Customers can take to their local post office packages containing lithium batteries installed in electronic devices that are bound for many international destinations and army apo fleet fpo and diplomatic post office dpo locations.
Lithium ion battery sticker for shipping.
Excepted cells batteries are defined as.
However batteries which have some other defective feature e g batteries with the incorrect model number on the label or batteries not holding enough charge could still be shipped by air.
Lithium ion cells 20 wh lithium ion batteries 100 wh.
This includes class 9 batteries that are packed with and contained in equipment.
Lithium ion battery or lithium metal battery and shipper must complete phone number.
Lithium ion battery warning label 4x2 inch for lithium ion transport shipping and mailing white 1 roll 300 labels per roll 5 0 out of 5 stars 3 10 46 10.
Label lithium battery mark lithium battery label figure 1 figure 2 figure 3 figure 4 forbidden in passenger aircraft 6 cargo aircraft only shipper must add un number s.
It should be 12 mm high and shipper must complete phone number portion of label.
For smaller packages that can only bear smaller labels the label dimensions may be 105 mm wide 74 mm high.
Iata lithium battery guidance document 2020 apcs cargo page 2 12 12 2019 definitions lithium battery the term lithium battery refers to a family of batteries with different chemistries comprising many types of cathodes and electrolytes.
If you ship what we call excepted lithium batteries you will need to start using the lithium battery mark seen below.
As more new e commerce companies depend on cheap efficient rechargeable battery power transport of lithium batteries by mail will only grow.
Extra label required for shipping lithium ion batteries.
The long awaited dot phmsa interim final rule ifr enhancing the safety provisions for lithium batteries transported by aircraft appeared in the federal register this week on march 6th.
Distinctive handling label lithium metal batteries.
Damaged defective or recalled batteries are forbidden for air transport.
One of the thorniest topics in pub 52 is lithium batteries.
Shipping of lithium ion cells 60 wh and batteries 300 wh and lithium metal cells 5 grams lithium per cell and 25 grams per battery as fully regulated class 9 hazardous materials.
This ifr generally harmonizes the 49 cfr with the icao technical instructions for the safe transport.
Not surprisingly shipping lithium batteries by mail is even more complicated than shipping them by other means.