Hazmat Shipments

What are Hazardous materials?

Hazardous materials are items which have the potential to cause harm to humans and the environment. These items include biological, chemical, physical agents, and radioactive materials, which could be dangerous either by themselves or through interacting with other factors.

These items are shipped following some guidelines which are created by respective governments. And accordingly transportation and aviation companies follow the protocols. While shipping hazardous items, user must follow the respective carrier guidelines.

This guide is to learn about hazardous items which can be shipped.

Below is the list of common hazardous materials :

Hazardous Materials
Aerosol spray receptacles (e.g., household cleaners, disinfectants, hairspray, spray paint)	Fertilizer compounds and ammonium nitrate fertilizers	Lithium batteries, including portable chargers and power banks
Airbags and airbag inflators	Fire extinguishers	Mercury and articles that contain mercury
Alcohols (e.g., rubbing alcohol, high-proof spirits)	Fireworks – consumer and novelty	Nail polish and nail polish remover
Ammunition and gun powders	Fragrances (e.g., perfumes and colognes)	Oxygen tanks (medical and recreational)
Bleaches	Fuels (e.g., gasoline, diesel fuel, propane, kerosene)	Paints
Camping equipment (e.g., camping stove, kerosene lanterns)	Fuel-powered equipment (containing fuel)	Paint thinners and removers
Car batteries	Hand sanitizer	Refrigerant gases (e.g., liquid nitrogen or carbon dioxide)
Carbon dioxide canisters and cylinders	Inks (flammable)	Scuba tanks
Consumer electronics with lithium batteries (e.g., cell phones, laptops)	Insecticides and pest control products	Smoke detectors
Dry ice	Lighters and matches	Wood treatment products (e.g., sealants, stains, varnishes)
Essential oils (flammable)

Input Parameter: HAZMAT_TYPE

The following is an example of the hazmat special service with the required HAZMAT_TYPE input parameter.

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"specialServices": [
        {
            "inputParameters": [
                {
                    "name": "HAZMAT_TYPE",
                    "value": "Class 8 Air Eligible Corrosive Materials"
                }
            ],
            "specialserviceId": "hazmat"
        }
    ]

HAZMAT_TYPE Input Values (USPS, US to US)

The HAZMAT_TYPE input parameter takes the following values. Enter the value in the value field, as shown in the example above:

Value	Description
Air Eligible Ethanol	Air Eligible Ethanol Package - authorized fragrance and hand sanitizer shipments
Class 8 Air Eligible Corrosive Materials	Class 8 - Corrosive Materials Package - Air Eligible Corrosive Materials (certain cleaning or tree/weed killing compounds, etc.)
Class 8 Sealed Lead Acid Battery	Class 8 - Nonspillable Wet Battery Package - Sealed lead acid batteries
Class 9 Dry Ice	Class 9 - Dry Ice Package (limited to 5 lbs. if shipped via Air)
Class 9 Lithium Battery with New Device	Class 9 - Lithium batteries, marked package - New electronic devices packaged with lithium batteries (UN3481 or UN3091)
Class 9 Lithium Battery Unmarked	Class 9 - Lithium batteries, unmarked package - New electronic devices installed or packaged with lithium batteries (no marking)
Class 9 Magnetized Materials	Class 9 - Magnetized Materials Package
Consumer Commodity	ID8000 Consumer Commodity Package - Air Eligible ID8000 Consumer Commodity (non-flammable aerosols, flammable combustible liquids, toxic substance, miscellaneous hazardous materials)
Div 5.1 Hydrogen Peroxide 8 to 20 Percent	Division 5.1 - Oxidizers Package - Hydrogen peroxide (8 to 20% concentration)
Div 5.2 Organic Peroxides	Division 5.2 - Organic Peroxides Package
Div 6.1 Toxic Materials	Division 6.1 - Toxic Materials Package (with an LD50 of 50 mg/kg or less) - (pesticides, herbicides, etc.)
Div 6.2 Biological Materials	Division 6.2 Hazardous Materials - Biological Materials (e.g., lab test kits, authorized COVID test kit returns)
Excepted Quantity Provision	Excepted Quantity Provision Package (e.g., small volumes of flammable liquids, corrosive, toxic or environmentally hazardous materials - marking required)

Carriers which allow hazardous items in special services for shipments are listed below with IDs (used by 360 API).

S.No.	Carrier Names	Special Service Names	IDs and Shipment Type - Domestic/International/Both
1.	USPS	Hazardous Materials Hazardous Materials Restricted Electronic Device	Hazmat (for US Domestic) Hazmat-electronics (for US Domestic)
2.	FedEx	Lithium Batteries Dry Ice	BATTERY (for US - Both) DRY_ICE (for US Domestic)
3.	UPS	UPS Carbon Neutral Dry Ice	CARBON (for US and CA - Both) DRY_ICE (for US - Both)
4.	DHL Express	Hazardous Material Dry Ice Battery Details Battery Packaging	HAZMAT (for US - Both, and CA - only International) DRY_ICE (for US - Both, and CA - only International) BATTERY (for US - Both, and CA - only International) BATTERY_PACKAGING -(for US Domestic)
5.	Loomis	Dangerous Goods	DG (for CA – Domestic)

Below are the sample requests which show HAZMAT special services but their value varies.

Creating a Shipment having Chemical Agent as a Special Service

To create a Hazmat shipment having a chemical agent, below sample request can be referred:

Sample Request

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curl --location 'https://api-sandbox.sendpro360.pitneybowes.com/shipping/api/v1/shipments' \
--header 'X-PB-Developer-Partner-ID: <DeveloperPartnerId>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer XXXX' \
--data-raw '{
    "size": "DOC_8X11",
    "type": "SHIPPING_LABEL",
    "format": "PDF",
    "fromAddress": {
        "addressLine1": "8 Abc Dr",
        "cityTown": "Beals",
        "company": "ABC Company",
        "countryCode": "US",
        "email": "sender@email.com",
        "name": "Sasha Sekrotov",
        "phone": "323 555-1212",
        "postalCode": "04611-3214",
        "residential": false,
        "stateProvince": "ME"
    },
    "parcel": {
        "length": 10,
        "width": 10,
        "height": 1,
        "dimUnit": "IN",
        "weightUnit": "OZ",
        "weight": 1
    },
    "carrierAccountId": "xxxxxxxx",
    "parcelType": "LP",
    "serviceId": "PM",
    "metadata": [
        {
            "name": "costAccountName",
            "value": "Test"
        },
        {
            "name": "costAccountCode",
            "value": "12345"
        }
    ],
    "toAddress": {
        "addressLine1": "27 Waterview Drive",
        "cityTown": "Westford",
        "company": "Pitney Bowes Inc.",
        "countryCode": "US",
        "email": "receiver@email.com",
        "name": "sender_fname",
        "phone": "2032032033",
        "postalCode": "01886-6502",
        "residential": true,
        "stateProvince": "MA"
    },
    "shipmentOptions": {
        "addToManifest": true,
        "printCustomMessage": "custom message",
        "receiptOption": "RECEIPT_WITH_INSTRUCTIONS"
    },
    "specialServices": [
        {
            "inputParameters": [
                {
                    "name": "HAZMAT_TYPE",
                    "value": "Class 8 Air Eligible Corrosive Materials"
                }
            ],
            "specialserviceId": "hazmat"
        }
    ]
}'

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Creating a Shipment having Alcohol as a Special Service

To create a shipment with alcohol agent, below is the sample request:

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curl --location 'https://api-sandbox.sendpro360.pitneybowes.com/shipping/api/v1/shipments' \
--header 'X-PB-Developer-Partner-ID: <DeveloperPartnerId>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer XXXX' \
--data-raw '{
    "size": "DOC_8X11",
    "type": "SHIPPING_LABEL",
    "format": "PDF",
    "fromAddress": {
        "addressLine1": "8 Abc Dr",
        "cityTown": "Beals",
        "company": "ABC Company",
        "countryCode": "US",
        "email": "sender@email.com",
        "name": "Sasha Sekrotov",
        "phone": "323 555-1212",
        "postalCode": "04611-3214",
        "residential": false,
        "stateProvince": "ME"
    },
    "parcel": {
        "length": 10,
        "width": 10,
        "height": 1,
        "dimUnit": "IN",
        "weightUnit": "OZ",
        "weight": 1
    },
    "carrierAccountId": "xxxx",
    "parcelType": "LP",
    "serviceId": "PM",
    "metadata": [
        {
            "name": "costAccountName",
            "value": "Test"
        },
        {
            "name": "costAccountCode",
            "value": "12345"
        }
    ],
    "toAddress": {
        "addressLine1": "27 Waterview Drive",
        "cityTown": "Westford",
        "company": "Pitney Bowes Inc.",
        "countryCode": "US",
        "email": "receiver@email.com",
        "name": "sender_fname",
        "phone": "2032032033",
        "postalCode": "01886-6502",
        "residential": true,
        "stateProvince": "MA"
    },
    "shipmentOptions": {
        "addToManifest": true,
        "printCustomMessage": "custom message",
        "receiptOption": "RECEIPT_WITH_INSTRUCTIONS"
    },
    "specialServices": [
        {
            "inputParameters": [
                {
                    "name": "HAZMAT_TYPE",
                    "value": "Air Eligible Ethanol"
                }
            ],
            "specialserviceId": "hazmat"
        }
    ]
}'

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Creating a Shipment having Dry Ice as a Special Service

For Dry Ice, the hazardous and non-hazardous category varies based on weight of Dry Ice. (TBD - with GCS)

To create a shipment having Dry Ice, below is the sample request:

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curl --location 'https://api-sandbox.sendpro360.pitneybowes.com/shipping/api/v1/shipments' \
--header 'X-PB-Developer-Partner-ID: <DeveloperPartnerId>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer XXXX' \
--data-raw '{
    "size": "DOC_8X11",
    "type": "SHIPPING_LABEL",
    "format": "PDF",
    "fromAddress": {
        "addressLine1": "8 Abc Dr",
        "cityTown": "Beals",
        "company": "ABC Company",
        "countryCode": "US",
        "email": "sender@email.com",
        "name": "Sasha Sekrotov",
        "phone": "323 555-1212",
        "postalCode": "04611-3214",
        "residential": false,
        "stateProvince": "ME"
    },
    "parcel": {
        "length": 10,
        "width": 10,
        "height": 1,
        "dimUnit": "IN",
        "weightUnit": "OZ",
        "weight": 1
    },
    "carrierAccountId": "xxxx",
    "parcelType": "LP",
    "serviceId": "PM",
    "metadata": [
        {
            "name": "costAccountName",
            "value": "Test"
        },
        {
            "name": "costAccountCode",
            "value": "12345"
        }
    ],
    "toAddress": {
        "addressLine1": "27 Waterview Drive",
        "cityTown": "Westford",
        "company": "Pitney Bowes Inc.",
        "countryCode": "US",
        "email": "receiver@email.com",
        "name": "sender_fname",
        "phone": "2032032033",
        "postalCode": "01886-6502",
        "residential": true,
        "stateProvince": "MA"
    },
    "shipmentOptions": {
        "addToManifest": true,
        "printCustomMessage": "custom message",
        "receiptOption": "RECEIPT_WITH_INSTRUCTIONS"
    },
    "specialServices": [
        {
            "inputParameters": [
                {
                    "name": "HAZMAT_TYPE",
                    "value": "Class 9 Dry Ice"
                }
            ],
            "specialserviceId": "hazmat"
        }
    ]
}'

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