Dubai linking its dangerous goods transport procedures with police and state security

Ahmed Hamad , the head of dangerous goods section at DCAA’s aviation security & accident investigation department, said: “We have issued 9,764 No Objection Certificates (NOCs) for Dangerous Goods transportation by both passenger and cargo airlines in 2013, up from 8146 NOCs, while 686 approvals were given for firearms transportation last year as against 588 in the year 2012,” he said.
In the first half of 2014, as many as 4344 and 346 NOCs were issued for the dangerous goods and firearms, respectively. During the same period, about 189 applications for dangerous goods transportation were turned down.
Last year, the department rejected 654 requests for dangerous goods transportation and eight for the firearms for a variety of reasons, including non-compliance of international and local rules and regulations.
In an interview with DCAA’s Via Dubai magazine Al Hammadi said: “The compliance rate by the cargo industry is very high and we are working to improve this further through creating industry awareness about the latest in dangerous goods regulations and potential suspicious shipments.”
According to figures released by International Air Transport Association (IATA), the airline industry handles 52 million tons of cargo a day globally.