Shipping Hazmat? CHEMTREC® Gives You Peace of Mind
At Booth #2384, emergency response information provider CHEMTREC can help you keep your hazmat shipments moving smoothly. Carriers transport hazardous materials and dangerous goods including paint, coatings and other hazmat on a daily basis. Under many dangerous goods and hazardous materials regulations, shippers are required to display an emergency telephone number on shipping documents. This phone number needs to give the caller access to someone with technical knowledge of the product being shipped, 24 hours a day. Shippers are allowed to have their own emergency response desks and some companies do, but many outsource this service to CHEMTREC.
So how does CHEMTREC help when there is a spill, leak or exposure involving your hazmat shipment? Here’s an example of a recent incident involving a paint spill during transportation in North Carolina: