Guide to completing Dangerous Goods Notes (DGN)

Transporting dangerous goods is routine for thousands of UK businesses, from logistics companies and chemical manufacturers to waste handlers, laboratories and fuel distributors. Yet with this work comes significant risk: to people, property, the environment – and to the businesses themselves. The Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser (DGSA) role is not just helpful, it’s legally required for most organisations and critical for safe, compliant workplaces. If your business consigns, carries, fills, packs, unloads, supplies tank-containers, or receives dangerous goods, you likely must have a DGSA.

Each of the major regulations governing the transport of dangerous goods, for example the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) and the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code), require that a document describing the nature of the goods accompanies the consignment on its journey. This transport document is often referred to as the Dangerous Goods Note (DGN).

Our free guide focuses on how to complete a multimodal DGN for consignments travelling by road and/or sea. It is intended to help those completing DGNs understand the requirements. It is designed to be read in conjunction with the relevant legislation on the carriage of dangerous goods and is not a substitute for reading the regulations themselves.

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