transporting lithium batteries by air.'
Hactl executive director and chief financial officer Amy Lam said: 'Lithium batteries will become an increasing element of air cargo traffic globally, so ensuring the correct procedures and training for handling them has never been more important.'
She added: 'CEIV Lithium Batteries represents a uniform and universally-accepted standard. We are therefore proud to have achieved it, and to now hold all four CEIV accreditations.'
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