Transportation and distribution safety

• Extension of the national assessment scheme for storage facilities
• Sharing expertise to support dangerous goodstransport regulation development and implementation in China
• Country TDS expert continuously conducts regular TDS related reviews and assessments

We collaborate with reliable stakeholders and logistics partners in ensuring full compliance of the BASF group activities with international, national and local transport regulations and more particularly with all legal provisions that govern the movement of dangerous goods all over the world. These include the execution of various TDS related reviews and programs via the internal TDS Review for BASF sites, a Chemical Road Safety Assessment System (CRSAS) and a Chemical Warehouse Safety Assessment (CWSAS) amongst all our Logistics Service Providers (LSPs).

CWSAS is a national assessment in China which was developed to evaluate the quality, safety and environmental performance of warehouse service providers based on European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC), Safety and Quality for Sustainability (SQAS) and other local legal requirements. Through this third party approach, a highest level of standardization as well resources management are achieved, compared to individual assessments. 

The TDS representative from BASF is the pioneer and part of the technical committee, and CWSAS has gone live in 2024 with completion of 11 assessments to warehouse service providers. Further to CWSAS, 32 warehouse service provider’s report assessments have been completed with additional 75 transport service providers’ report assessments completed for CRSAS.

All internal procedures are reviewed on a regular basis in accordance with global questionnaires and methodologies to ensure compliance with both local regulations and BASF standards.