Tuesday, October 18, 2011

RE: [Electric Boats] Torqeedo Lithium batteries transportation

 

I’m an airline pilot.  You might be aware of the horrific fire and crash of a Fedex MD-11 in Dubai about 6 months ago.  The cause was a lithium battery short that caused a fire in the cargo.  My airline recently changed it’s rules to prohibit any carriage either in the cabin or in the cargo hold of lithium batteries over a certain size.  I personally had to recently tell a disabled lady that we had to leave her power chair at the gate because of this.  The FAA website has the size restrictions.  The one I left at the gate was fairly large, I want to say it had 15 grams of lithium in it.

Jerry Barth

 

From: electricboats@yahoogroups.com [mailto:electricboats@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of jcglt - FK8IH
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 9:24 PM
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Electric Boats] Torqeedo Lithium batteries transportation

 

 

I'm facing a problem with the 320Wh Lithium battery of my Torqeedo 503S engine : it does not charge and I have to send it back to a Torqeedo dealer but I'm facing a difficult problem about its transportation as I'm living in a South Pacific island and must send the battery to either Australia or Europe.
This battery is classified in Category 9 of a UNO classification and is considered as a hazardous material.
Does any member have any experience about transportation of Lithium batteries, by airplane or cargo ship ?
Thanks to all,
jcglt - S/V Bauhinia

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