This topic and related Help topics describe how to process a hazardous materials or dangerous goods package using UPS in Parcel. Parcel does not validate the data you enter while processing a hazardous materials or dangerous goods package.  

Before you attempt to process a UPS hazardous materials or dangerous goods package in Parcel, you should become very familiar with UPS's rules (these include service and destination restrictions among other rules). The rules are outlined on ups.com (http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/prepare/index.html).

Note: The term "hazardous materials" ("hazmat" for short) is used when shipping the package domestically (within the United States). The term "dangerous goods" is used when shipping the package to an international destination.

Qualifications

U.S. Federal law requires that you receive training and certification from the U.S. Department of Transportation (D.O.T) before shipping dangerous goods or hazardous materials with any carrier. For information about certification, visit http://hazmat.dot.gov.

For Additional Information

If you are not sure whether the commodity you are shipping is classified as a hazardous material or dangerous good or which classification applies to the commodity, contact the D.O.T. at 1-800-467-4922.

For UPS's rules, visit http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/prepare/index.html or contact the UPS Hazardous Materials Support Center at 1-800-554-9964.

Prerequisites to process UPS hazardous materials or dangerous goods shipments:

To ship dangerous goods/hazardous materials via UPS, you must have a contract with UPS to process hazardous materials or dangerous goods shipments.

Types of UPS Dangerous Goods/Hazardous Materials Shipments

For U.S. origin, UPS transports the following types of dangerous goods/hazardous materials:

Note: For more information, see the UPS Guide for Shipping Ground and Air Hazardous Materials (Web page) and the following Help topic:

Dry Ice Shipments with UPS  

UPS will transport dry ice domestically or internationally. Documentation as stated in the table above is required unless the package contains only dry ice and is being shipped via UPS Ground within the 48 U.S. states. See Processing U.S. Domestic Hazardous Materials and Processing U.S. International Dangerous Goods.

Dry Ice and Infectious Substance Category (ISC) Category B (Biological Substances) shipments

Parcel validates through API request to UPS Dry Ice and Infectious Substance Category (ISC) Category B (Biological Substances) shipments at the time of shipment creation to ensure that postal code and city restrictions are properly enforced before accepting the shipment.

Forms and Reports

UPS requires a special form or report depending on the type of dangerous good or hazardous material package:

Populating Required Information

When you process a dangerous goods package in Parcel with UPS as the carrier, you can select the dangerous goods Hazmat Code from a drop-down list on the Item sub-tab of the Dangerous Goods tab on the UPS Warehouse Options screen. This list is populated from the Global Settings - Dangerous Goods Data table, which contains data about all of the hazardous materials that you ship. When you select the Hazmat Code for an item on the Item sub-tab, all of the data for that Item populates the Item sub-tab. This data is displayed in Web Admin under Global Settings and is editable. For more information, see the following Help topic: Carrier Compliance - Dangerous Goods (Hazmat).

See these Help topics for the steps to process UPS hazardous materials or dangerous goods shipments:

•UPS - Processing U.S. Domestic Hazardous Materials

•UPS - Processing U.S. International Dangerous Goods

•UPS - Processing Standard to Canada Dangerous Goods