Title: How to Transport a Scuba Tank - Rules to Comply With
Headings: How to Transport a Scuba Tank - Rules to Comply With
How to Transport a Scuba Tank - Rules to Comply With
IN THE AIR…
National and international rules and regulations for commercial flights
Exemptions
Getting your tank through airport security
Remember
What you need to know
National regulations
ON THE ROAD...
Transporting SCUBA tanks on the road in a car
European regulations
Dive businesses
Why all this? - Under pressure…
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Content: Just put the tank safely in the trunk or on the floor of the car. Don't put it on its bottom but wedge it into a place with luggage or behind car seats to minimize its potential to roll around. European regulations
Accord européen relatif au transport international des marchandises Dangereuses par Route (ADR)
European and neighboring states have acceded to the ADR and implemented it in their national legislation. According to the ADR, a filled SCUBA tank is hazardous material and belongs to the dangerous goods class 2.2, non-flammabe gas. Dive businesses
Regulations for dive businesses are different to private individuals. There is an exemption limit of 1000 Liter of total bottle volume of air, Nitrox, Oxygen and Argon. Such transport volume doesn't have to be marked as a transport of dangerous goods and hazardous materials but a transport document is necessary. Warning: Austria has sharp safety controls and punishes breaches with high fines
. According to the ADR, a single diver who carries a SCUBA tank for his own use in his/her car is not a hazardous/dangerous goods transporter but a private individual and is therefore exempted from those regulations.