Fuel and energy — the heaviest dangerous cargo on the road
Fuel moves without pause — tank trucks to filling stations, LPG cylinders to homes and sites, diesel to generators and machinery. Each flow has its own regime, its own papers and its own driver requirements. We keep the whole chain in order.
Class 3 flammable liquids are 48% of all dangerous goods tonne-kilometres on EU roads — and the lion’s share of that stream is fuel.
This is what you already ship
Typical dangerous goods of the industry — with the real Table A entries. Tap any card to open the full UN page in our reference.
Class 3UN 1203, MOTOR SPIRIT or GASOLINE or PETROL
Petrol — station deliveries, small machinery
LQ 1 L
Class 3UN 1202, GAS OIL or DIESEL FUEL or HEATING OIL, LIGHT
Diesel — machinery, generators, site refuelling
LQ 5 L
Class 2UN 1965, HYDROCARBON GAS MIXTURE, LIQUEFIED, N.O.S. such as mixtures A, A01, A02, A0, A1, B1, B2, B or C
LPG mixture — bulk deliveries, cylinder parks
LQ 0
Class 2UN 1978, PROPANE
Propane — heating, forklifts, construction sites
LQ 0
Class 3UN 1223, KEROSENE
Kerosene — heaters, special equipment
LQ 5 L
Class 3UN 3475, ETHANOL AND GASOLINE MIXTURE or ETHANOL AND MOTOR SPIRIT MIXTURE or ETHANOL AND PETROL MIXTURE, with more than 10 % ethanol
Ethanol-petrol blend — biofuel logistics
LQ 1 L
Three ways your goods can travel
The same product can go as limited quantities, under the 1.1.3.6 partial exemption or in full ADR — the classification and the packaging decide.
Limited quantities (LQ)
Small inner packagings within the column 7a limit, up to 30 kg gross — the goods travel with the LQ diamond, free of most other ADR provisions (Chapter 3.4).
Partial exemption (1.1.3.6)
Below the transport category threshold per transport unit — no orange plates, no written instructions, no ADR driver certificate (the list in 1.1.3.6.2).
Full ADR
Above the thresholds the goods travel under the full set of rules — transport document, plates and labels, equipment, trained crew and every participant duty.
The same diesel travels three ways — five-litre canisters go as LQ with the diamond, a batch of drums may fit under 1.1.3.6, and a tank truck runs in full ADR with an ADR driver.
Who answers for what
ADR splits the duties among the participants of the carriage. These are the roles your company typically holds — with the exact ADR paragraphs.
Consignor
Hands over only consignments that conform to ADR — classified, authorized, in approved packagings, with the transport documents furnished to the carrier.
Filler
Fills only authorized tanks in sound condition, observes the filling degree, checks the closures for leaks and the marking of the tank.
Carrier
Checks before departure that the documents are on board, the vehicle and load show no defects or leaks, the plates and equipment are in place.
Unloader
Compares the transport document with what actually arrived before unloading.
For each of these roles the company needs an appointed safety adviser (1.8.3.1) — ours works on subscription.
About the DGSAWhat a mistake costs
A tanker with an expired inspection or a missing document — the sums below are what national law charges for it.
Sanctions are national — checks are European
Every ADR country sets its own fines for dangerous goods violations. Roadside checks follow one European standard — Directive (EU) 2022/1999 with a common list of infringements by risk category. Open your country to see the authorities and the exact amounts.
Find your countryAnd beyond the fines
- A vehicle stopped at a roadside check — with your customer waiting for the delivery
- An incident with an untrained crew — and an insurer reading the file closely
- Violations on record — and inspections coming back more often
What the law expects from you
ADR duties come first — and your industry carries its own EU rules on top.
Under ADR
- Classify every product before it is handed over for carriage
- Train everyone who touches dangerous goods (Chapter 1.3)
- Appoint a safety adviser — carriers, consignors, loaders, packers alike
- Mark, document and equip every consignment correctly
EU rules of the industry
Seveso III — Directive 2012/18/EU
Major accident prevention. A fuel depot above the thresholds lives under a second regime on top of ADR — the site and the truck are checked by different authorities.
Stage I — Directive 94/63/EC
Petrol vapour recovery. Storage and loading of petrol run under their own directive — the tank truck is regulated before it even leaves the terminal gate.
AFIR — Regulation (EU) 2023/1804
Alternative fuels infrastructure. Hydrogen and LNG stations mean new dangerous goods flows on the road — new products, the same ADR duties.
The industry in numbers
48%
of dangerous goods tonne-kilometres on EU roads are class 3 flammable liquids (2023)
Is this about you?
If even one line matches your operation — it is worth a conversation.
- Your tank trucks leave daily, and the transport documents are built from old templates
- Diesel goes to sites in IBCs, and everyone treats it as just fuel
- Propane cylinders ride in the van together with other goods
- Dispatchers plan routes through tunnels without checking the restriction codes
- Nobody in the company is formally appointed as the safety adviser
Our solutions
Fuel moves every day — the ADR system has to run as steadily as your deliveries.
Cargo instruction with the transport document entry
Classification, the carriage regime and the ready transport document entry — for a specific cargo.
from €50 / document
A consultant on subscription
A certified safety adviser, the appointment notice and the platform — from €50 a month plus €10 per consignment.
ADRplus One
Train the team
Chapter 1.3 courses online, in your languages — at your own pace, with certificates.
Course is being updated
ADR compliance audit
A remote compliance audit with a report — where you stand and what to fix first.
€290
Questions from the industry
Have a different question?
Contact the consultantFuel in the vehicle’s own tank — is that already ADR?
Fuel in tanks that powers the vehicle and its equipment is exempt, but the exemption has strict limits — and it ends where cargo begins. Diesel in an IBC on the load bed is already carriage of dangerous goods. We show exactly where the line runs for your flows.
We only load at the depot — ADR is the carrier’s problem, right?
No. The consignor, the filler and the loader are full participants in the carriage with their own duty sets — classification, documents, checks before departure, training. The appointment of a safety adviser applies to you as well.
We are adding LPG to our petrol deliveries — same rules?
No. Class 3 liquids and class 2 gases are different worlds — pressure receptacles, other marking, other equipment, other tunnel logic. When the product mix changes, we re-map every flow before the first run.
Where do we start?
Send the product list and delivery schemes — we prepare the cargo instruction with the transport document entry from €50 per document and show which regime each flow falls into. From there the subscription from €50 plus €10 per transport covers the adviser, the platform and the training of your people.
Tell us how your goods move
Within one working day you get a clear answer — what applies to you, what does not, and what it costs to be in order.