I85PREP
⌘ K
ph-iata-dangerous-goods-air study materials
ph-iata-dangerous-goods-air study resources

ph-iata-dangerous-goods-air: Marking and labelling

ph-iata-dangerous-goods-air · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.

All guide sections

Marking and labelling

Domain 6 - Marking and labelling. The exam tests whether you can specify every mark and label that must appear on an outer packaging and reject packages that carry the wrong combination.

Required markings

  • The UN number preceded by the letters UN, plus the proper shipping name, on the outer packaging.
  • Full name and address of shipper and consignee.
  • Special marks where applicable: the limited quantity mark, the excepted quantity mark, the lithium battery mark, the overpack mark with the word Overpack, and the Cargo Aircraft Only label treated as a handling label.

Required labels

  • One primary hazard label for the class or division, plus a subsidiary risk label for each subsidiary risk.
  • Handling labels: Cargo Aircraft Only, Package Orientation on two opposite vertical sides for combination packagings containing liquid, Magnetized Material, Cryogenic Liquid.
  • Labels must be at least 100 × 100 mm, durable, legible, unfaded, and placed on the same surface as the proper shipping name marking, not on a lid or a face that is hidden when the package is stacked.

Worked example

Four 5 L cans of UN 1263 Paint, Class 3, PG II, are packed in one fibreboard box for a passenger aircraft. Marks: UN 1263 Paint, shipper and consignee details. Labels: one Class 3 flammable liquid label. Handling labels: two Package Orientation labels, one on each of two opposite sides, because the combination packaging contains liquid. No Cargo Aircraft Only label, because instruction 353 is a passenger-aircraft instruction. The box also needs the packaging specification mark, which is a packaging certification mark rather than a shipping mark.

Traps that cost marks

  • Marking only the proper shipping name and omitting the UN prefix.
  • Using a subsidiary label where the primary hazard label is required, or omitting the subsidiary label altogether.
  • Putting orientation labels on the top face only.
  • Failing to add Cargo Aircraft Only when the packing instruction is cargo-only.
  • Obscuring labels with tape, strapping or other labels.