Re: [OT] International Move - What materials are banned? by peter green .

Tamas Rudnai wrote: > Hi list, > > Does anyone has experience on what type of materials are banned from > shipping by sailing? I have quite a few pressurized cans of PCB lacquer, > PCB cleaner, contact cleaner airdust etc, not sure what can and what cannot > be sent over the ocean? Also I have a 3/4 full jerrican of imperial gallon > of nitro-methanol fuel for my RC aircraft, has anyone already shipped > anything like that? I'm sure pretty much anything (provided it's legal to import to the destination country) can be and are moved arround the world by ship. The risks to the crew from most cargos is probablly FAR FAR lower on a ship than on a plane due to a combination of the sheer scale of a cargo ship, the fact weight is less of a factor meaning stuff can be more heavilly built and the fact there is a ready supply of water for emergency firefighting and decontamination. The real question IMO is one of cost. Are the products in question worth the costs involved (paperwork both by you and the shipping company, proffessional packaging, dealing with customs etc) in shipping them to your destination. And I suspect the answer to that question is no