Dangerous goods surcharges for trucking within Australia

See below table for cost of DG shipment cost within Australia by road

DANGEROUS GOODS shipped within Australia: are usually shipped by road and a $50 surcharge applies to many items (quantity dependent; e.g. C156, C156-1). Most Class 6 Dangerous Goods (e.g. AAURA-500, ACF-500, ACFM-500, ADRAB-1L, ADRAB-500, AGMSA-500, AGMSS-1L, AHBUF-500, AHRNS-500, ALESH-500, AWR-500, AWRGM-1L, C010, C012) attract a surcharge of $140.
Within Australia we automatically ship by road transport. Please specify when ordering if you require air service. Cost to be advised. Only one DG fee applies to a multiple DG order. There are rare exceptions, eg. when two incompatible items must be shipped in separately. Shipping charges will be added to the invoice; If you prefer you can use your own account with your freight company. The rules are by Government and charges are set for a fine profit by freight companies. We carry the additional hassle without any compensation.

DANGEROUS GOODS shipped to all non-Australian destinations: Dangerous goods to overseas destinations will be airfreighted and the freight charge billed to you at cost. Typically, this will be about AUD500.00 to New Zealand and about AUD700.00 to Europe or USA; this is for up to 4kg, including the AUD75 Dangerous Goods Fee. Consolidating an annual order or combining a dangerous goods shipment with another laboratory is cost-effective.

Dangerous goods in excepted quantities: Some chemicals can be shipped overseas in Excepted Quantities. This rule allows up to 500mL or grams, but packed in 30mL/g lots. However, it is not viable to ship 500g quantities further dispensed into 30g quantities. Hence this rule is only useful for a few items, for instance BDMA, which is normally shipped in 100mL quantities but is also available as 4x25mL for overseas customers. When shipping DGs in Excepted Quantities, the saving is only the dangerous goods fee, which is currently AUD75. We would still need to charge for airfreight.

If you think that shipping 25g of lead nitrate or 1g of OsO4 is not dangerous when compared with a tank full of petrol and 10kg of lead and some sulphuric acid which are already contained in the vehicle's battery - you are right. However, we do not make the rules or set those usurious fees. It is greedy companies and inept governments who make commerce of many goods very expensive without demonstrably improving safety.

We ship by the best means and charge the absolute minimum in additional freight. Please inquire prior to placing relatively heavy (or bulky), low value overseas orders.
Please inquire when in doubt.

This table is in catalogue number order and shows which of our catalogue items are classed as dangerous goods for shipping purposes.

Many dangerous goods items when shipped by road have a fee levied by the trucking company and we reclaim only this fee from our customer. Most Class 6 dangerous goods are charged $140, regardless of quantity. Many other dangerous goods items have "limited quantities". These are shown as "No" in the "DG by road" column and are shipped without a DG surcharge, however your order can still incur the regular freight charge. Some dangerous goods can be consolidated in one shipment - for that inquire please.

You may reason that these rules hardly improve safety and are rather costly, or that most of the listed chemicals in the quantities shipped by us are rather less harmful than the acid and lead in the truck's battery and the fuel in the tank. Or you could reason that householders can and do purchase and carry more dangerous cargo in the family car. All of this makes nonsense of the road freight rules for small quantities of DGs.
If you want to change this apparent and costly nonsense, then all you need to do is to get the politicians to manage the road freight mess. Good luck to us all.

Cat. No.	Description	DG by road	DG by air
AACDL-1L	Acid alcohol	TNT $50	DG Class 3 PG II
AALCB-100	Alcian blue	No	DG Class 3 PG II
AAURA-500	Auramine aqueous	No	DG Class 6.1 PG II
AAURA-50C	Auramine concentrate	No	DG Class 6.1 PG II
AAZUB-500	Azure B - Eosin Y	NO	DG Class 3/6.1 PG II
ACF-500	Carbol fuchsin, strong stain	No	DG Class 6.1 PG II
ACFM-500	Carnoy's fixative	NQX $140	DG Class 3/6.1 PG II
AEA36-1L	EA36 (Eosin/ extra light green)	NO	DG CLASS 3/6.1 PGIII
AGMSA-500	Giemsa stain (methanol/glycerol based)	NQX $140	DG Class 3/6.1 PG II
AGMSS-1L	Giemsa special stain	NQX $140	DG Class 3/6.1 PG II
AGSK-100	Gram stain kit	No	DG Class 3 PG II
AHBUF-500	HTK buffer	NQX $140	DG Class 3/6.1 PG II
AHRNS-500	HTK rinse	NQX $140	DG Class 3/6.1 PG II
AHSTN-100	HTK stain	No	DG Class 3/6.1 PG II
AJENR-1L	Jenner stain, methanol based	NQX $140	DG Class 3/6.1 PG II
AKOVC-20	Kovac's reagent	No	DG Class 3/8 PG II
ALESH-500	Leishman's stain, methanol based	NQX $140	DG Class 3/6.1 PG II
AMLGR-500	Malachite green 1% aqueous solution	No	DG Class 6.1 PG II
ANBFJ-200	Formalin biopsy jars, neutral buffered, 3.7%	No	DG Class 3 PG III
AOG6-500	OG6 5% alcoholic stain	StarTrack $50	DG Class 3 PG II
APE10	Electrode cleaning solution sodium hypochlorite 0.6%	NO	CLASS 8 PG III
ASDBK-100	Sudan black 0.3% in 70% alcohol	No	DG Class 3 PG II
AWR-500	Wright's stain, methanol based	NQX $140	DG Class 3/6.1 PG II
AWRGM-1L	Wright Giemsa stain	NQX $140	DG Class 3/6.1 PG II
C003	Glutaraldehyde 50% solution (ampoules)	No	DG Class 8 PG II
C00370	Glutaraldehyde 70% solution (ampoules)	No	DG Class 8 PG III
C003701	Glutaraldehyde 70% solution (ampoules)	No	DG Class 8 PG III
C004	16% Paraformaldehyde (formaldehyde) aqueous solution	No	DG Class 9
C0042B	20% Paraformaldehyde (formaldehyde) aqueous solution	No	DG Class 9
C007	Paraformaldehyde	No	DG Class 4.1 PG III
C010	Osmium tetroxide	NQX $140	DG Class 6.1 PG I
C011	Osmium tetroxide 4% aqueous solution	No	DG Class 6.1 PG III
C012	Osmium tetroxide	NQX $140	DG Class 6.1 PG I
C020	Sodium cacodylate trihydrate	No	DG Class 6.1 PG II
C0205	Sodium cacodylate trihydrate	No	DG Class 6.1 PG II
C023	LR White resin, medium grade	No	DG Class 5.2
C024	LR White resin, hard grade	No	DG Class 5.2
C025	LR White embedding kit, medium	No	DG Class 5.2
C026	LR White embedding kit, hard	No	DG Class 5.2
C032	Histocryl resin kit	No	DG Class 5.2
C034	Quetol 651/NSA embedding kit	No	DG Class 8 PG III
C035	Spurr's embedding kit	No	DG Class 8/3 PG II
C037	GMA embedding kit	No	DG Class 3 PG III
C038	Procure 812 embedding kit	No	DG Class 8/3 PG II
C039	Procure-Araldite embedding kit	No	DG Class 8/3 PG II
C040	Araldite embedding kit	No	DG Class 8/3 PG II
C042	n-Butyl methacrylate	No	DG Class 3 PG III
C046	NMA	No	DG Class 8 PG III
C050	DMAE	No	DG Class 8/3 PG II
C052	DMP (2,2-Dimethoxypropane)	TNT $50	DG Class 3 PG III
C053	DMP-30	No	DG Class 8 PG III
C054	BDMA	No	DG Class 8/3 PG II
C064S	Formvar solution 0.5% in ethylene dichloride	No	DG Class 3/6.1 PG II
C072	Phosphotungstic acid	No	DG Class 8 PG III
C073	Lead citrate	No	DG Class 6.1 PG III
C079	Uranyl acetate	See C079-F	See C079-F
C079-F	DG freight	Drop Ship	DG Class 7
C082	Basic Green 4/ Malachite Green oxalate, certified, C.I. 42000	No	DG Class 6.1 PG III
C0821	Basic Green 4/ Malachite Green oxalate, certified, C.I. 42000	No	DG Class 6.1 PG III
C0825	Basic Green 4/ Malachite Green oxalate, certified, C.I. 42000	No	DG Class 6.1 PG III
C096	Digitonin	No	DG Class 6.1 PG III
C106	Gold chloride	No	DG Class 8 PG III
C108	Hexamethyldisilazane	No	DG Class 3/8 PG III
C120	Lead acetate	No	DG Class 6.1 PG III
C139	Silver nitrate, ACS/ISO grade	No	DG Class 5.1 PG II
C1391	Silver nitrate, ACS/ISO grade	No	DG Class 5.1 PG II
C1395	Silver nitrate, ACS/ISO grade	No	DG Class 5.1 PG II
C151	Lead nitrate	No	DG 5.1/6.1 PG II
C152	Maleic acid	No	DG Class 8 PG III
C156	Propylene oxide	TNT $50	DG Class 3 PG I
C157	Parlodion strips	No	DG Class 4.1 PG III
C201	Sodium Hydroxide 2N Solution	No	DG Class 8 PG III
C364	Potassium permanganate, analytical grade	No	DG Class 5.1 PG II
C365-100	Potassium permanganate, technical grade	No	DG Class 5.1 PG II
C365-500	Potassium permanganate, technical grade	No	DG Class 5.1 PG II
C440	Lowicryl HM20 embedding kit	No	DG Class 3 PG III
C450	Lowicryl K11M kit	No	DG Class 3/6 PG III
C610	JB-4 embedding kit	No	DG Class 5.2
C613	JB-4 catalyst	No	DG Class 5.2
C615	JB-4 Plus embedding kit	No	DG Class 5.2
C618	JB-4 Plus catalyst	No	DG Class 5.2
C651	Methyl methacrylate	TNT $50	DG Class 3 PG II
I003	Conductive carbon/graphite paint, SEM adhesive	No	DG Class 3 PG III
I004	Conductive silver liquid, SEM adhesive	No	DG Class 3 PG II
I0041	Conductive silver liquid, SEM adhesive	No	DG Class 3 PGII
I008	Conductive silver pen, SEM adhesive	No	DG Class 3 PG III
I030	Silane slide coating adhesive	No	DG Class 3 PG II
I620	Biobond, tissue section adhesive	No	DG Class 8 PG II
IA013	Cytoseal™ 60 mounting medium	No	DG Class 3/6.1 PG II
IA017	SHUR/Mount, toluene-based mounting medium	No	DG Class 3 PG II
IA019	Permount mounting medium	No	DG Class 3 PG II
IA0195	Permount mounting medium	STARTRACK $50	DG Class 3 PG II
IA158	Canada balsam	No	DG Class 3 PG III
IA1585	Canada balsam	No	DG Class 3 PG III
ID010B	SHUR/MARK™ slide marking pen, black	No	DG Class 3 PG III
ID010R	SHUR/MARK™ slide marking pen, red	No	DG Class 3 PG II
IM022	Entellan® New, mounting medium	No	DG Class 3 PG III
IM0225	Entellan® New, mounting medium	No	DG Class 3 PG III
IM024	Eukitt™, mounting medium	No	DG Class 3 PG III
IM028	BioMount™ mounting medium	No	DG Class 3 PG III
LM030	Spray freeze	StarTrack $50	DG Class 2.1
M031	General purpose cleaner	TNT $50	DG Class 8 PG II
M037	Jewellery cleaner concentrate	TNT $50	DG Class 8 PG III
M051	3M™ Novec™ contact cleaner	TNT $50	DG Class 2.2