Transport
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6.1.
Surface Transport (Road/Rail) according to ADR/RID
Filled batteries having the UN numbers 2795 (batteries/rechargeable batteries, wet, filled
with alkalis) are not classified as hazardous goods requiring declaration during transport, if
the following requirements are met (according to the ADR special regulation 598, section
3.3):
New batteries, if:
They are secured against sliding, turning over or damage.
They are provided with carrying facilities, unless, for example,
they are stacked on pallets.
They do not have hazardous traces of caustic solutions or
acids on the outside; they are protected against short-circuit.
Used batteries, if:
Their housing is not damaged.
They are protected against leakage, sliding, turning over or
damage, for example, stacked on pallets.
They do not have hazardous traces of caustic solutions or
acids on the outside.
They are protected against short-circuit.
"Used batteries" are those that are transported for the purpose of recycling after normal use.
If the conditions of special regulation 598 are not complied with, declare and transport new
and used batteries as hazardous goods as follows:
UN hazardous goods class
8
UN no. (material number)
2795
Designation and description
BATTERIES, WET, FILLED WITH CAUSTIC
SOLUTION
Packaging group
Not assigned to any packaging group
Hazard label
8
ADR tunnel restriction code
E
6.2.
Transport by sea according to the IMDG Code
Declare grid|power FNC
®
battery systems for sea freight as follows:
UN hazardous goods class
8
UN no. (material number)
2795
Proper shipping name
BATTERIES, WET, FILLED WITH CAUSTIC
SOLUTION
Packaging group
Not assigned to any packaging group
Hazard label
8
EmS
F-A, S-B
Packing instructions
P801
6.3.
Air Freight
Declare grid|power FNC
®
battery systems for air freight as follows:
UN hazardous goods class
8
UN no. (material number)
2795
Proper shipping name
BATTERIES, WET, FILLED WITH CAUSTIC
SOLUTION
Packaging group
Not assigned to any packaging group
Hazard label
8
Packing instruction
870
