Revised November 2016 Seventeenth Printing

CTA’s latest version of its Transporting Dangerous Good by Truck Handbook is now available.   This year’s version has several upgrades including the new 2016 Emergency Response Guides (ERG), the updated Incident Reporting Requirement recently amended in PART 8 of the regulations and further details on the division of responsibilities between shipper, consignees, carriers and drivers.  This is a complete guide and one stop reference source for anyone involved in the transportation and logistics of dangerous goods in Canada.  From drivers to shipper and consignees and to trucking company operations staff, this guide covers all of the critical information concerning dangerous goods at your fingertips.

This guidebook is divided into several parts:

Basic Understanding of the Regulations (Chapters 1- 4) - Provides a basic understanding of the  Regulations,their history,purpose and application; the manner in which dangerous goods are classified according to the danger they present; how dangerous goods are described; the requirements for some shipments of dangerous goods to have an Emergency Response Assistance Plan

The identification of dangerous goods(Chapters 5 -9) - Describes how dangerous goods are identified by the use of the documentation that must accompany the dangerous goods while being transported; the use of labels on smaller amounts of dangerous goods and the use of placards in general on larger amounts of dangerous goods

Responsibilities for shippers, receivers, carriers and drivers (Chapters 10 - 13) - Describes how incidents involving dangerous goods are to be reported; how drivers are trained; and the specific responsibilities of all those involved in the transportation of dangerous goods with emphasis on the responsibilities of the diver.

International Movement of dangerous goods (Chapter 14)  - This part briefly describes the requirements for transporting dangerous goods to and from the US, highlighting the regulatory differences where they exist