Standard Gas Storage and Transportation
Time : 2024-06-27

Cylinders with standard gas must be closed to prevent leakage. It should be kept by a special person in a well-ventilated room. No open fires and fire extinguishers. The cylinder shall be affixed with a label which shall include the following:


  1. Cylinder number

2. Component name

3. Component content

4. Production date or expiration date


Before handling and transporting standard gas cylinders, carefully check the cylinder valve, strictly prevent leakage, and check whether the packaging is firm. During transportation, the temperature of the cylinder should be kept below 40 ° C, especially in the hot summer, to cover the cloth to prevent direct sunlight. When loading and unloading the car, pay attention to strictly prohibit impact collision, filled with gas medical accidents that may lead to accidents after contact with each other (such as oxygen, chlorine, hydrogen, acetylene, etc.) do not transport with the car to prevent gas leakage and cause combustion and explosion accidents.


The State shall implement a qualification identification system for the transportation of hazardous chemicals. No hazardous chemicals shall be transported without qualification identification.


Drivers, crew members, stevedores and escorts transporting hazardous chemicals must understand the nature and hazardous characteristics of the hazardous chemicals transported, the functional characteristics of packaging containers and emergency measures in case of accidents. When transporting hazardous chemicals, necessary emergency handling equipment and protective articles must be equipped.


Where hazardous chemicals are transported by road, the shipper can only entrust a transport enterprise with the qualification for the transport of hazardous chemicals.


Transporting hazardous chemicals by road must be equipped with escorts, and at any time under the supervision of escorts, may not overload, overload, and may not enter the area where the transport of hazardous chemicals vehicles are prohibited; If it is necessary to enter the prohibited area, it shall report to the local public security gate in advance, and the public security department shall designate the driving time and route for it, and the transport vehicle must comply with the driving time and route prescribed by the public security department.


No unit or individual may post or carry dangerous chemicals in the mail, and may not post dangerous chemicals by concealing or falsely reporting them as ordinary articles.


Transportation of hazardous chemicals by railway or air shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of the railway and civil aviation departments under The State Council.

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