Unrelenting focus on risk drives safety and compliance for JJX Logistics

JJX Logistics views a focus on safety, security and compliance as a differentiator, setting it apart from its competition and helping it win business.

This unwavering focus is borne out of the nature of its primary business, the transportation of hazardous goods.

“Health and safety is important for every company,” explains Edward Martin from JJX Logistics. “If a forklift accidentally drops a pallet, somebody may get hit her on the head, but if you drop an IBC (intermediate bulk containers) of toxics, not only could you hit somebody on the head, you could also have an environmental substances leak.”

The ‘European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road’, commonly known as ADR, is a multilateral treaty that governs the transport of hazardous materials (dangerous goods) by road in Europe.

“If there is any kind of incident on the road, there's a heightened risk to the environment,” Edward Martin, JJX Logistics

ADR has been in force since 1968 and is administered by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). It’s updated every two years to take account of technological advances.

Martin explains: “For ADR, every box we ever move, every pallet, everything always has to go through the UN manual of tested criteria so that every single product, the box that it goes in, the carton, the drum, they’re built, designed and drop tested to safely transport it.