Field notes from the dark continent of compliance
Practical, regulation-accurate guides to shipping dangerous goods. Written by the engineers building DG Inspector — no fluff, no SEO sludge, just the things we wish someone had told us when we started mapping hazmat compliance.
Try DG Inspector FreeThe full guide to shipping lithium batteries by air, sea and road. UN numbers, packing instructions, state-of-charge limits, marks, labels and the pitfalls that ground freight.
Read more →Significant amendments in the 2026 IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations: lithium battery provisions, new entries, packing instruction updates and operator variations.
Read more →How the UN numbering system works, what each of the 9 hazard classes covers, and how to find the right entry in the Dangerous Goods List.
Read more →A practical IMDG Code cheat sheet: segregation table, marine pollutants, container packing certificates and the documents required for sea freight.
Read more →Domestic US hazmat compliance under 49 CFR Parts 171-180: classification, packaging, marking, labeling, placarding, shipping papers and emergency response info.
Read more →What ADR is, who needs to comply, the structure of the agreement, transport categories, tunnel codes and the documents every European driver carries.
Read more →Walk through every block of the IATA Shipper's Declaration form, what each field means, and the most common errors that get shipments rejected.
Read more →Misdeclaration, undeclared lithium batteries, wrong packing group, missing emergency contact: the mistakes that trigger five-figure PHMSA penalties.
Read more →How AI-assisted dangerous goods inspection compares to traditional manual review on time, cost, error rate and auditability.
Read more →Why standalone lithium-ion batteries shipped by air must be at 30% state of charge or less, where the rule comes from, and how to comply in practice.
Read more →