Which companies will carry aerosols hazmat?

I am sorry to ask a question with my first post but I am looking for some help.
I have an idea to sell specialist paint in aerosols but I am finding that most parcel carriers have aerosols on the top of their prohibited materials list. Are there any parcel delivery companies that will regularly carry single well packaged aerosols??

BATSI:
I am sorry to ask a question with my first post but I am looking for some help.
I have an idea to sell specialist paint in aerosols but I am finding that most parcel carriers have aerosols on the top of their prohibited materials list. Are there any parcel delivery companies that will regularly carry single well packaged aerosols??

Hi BATSI,

One of my customers regularly sends quite a variety of dangerous goods (including different types of aerosols) by parcel carrier, but any reputable parcel carrier will require proper dangerous goods paperwork/procedures and (possibly) for you to have a DGSA. That’s usually a company requirement as best practice, rather than it being an actual written law.

The carrier that I have in mind is FedEx, I’ve already dealt with one of their DGSAs on behalf of my customer, so I know the above is true.

You’ve mentioned aerosols containing paint, so for now I can only tell you that they can probably be carried as Limited Quantities, which is quite easy to achieve and opens up the possibility of you using other carriers, such as DHL.

thankyou

I have had trouble getting Fedex to engage with me, they don’t respond to my inquiry this is why I have widened my search… I have MSDS and a packaging spec , my deliveries would be limited quantities but I have yet to find a carrier who will engage with me.

Who is your business targeted at? for instance a customer in the UK or in America? Asia? Europe?

Fedex are great for sending stuff to Baltimore, maybe not so hot if its going to Berwick on Tweed.

Wheel Nut:
Who is your business targeted at? for instance a customer in the UK or in America? Asia? Europe?

Fedex are great for sending stuff to Baltimore, maybe not so hot if its going to Berwick on Tweed.

Hi Malc,

My customer has used FedEx for a few years now.

The problems arose because the customer was continually using tradenames instead of PSNs, so FedEx got a bit miffed with them.

Once I’d been to the customer and delivered a DG ‘awareness’ course for the shipping dept, the next step was to have a meeting with a FedEx DGSA. My solution to the problem was to ask the customer for an up to date MSDS for everything they wanted to ship, then I devised a ‘translation’ as well as the relevant LQ sizes for each product and put the lot on a spreadsheet for the boss. It worked that well that I hardly ever hear from them these days. :smiley:

In my experience, it’s all about setting out the paperwork in a way that’s acceptable to the carrier once regard is had to how they want it doing. All of my customer’s deliveries are UK only, and they report that they’ve not experienced any significant problems with FedEx’s service levels.

:bulb: It might have something to do with volumes in the OP’s case though, cos my customer usually needs about half of the available deck space in an LWB sprinter van every day.

I have another customer who swears by DHL, but it was exactly the same story with the same teething problems at first.

Once that customer understood that the 9 perfume fragrances (that they had 9 different names for) all had the same UN number, things got easier for them quite quickly after the initial shock. :smiley:

If you’re sending whole pallet loads to wholesalers, large retailers or similar then you might find the pallet companies running ADR are a cheaper option. Really would depend on quantity per day.

Btw, if you are sending via pallets, could I suggest putting an extra pallet on top before its heavily shrink wrapped (or a board). Makes it strapable and much more likely to arrive undamaged (aerosols are a real headache).

Thanks for the reponses its useful to read. Until I can get the business on its feet, it could be single aerosols to an address business or residential anywhere on UK mainland. When I first contacted them Fedex came back with a rate card with prices, then I submitted MSDS and piccys of the product and packaging then the trail went cold. they stopped responding. The irony of my situation is that if I buy a paint aerosol of Amazon it can be delivered by Hermes but when I ask Hermes will they deliver for me they say no liquids no aerosols. I am caught it seems in a catch 22. I have a small business that cant grow because of no aerosols rule but if I have a big business parcel companies will play ball.