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AAPA American Association of Port Authorities
AASHTO American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials
AAR Association of American Railroads
ADR European Road/Rail Conventions (governs the transport of dangerous goods throughout Europe)
AHS Association of Hazmat Shippers, Inc.
AICC Association of Independent Corrugated Converters
ANSI American National Standards Institute
APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA – wood pallets)
API American Petroleum Institute
ASTM American Society of Testing and Materials
ATA American Trucking Associations, Inc. (representing for-hire motor carriers)
BTS Bureau of Transportation Statistics, DOT
CDL Commercial Driver’s License (issued by states; regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration)
CEFIC European Chemical Industry Council
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CGA Compressed Gas Association
CGSB Canadian General Standards Board
COE Committee of Experts (United Nations panel on the Transport of Dangerous Goods)
COHMED Cooperative Hazardous Materials Enforcement Development
COSTHA Council for the Safe Transport of Hazardous Articles
CPC Chemical Packaging Committee (of the Institute of Packaging Professionals)
CPSC Consumer Products Safety Commission
CSB Chemical Safety Board
CVSA Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
DEA Drug Enforcement Agency
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DGAC Dangerous Goods Advisory Council
DOT U.S. Department of Transportation
EC European Commission
ECMA European Cylinder Makers Association
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EIGA European Industrial Gases Association
EMPAC European Metal Packaging
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EU European Union
FAA Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
FARS Fatal Accident Reporting System
FBA Fibre Box Association
FIBCA Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container Association
FMC Federal Maritime Commission
FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, DOT
FMCSR Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
FHWA Federal Highway Administration, DOT
FIBC Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container
FIBCA Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container Association
FRA Federal Railroad Administration, DOT
GPS Global Positioning System
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
IANA Intermodal Association of North America
IATA International Air Transport Association
IBC Intermediate Bulk Container
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
ICCR International Confederation of Container Reconditioners
ICDM International Confederation of Drum Manufacturers
ICIBCA International Council of Intermediate Bulk Container Associations
ICPP International Confederation of Plastics Packaging Manufacturers
IFDI International Fibre Drum Institute
IMDG International Maritime Dangerous Goods (as in IMDG Code)
IME Institute of Makers of Explosives
IMO International Maritime Organization
IoPP Institute of Packaging Professionals
IPANA Industrial Packaging Alliance of North America
ISO International Organization for Standardization
LQ Limited Quantity
LTL Less-Than-Truckload (refers to small shipments aggregated for transport by truck)
MARAD Maritime Administration, DOT
MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NCB National Cargo Bureau
NHS National Highway System
NMFC National Motor Freight Classification
NMFTA National Motor Freight Transit Association
NPTC National Private Truck Council (representing private-fleet motor carriers)
NTSB National Transportation Safety Board
OHMS Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
PDI Plastic Drum Institute
PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, DOT
PSCI Plastic Shipping Container Institute
PSSMA Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers Association
RIBC Rigid Intermediate Bulk Container
RIBCA Rigid Intermediate Bulk Container Association
RIPA Reusable Industrial Packaging Association
RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration, DOT
Ro-Ro Roll-on, Roll-off (refers to driving motorized vehicles on or off marine vessels)
RTAC Road and Transportation Association of Canada
SSCI Steel Shipping Container Institute (manufacturers of steel drums and pails)
STB Surface Transportation Board (successor agency to the ICC – regulates railroads)
TC Transport Canada (Canadian Department of Transportation)
TDG Transport of Dangerous Goods
TEU Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit (standard measure of marine shipping containers)
TIH Toxic Inhalation Hazard
TL Truckload (a full trailer shipment of freight)
TRB Transportation Research Board (of the National Academies of Science)
TSA Transportation Security Administration, DHS
UNTDG United Nations Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
USCG United States Coast Guard, DHS
VOHMA Vessel Operators Hazardous Materials Association
WHO World Health Organization
WSO World Safety Organization
Issued 01/14
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