Hi everyone, I need to send out 50kg of Acetone from one site to another, for that I contract an independent transport company. Do I have a legal requirement to ensure the transport company is authorised to carry dangerous goods in this small quantity? Or Is it sufficient to pass the goods information to the transport company leaving all legal responsibility to them? The reason of my questions is that I have a transport company that is not ADR certified but willing to take the load, where does the responsibility lies? Say there was a spillage due to a road accident with environmental consequences or even the substance ignited causing an explosion that could kill others. Would it all be down to the transport company, or would I get done too? Thank you for viewing and your comments.

Hi David, Initially I thought I had been linked with the wrong user, but then I did realise I was 36433. Thank you for your answer which is a big help as far as the quantities I have to deal with. I did look at table 3.4.6 of the ADR and all I could see was that for LQ4 one could carry 3l per pack and totalling a max of 30kg reading from paragraph 3.4.1.2 I am not that familiar with ADR and I won’t get that familiar with ADR just by quickly scanning through over 600 pages of regulations. Not questioning your reply which I have accepted, could you direct me to how you have reached to the 333kgs as, now and then I will have to send out small quantities of resins as well and I would like to be able to do this exercise for myself. Now I know that most of ADR won’t apply to me anyway, but to satisfy my curiosity, if I did exceed the 333kgs, would the transport company be fully responsible for the goods, or would it come back to me in the case of an incident if I had not ensured I had used an authorised or ADR certified transport company? Rod De Melo

We have in fact considered better alternatives and are in constant contact with our suppliers to try and improve all the time. I now know where the 333kgs is coming from (Transport Categories, TC), I am still having a bit of a problem understanding the multiplier, but will get there. This post has now been viewed over 200 times and although I have been guided in the right direction, my question has not really been answered. It makes me wonder about responsibilities' awareness in general. If I tell my transport company about the dangerous substances they need to carry and give them the safety datasheets, have I passed all my responsibilities to the transport company regarding the transportation of the load?, is it up to them to decide if they comply with the law or should I? Thank you all.

Thank you phargreaves04. This is the problem of jumping sections, there just isn't a quick way of learning. It's going to be some bedtime reading :) Thank you all for your helpful comments