Is your company shipping from the United States to Mexico? Are you compliant with Mexican Hazardous Substances regulations? Are you using a local-based emergency response number on your documentation? CHEMTREC offers tailored services to ensure that you are meeting both local and international shipping regulations.

The Mexican Secretariat of Communications and Transportation is responsible for publishing and maintaining the Mexican Standards, which complement the Mexican Regulation for the Land Transport of Hazardous Materials and Wastes. We've created a guide to help companies, like yours, with the complex regulations for the transportation of hazardous goods in Mexico.

Global Regulatory Requirements for Emergency Response Telephone Numbers

Drawing on 50 years-experience of providing worldwide, multi-lingual emergency response to the chemical sector, CHEMTREC has partnered with international regulatory experts, Denehurst Chemical Safety, to create an indispensable guide to help companies, like yours, be compliant and prevent, manage, and minimize the impact of incidents around the world.

This guide contains key information regarding telephone numbers you must supply in order to comply with local regulations in a number of countries. It highlights best practice, who must be available to take the call, and where the phone numbers are to be displayed. 

The guide will be further enhanced with a series of webinars designed to help you understand how the regulations impact you and your supply chain, and understand how CHEMTREC supports you with compliance and manage risks to people, the environment, assets, and both businesses and the industries reputation. 

Achieving Transport and Supply Telephone Compliance 

Meeting emergency telephone requirements stems mainly from two different sets of regulations:

1. Transport of dangerous goods regulations, which aims to prevent and mitigate any incidents during the carriage of chemicals from one organization to another.  Wherever you are in the world and whatever mode of transport, we simplify complex requirements, for example ICAO, IMDG, ADR, or 49CFR. We will highlight the specific regulations that require you to have an emergency response telephone number on shipping documents and vehicle placards etc. 
2. Supply regulations that are aimed at protecting the end user of the chemical. Specific to each jurisdiction, they give rise to requiring an emergency response telephone number on documents, such as safety data sheets and supply labels.  

We know from practice, many carriers will also ask for documents such as safety data sheets when processing dangerous goods shipments. Whilst not mandated, displaying our numbers properly will support smooth, efficient transportation and help manage any delays to your supply chain.  

We will also touch on voluntary schemes based on industry good practice to highlight how our emergency response numbers can support your accreditation on these schemes. 

How will this help me?  

The guide will provide:

• Country specific transport and supply requirements – we help explain complex regulations in key countries within your supply chain and how to stay compliant. Some key countries covered are Mexico, Brazil, Australia, Malaysia, Korea, and China.   
• Practical differences between Emergency Response and Poison Centre numbers – specific examples help understand European requirements.  
• How, where, and why to display emergency response numbers e.g. on SDS, Labels, and Dangerous Goods Declarations (DGD’s) etc.
• Wider regulatory requirements, for example Chinese hazardous chemical regulations and international lithium battery test summary requirements.

The people helping you prepare and respond.

Our Crisis Management Team has years of experience working in high-risk sectors and environments with a proven track record of excellence.  

Chris Scott, Crisis Services Manager  

Chris has been working in the field of crisis and emergency response for over 30 years and is a pioneer in the field.  

Chris’ studies in human intelligence linked with understanding a person’s ability to manage unwanted events has seen outstanding results. Chris has a degree in leadership and management and a master’s degree in emergency planning and disaster management, carefully connecting with and complementing business continuity arrangements.  

Chris has worked around the globe for some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, through to UK emergency services. 

Gareth Black, Senior Crisis Consultant  

Gareth is a thought leader in the field of crisis management, emergency response and human factors.  

Gareth’s Master’s Degree in Homeland Security and Crisis Management, alongside his lecturing work at Coventry University means he is at the cutting edge of developments in the field. Gareth has a unique ability to turn his wealth of academic experience into simple, practical, and intuitive solutions for clients, ensuring they remain in the forefront of crisis management practice.  

Gareth has received accolades for his work with the National Health Service, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from a wide range of incidents whilst also working on policy and procedural developments of national and international significance. More recently Gareth has worked with clients in the chemical, oil and gas, university, and public sector, creating inventive and intuitive solutions to maintain their crisis readiness.