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Shipment of magnets

Repumag is an expert in magnetic materials and customers rely on us to ensure that all rules and regulations are being followed for shipping of magnetic materials. All personnel responsible for shipping magnets by air are trained for that purpose. We have cooperated 10 years forwarders for express TNT, or DHL by express and by air, with safe lines to ship magnets worldwide, the prices of them will be very good in Economic way, and we normally made the quotation of the shipping cost with magnets for customers and in C&F door to door service term.

Magnets and magnetized materials are considered "Miscellaneous Dangerous Goods" according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and accordingly must follow the Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR).

What are Dangerous Goods?

Dangerous Goods are commodities that, when transported, post some form of danger to people, animals, the environment or the carrier.

 

What special precautions must be followed?

Flux measurements of packages determines whether the shipment must be classified as a Dangerous Good. Packages containing magnetic materials must be clearly identified. The label bears the picture of a magnet and a compass and, rather than a number at the bottom, contains the words "Magnetized Material".