Re: International RAM Shipping

["Tony LaMastra" <alamastra@enter.net>]

Date:          Wed, 14 Jan 1998 11:03:00 -0600 (CST)
Reply-to:      radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
From:          Myung Chul Jo <mjo@scs.unr.edu>
To:            Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Subject:       International RAM Shipping

For those who handle international RAM shipping, I feel this, in spite of
naming a commercial vendor, will benefit some of us. I found the Emery
Worldwide was very easy to work with and they seemed to have very good
understanding of the "excepted package, limited quantity of material".
I had very hard time finding a carrier who would deliver 200 microcurie
H-3 (to be used in med. research) to France. It was no big deal for Emery
to take our package to France. I followed instructions in the IATA, 1997
to package and I didn't have any problem.


Myung Chul Jo, RSO <mjo@scs.unr.edu>
University of Nevada, Reno
EH&S/MS 328
Reno, NV 89557
(702) 784-4540(voice)
(702) 784-4553(fax)


I have also found Fed-X to be very helpful and cooperative for both 
domestic and international shipments.   They usually have a HAZMAT 
specialist at each major office who is up on the latest 
rrequirements.   I have also used them for domestic shipments not 
that it is becoming more difficult to find a trucking company to 
handle RAM.   Fed-X owns Flying Tigers and is capable of handling 
real freight as well as lighter packages.


Tony LaMastra
Health Physics Associates, Inc.
alamastra@enter.net