To further explain the hazmat cargo transfer, it is way more dangerous than any other freight transportation. Every truck driver who has the hazardous materials certificate must be prepared even for the unexpected.
You can find any further information at the Federal Department of Health as well as at the Human Service regulations.
As a matter of fact, the hazmat transport involves several freight class trucks. To put it another way, it begins with the class 1 to the class 8 trucking services and each and every class has its type of cargo.
As you may know, the materials that need to be transported are extremely dangerous. There are included all kinds of liquids and some of them are poisonous. For instance:
- Explosives (Class 1);
- Gasses (Class 2);
- Flammable liquid (Class 3);
- Combustible, as well as hazardous when wet (Class 4);
- Organic peroxide (Class 5);
- Poisonous cargo (Class 6);
- Radioactive (Class 7);
- Corrosive (Class 8);
- Miscellaneous (Class 9);
