In plain English
This term covers materials or items that can be dangerous while they are being moved. The risk can affect people, general safety, property, or the environment.
In context
Here, "DG" asks whether the cargo is considered material or articles that can pose a risk to health, safety, property, or the environment during transport.
- Situation
- Coordinating freight quotes, booking, consolidation, handoff, and transport documents
- What it communicates
- asks whether the cargo falls under regulated hazard classification.
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not specify which substance or article is involved, only that it falls into this transport-risk category.
Examples
“The shipment included DG such as paint thinner, alongside ordinary kitchenware.”
“Before loading, the dispatcher asked whether any of the cargo was DG.”