For cell, pack & power-product producers
Make the shipment file match the battery you built.
For production lots and samples, the fastest way to lose time is a mismatch between model, test summary, SDS, packing and booking description. We structure the review around consistency.
Where manufacturers typically need support
Focus: multi-model and batch shipments, document-to-model matching, repeat orders and packing consistency across lots.
You may be shipping bare cells, assembled packs, modules, power banks or prototype / low-production designs. Each has a different transport profile, and the commercial product name alone rarely answers the carrier’s questions.
Production lot readiness
Check that the model being tendered appears in the applicable documentation and that packing evidence reflects the actual shipment.
Mode and quantity fit
Assess standalone batteries against air restrictions, sea planning and available land connections before a rate is treated as workable.
Prototype and pre-production flags
Identify untested, prototype, damaged, defective or recalled units early; these cannot be treated as routine production cargo.
Repeat-shipment control
Build a consistent information set that can be checked again when model, pack, route, carrier or rules change.
What we review
- Battery chemistry, model, rated capacity, nominal voltage and Watt-hours
- Common UN classification direction and shipment configuration
- UN 38.3 test summary applicability and model references
- SDS identity and consistency with the battery tendered
- State of Charge and quantity information where relevant
- Terminal protection, inner packaging, outer packaging and marks
- Origin, destination, readiness date and preferred delivery scope
Typical next-step outputs
The review should leave you with a visible list of missing information, plausible transport modes, packing or documentation questions that must be closed, and carrier-dependent items still awaiting confirmation.
Related expertise
Continue with the cargo and mode details.
Cargo screening
Configuration and condition of production batteries
Cargo screening
How is the battery presented, and in what condition?
- Cells or batteries alonePacks, cells or spares shipped without equipment.UN 3480 (lithium-ion) · UN 3090 (lithium metal)Cargo guide
- Packed with equipmentBattery and the device it powers in the same outer package, not installed.UN 3481 · UN 3091 (packed with equipment)Cargo guide
- Contained in equipmentBattery installed in the device, e.g. tools, instruments, e-mobility parts.UN 3481 · UN 3091 (contained in equipment)Cargo guide
Condition screening
- New, testedStandard review of test summary, SDS and packing.
- Returned or usedScreened for damage, defects and missing test data before anything is offered.
- Damaged, defective or recalledSeparate special provisions; many carriers decline. Reviewed case by case.
Have the model and route? Start the review.
Share the production battery details and documents available. We will identify the next freight-planning questions.
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