KEVIN MAYHEW THE FINAL stage of implementing requirements for compliance with internationally aligned South African legislation for the handling, transportation and warehousing of dangerous has been reached, says managing director of Shipping & General, Regan Moodley. The pressure is now on for all players in the dangerous goods supply chain to completely legalise vehicles, procedures and documentation, he said. “Shipping & General now offers a new service to provide our clients and other transporters with tremcards, which are the passport to transporting dangerous goods internationally. This means that documentation is correct and by implication complies with all legislation,” he told FTW. He added that his company constantly educated its drivers about the new requirements and how to handle the different classes of dangerous goods that they might have to transport. Moodley said one oversight by the authorities appeared to be the lack of understanding of law enforcement about the new laws. “I have been summoned to roadsides on many occasions and have found myself educating officials about compliance versus non-compliance and the legalities that go with it,” he said.
