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<\/h5>\n<\/h5>\nDangerous Goods manuals \/ Special Cargo manuals \/ Cargo Operations manuals \/ Ground Operations manuals<\/span><\/p>\n Every year, we update the IATA Manuals in order to stay up-to-date with the latest regulations and best practices. In order to comply with the new regulations and sustain the safe and efficient transport of air cargo, your editions need to be updated annually.<\/p>\n This year was an exceptional year with the pandemic, and it impacted the way air cargo and ground operations operate. For this reason, the new editions of the IATA Manuals now include COVID-19 specific content. The complete list of significant changes for each manual are detailed below.<\/p>\n Dangerous Goods manuals<\/span><\/p>\n Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) Lithium Battery Shipping Guidelines (LBSG) Infections Shipping Substances Guidelines (ISSG) Special Cargo manuals<\/span><\/p>\n Live Animals Regulations (LAR) Perishable Cargo Regulations (PCR) Temperature Control Regulations (TCR) Cargo Operations manuals<\/span><\/p>\n ULD Regulations (ULDR) IATA Cargo Handling Manual (ICHM) Compassionate Transportation Manual (CTM) Ground Operations manuals<\/span><\/p>\n Airport Handling Manual (AHM) Additional changes: IATA Ground Operations Manual (IGOM) Additional changes:
\nComplete revision of Subsection 1.5 – Training Requirements to implement competency-based training and assessment for dangerous goods
\nRevision to the requirements applicable to post items when dry ice is used as a refrigerant for UN 3373
\nAdditions and revisions to the list of dangerous goods
\nRevisions requirements in special provisions and the addition of new special provisions
\nAmendments to packing instructions to revise the types of packagings permitted to better align to the UN; clarify the packagings for batteries
\nIdentify that it is mandatory for operator to perform a safety risk assessment to address the carriage of dangerous goods
\nImplement the changes to section 10 – Radioactive Materials arising from the revision to IAEA SSR-6<\/p>\n
\nRevisions to special provisions A88 and A99 to require the approval of the authority of the State of the operator in addition to the authority of the State of origin. These special provisions address the approval for the transport of prototype lithium batteries that have not passed the UN 38.3 tests and approval for the transport of lithium cells or batteries that have a net mass exceeding 35 kg
\nSpecial provisions A88 and A99 have also been revised to identify that when lithium batteries are shipped in accordance with an approval that the packing instruction number shown on the Shipper’s Declaration must be PI 910 or PI 974, respectively
\nThe format of the lithium battery mark has been revised to now be a square with minimum dimensions of 100 mm x 100 mm. This may be reduced to be not less than 100 mm x 70 mm where the size of the package prevents the application of the full size mark. The wording in the provisions for the application of the mark identifies that mark must be a square or rectangle, which permits the continued usage of the current mark which is 120 mm x 110 mm<\/p>\n
\nAddition of a new entry and conditions for solid medical waste containing Category A pathogens
\nUpdate to identify that the mark in the diamond applied to packages containing biological substances, Category B (UN 3373) and genetically modified organisms and microorganisms (GMO, and GMMO) (UN 3245) must be applied on one side of the package
\nA change to renumber the packing instruction applicable to medical waste from PI 622 to become PI 621 to align to the number in the UN Model Regulations and to provide for a consistent PI for the new Category A waste. There is a 3-month transition provided during which time the old PI number may be used<\/p>\n
\nTo avoid any confusion and for the sake of consistency, all relevant Container Requirements have been restructured, specifying the feeding and watering requirements into one specific section;
\nWe also amended the section related to the IATA Live Animal Acceptance Checklist with the inclusion of the species and the related container requirement directly on the checklist.
\nInclusion of the Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) for Live Animals logistics
\nNew Appendix I that contains the CEIV Live Animals checklist and accompanied guidelines<\/p>\n
\nInclusion of the Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) for Perishable Logistics
\nNew Appendix that contains CEIV FRESH audit checklist and guidelines to allow industry benchmark<\/p>\n
\nThe IATA Acceptance Checklist for Time and Temperature Sensitive Healthcare Shipments was modified to avoid any misinterpretation related to shipments delivered on temperature-controlled trucks<\/p>\n
\nClarification on the use of TSO certified cargo straps
\nUpdates on some aircraft contour drawings
\nDeletion of obsolete ULD Type Codes
\nOperational efficiency improvements
\nClarification on bilateral agreements between CAAs
\nAddition of aircraft pallet components listed on ULD Operational Damage Limits Notice (ODLN)<\/p>\n
\nChanges to the wording and definitions of events
\nMaintaining distance, disinfecting GSE, using drop zones (cargo on ramp) to avoid cross-contamination
\nBiosafety measures and Poster
\nSpecial Handling Code CIC (Cargo In Cabin) and warning about aircraft\u2019s structural limitation change when the cabin is modified
\nRevision of the wordings used regarding the calibration of scales and the \u201cchecks\u201d required<\/p>\n
\nnew IATA manual on how to prepare, ship and handle human remains<\/p>\n
\nChanges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic:
\nNew: AHM Chapter on Pandemic management
\nGround Handling during COVID-19
\nTransportation of Cargo in Cabin
\nChapter 11 – training requirements for Return to Services
\nNew: GSE Storage and Return to Service<\/p>\n
\nRevisions of AHM 904, 910, and 921 on Ground Support Equipment Specifications
\nNew part of Chapter 9 – Mobile passenger boarding ramps
\nAHM 600 – Occupational health and safety and aircraft damage cost models revision
\nAHM 300 – Entirely revised section
\nRevision of Chapter 4 – AHM 440 on Aircraft Handling and Loading
\nNew graphics and animation for Aircraft Marshalling and Hand Signals<\/p>\n
\nChanges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic:
\nChapter 3 – Aircraft Cleaning (non-COVID-19 and COVID-19 changes)
\nChapter 4 – Aircraft Ground Movement
\nGround Handling during COVID-19
\nTransportation of Cargo in Cabin<\/p>\n
\nChapter 1 – Passenger Handling procedures
\nChapter 3 – Potable water servicing
\nNew graphics and animation for Aircraft Marshalling and Hand Signals<\/p>\n