Due to risks for health and safety of humans as well as for the environment, dangerous cargo cannot be handled like general cargo. Dangerous goods require special handling and additional qualification of the workforce involved.

Therefore, DB Schenker follows clear restrictions regarding the acceptance of such dangerous cargo.While dangerous goods are generally not accepted for DB SCHENKERparcel, the products DB SCHENKERsystem and DB SCHENKERhangartner are subject to general acceptance conditions that are applicable throughout Europe.

Details regarding such goods that are classified according to the ADR (Accord européen relatif au transport international des marchandises dangereuses par route - European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road) are shown in the table available for download below. For DB SCHENKERdirect and DB SCHENKERrailog, there are no general restrictions in place.

In any case, customers may always ask their responsible branch office for special agreements – no matter which product they require.

With this dangerous goods policy, DB Schenker covers 98 percent of the demand for ground forwarding services.

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