With FedEx, you can ship dry ice (carbon dioxide solid, UN #1845) by itself or as a packing material to ship other hazardous materials or dangerous goods.

Using Dry Ice as a Packing Material for Hazardous Materials/Dangerous Goods

When you use dry ice as a packing material to ship other hazardous materials or dangerous goods, you must complete the sub-tabs on the Dangerous Goods tab on the Warehouse Options screen for the hazardous material/dangerous good in the package. See these help topics for instructions depending on the service and destination:

FedEx Ground - Processing U.S. Domestic Hazardous Materials

FedEx Express - Processing U.S. Domestic Dangerous Goods

FedEx Express - Processing U.S. International Dangerous Goods

Shipping Dry Ice by Itself

If you are shipping only dry ice, you only need to provide the weight of the dry ice in the Options screen while processing the package. You do not need to complete the Dangerous Goods sub-tabs.

You can ship dry ice both domestically and internationally with either FedEx Ground (U.S. 48 only) or FedEx Express. When a dry ice shipment is prepared according to ICAO/IATA regulations and shipped via FedEx Express, you do not need to provide the IATA Shipper's Declaration for Dangerous Goods form. Hazardous Materials forms are not required for dry ice-only packages processed with FedEx Ground.

To process a dry-ice only package, follow these steps:

1.Complete the required information on the Warehouse screen for a domestic or international package. For international packages, you must complete the Items and INTL tabs. Select FedEx in the Carrier list. Select the Ground or Express service you want to use in the Service list.

2.Click [OPTIONS]. On the Shipment tab, type the weight of the dry ice in kilograms in the Dry Ice Weight (in KGS) field.

Notes:

•The dry ice weight must be less than the total weight of the package.

•For international shipments, the weight must be in kilograms.

3.Click [DONE] to close the Options dialog box and return to the Warehouse page.

4.On the main shipping page, click [ADD] to add the package to the shipment.

5.Click [SHIP] to the ship the package.  

Shipping Dry Ice as Coolant

When dry ice is used as refrigerant, then dry ice is shipped as coolant.

To process a dry-ice as coolant, follow these steps:

1. Complete the required information on the Warehouse screen for a domestic or international package. For international packages, you must complete the Items and INTL tabs.

2. Select FedEx in the Carrier list. Select the Ground or Express service you want to use in the Service list.

3. Click [OPTIONS].

4. On the Shipment tab, in the Package Level Options, type the weight of the dry ice in kilograms in the Dry Ice Weight (in KGS) field and select Dry Ice as Coolant check box.

5. Click [DONE] to close the Options dialog box and return to the Warehouse page.

6. On the main shipping page, click [ADD] to add the package to the shipment.

7. Click [SHIP] to the ship the package.

IATA Shipper's Declaration for Dangerous Goods

When you ship dry ice as a coolant, you do not need to provide the IATA Shipper's Declaration form.

When there are two commodities and one of them is dry ice as dangerous goods (Overpack) and also as coolant, you need to provide the IATA Shipper's Declaration form without following details:

•Total DG weight

•Packaging Type

•"Overpacked Used" verbiage