PACKAGING SERVICE
Allow our experienced staff to make your dangerous goods compliant.
There are many hoops to jump through when shipping dangerous goods. Shippers often find themselves facing rejections, delays, and fines due to non-compliance. Eliminate this uncertainty with our packaging service – whether you lack the required training or occasionally need a reliable alternative, you’re in good hands.
Why Upward Packaging?
- Experience – our industry reputation is that we know dangerous goods regulations inside & out. However, unlike many consultants, our knowledge isn’t academic; it comes from years of practical experience dealing directly with dangerous goods and liaising with trucking companies, airlines, steamship lines, and freight forwarders in a dangerous goods context. This experience allows us to anticipate potential pitfalls, and provides insight into how to get your freight to its destination without delays.
- Saving$ – costs associated with DG shipping add up quickly – training staff, packaging, labeling, updating regulations, as well as costs associated with delayed and rejected shipments. If you’re sending less than 10 dangerous goods shipments per year, it’s cheaper to leave it to the experts.
- Reliability – our accurate work & quick turn around time is something you can count on.
- Worldwide Shipping – by GROUND, MARINE, or AIR transport; rest assured your shipment will be compliant with TDG, 49 CFR, IMDG Code, or the IATA DG Regulations, as applicable.
Dangerous Goods We Pack & Ship
We work with a wide range of everyday commercial and industrial dangerous goods, including:
- Sodium or Lithium batteries – loose batteries, battery packs, power banks, e-bike batteries, computers, power tools and other battery-powered equipment
- Paints and coatings – paint, stain, varnish, lacquer, epoxy coatings and related products
- Solvents and flammable liquids – acetone, alcohols, thinners, adhesives, resins and cleaning solvents
- Aerosols – spray paint, lubricants, cleaners, personal-care aerosols and other pressurized products
- Compressed gases – gas cylinders, refrigerant gases and other regulated gases
- Flammable solids – matches, solid fuels, resin products and other materials presenting a flammability hazard
- Oxidizing materials – pool chemicals, bleaching agents and other products that can intensify combustion
- Organic peroxides – certain hardeners, curing agents and specialty chemical products
- Toxic substances – pesticides, agricultural chemicals, laboratory chemicals and certain industrial products
- Corrosive materials – acids, caustics, battery acid, drain cleaners and industrial cleaning chemicals
- Engines and machinery – helicopters, trucks, industrial machinery, engines, generators, pumps and equipment containing fuel, oil, batteries or other regulated substances
- Vehicles and equipment – vehicles, machinery and equipment containing batteries, fuel or other dangerous goods
- Miscellaneous dangerous goods – products presenting other transportation hazards, including lithium or sodium battery products, dry ice and certain environmentally hazardous substances
- Hazardous Waste Disposal – transportation and preparation of regulated waste materials for compliant disposal, recycling or treatment
If you are unsure whether your product requires dangerous goods packaging or documentation, we can help classify and assess your shipment.
Dangerous Goods Handling
The correct packaging is critical to a successful dangerous goods shipment. Depending on the product, quantity and mode of transportation, your shipment may require UN specification packaging, specific inner packaging, absorbent material, cushioning, securement, segregation or an overpack.
We offer:
- Dry ice
- Temp Control / Insulated packaging
- Consolidation of freight
- Overpacking
- Palletization
- Strapping
- UN rated crates in stock
- Material Handling, Decanting & Transfer
- Daily pick-up with FedEx, Purolator & DHL
- On-site, Secure Warehousing with insurance – just 10 mins from YVR
- Callouts & mobile pickups
Export & Import Documentation
Shipping internationally involves more than dangerous goods paperwork. We can handle much of the logistical and documentation work required to move your shipment from Canada to its destination, helping simplify the export and import process.
For shipments originating in Canada, we can assist with the preparation and coordination of required export documentation, including:
- CERS (Canadian Export Reporting System) declarations
- USMCA/CUSMA certification of origin documentation, where applicable
- TSCA certification or required TSCA information, where applicable
- Importer of Record information
- Customs broker instructions and documentation
- Commercial invoices
- Packing lists
- Shipper and consignee information
- Transportation documentation
- Commodity and tariff information
- Export permits or government documentation where applicable
- Other commodity-specific import documentation or government declarations, where required
We can also help identify documentation requirements that may apply to specific products, commodities or destinations before the shipment leaves Canada.
Engines and Vehicles
DG documentation for air and marine shipments:
Battery Powered Vehicle >>
Gas & Hybrid Vehicle or Equipment >>
Lithium Batteries
Lithium / Sodium Cell and Battery Confirmation Form:
Battery Form >>
Battery Form (Freight Forwarders) >>
Please email completed form to: info@upwardpackaging.com.
(Finished declaration & label packages can be picked up or sent prepaid)