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Ensuring regulatory compliance when transporting lithium batteries is crucial for mitigating safety risks and avoiding legal issues. Lithium batteries, while essential in powering modern devices, present significant
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Are lithium-ion batteries dangerous?
The international transportation industry has been looking carefully at the hazards inherent in transporting lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and goods powered by them. As has been highlighted recently in the industry press, while Li-ion battery fires are not a common occurrence, their consequences can be devastating.
What are the risks of transporting Li-ion batteries?
We examine the risks of transporting Li-ion batteries and provide cargo owners three key steps to help manage these risks. Li-ion batteries have the potential to ignite and explode because they contain a flammable liquid electrolyte.
Should lithium-ion batteries override safety concerns in the logistics supply chain?
However, at an industry conference in March 2023, ‘Lithium-ion batteries in the logistics supply chain,’ it was stressed that manufacturers’ ambitions to develop more powerful, lighter and diverse battery cells should not be allowed to override safety concerns for their transportation.
Why is regulatory compliance important when transporting lithium batteries?
Ensuring regulatory compliance when transporting lithium batteries is crucial for mitigating safety risks and avoiding legal issues. Lithium batteries, while essential in powering modern devices, present significant challenges due to their chemical composition and potential hazards.
Are Li-ion batteries safe to transport?
Other fires have been related to packaging failures and mis-declaration of cargo or non-declaration of Li-ion batteries. It is recognised that Li-ion battery technology is evolving rapidly and, therefore, risk control procedures for the safe transportation of Li-ion batteries and related goods may need to develop and evolve over time.
Do automakers need a lithium battery transport plan?
With nearly all automakers selling or unveiling EVs, every organization in the automotive industry – from the automakers themselves to the corner repair shop – needs a plan for large format lithium battery transport.