Take Me Home, Country Roads… Take Me Home, Safely Though

Transporting dangerous goods saddles organizations with serious responsibility. In the US, for example, firms that violate the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) by transporting dangerous goods improperly face fines exceeding $100,000. Regulatory scrutiny is, in part, so intense due to the potentially significant operational consequences of dangerous goods incidents. In 2024, part of the Port of Los Angeles was shut down for several days when a truck carrying lithium-ion batteries overturned and caught fire.

The scale of the issue is significant worldwide. In the US, nearly 120,000 hazardous materials transit incidents on highways were recorded between 2021 and 2026. In the UK, eight million more tonnes of dangerous goods were transported by heavy goods vehicles in 2024 than 2023, while 12 EU countries reported increases in road freight volumes of dangerous goods over the same period.

To appropriately manage the road transport of dangerous goods, organizations may invest in training programmes that help personnel stay up to date with best practices and evolving regulations across all nine dangerous goods classes. Firms can leverage learning management systems to streamline the administration of safety training and help assign, track and deliver training on safe handling, classification, packaging, labelling, segregation and emergency response requirements (see Verdantix Future Of Learning Management Systems).

Beyond training, several other point solutions can support dangerous goods transport management, such as chemical management software, vehicle safety management tools and specialist dangerous goods compliance platforms. However, few vendors currently offer a fully integrated solution that covers all aspects of dangerous goods management for road transport. To understand how these point solutions can support dangerous goods management and where gaps remain to serve this growing market, set up an analyst inquiry call.

For more information on how to manage the safety and compliance risks of transporting dangerous goods across road, air, rail and sea around the world, see Verdantix Strategic Focus: Digital Technologies For Dangerous Goods Compliance.