Are the new mac laptop's lithium batteries compliant for world air shipping?
P{lease someone that knows for sure please answer. No one at Apple seem to know
and is quite frustrating.
Thanks,
Mike
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 10.15
With air travel regulations, Bob. I thank for your responses, but it may be better to allow some one that actually has air knowledge to answer the question. Thank you
You are not speaking to Apple, Inc employees here. These are the Apple User-to-User Support Communities.
Great for brainstorming. For meticulous follow-through? not so much.
This is actually kind of funny and cute because you are truly caring. Let me explain...The MINUTE a person arrives at the post office with a box for air mail, the contents must indicate NO BATTERIES. As soon as a person reveals that a laptop computer is enclosed, the postal staff Will swarm on you asking you to open the box and show them that the computer battery has been removed. I’m pretty sure sure no computer battery has ever really given any air planes or staff any problems, but those have been the rules nonetheless. However, recently battery technology has changed. And yes, I have traveled with my computer on many flights all over the world, but I’m not talking about flights whereby I travel with the computer. I am shipping my computer to me via airmail through a shipping service such as the postal service. Since the technology has changed and since the new computers are screwed shut, I need to show the postal people compliance information so that I can ship the computer without going through all the nonsense. Do you understand now? If you don’t, just try sending your computer via airmail And see what happens at the post office.
If you need some legal documentation from some entity go to that entity to get it. If you need it from Apple go to Apple.
We users can not provide any legal compliance paperwork for batteries. All we can do is discuss our experiences and make suggestions. If the postal service will not ship a battery containing item take up the issue with the postal service. if some entity can issue some legal compliance document take up that issue with the entity.
Seems common sense to me.
The rules for shipping Lithium-ion batteries can change. Unfortunately only those people who ship such products daily and who have the necessary training will be able to answer your questions. Like I said previously I did have such training, but it covered way more than I actually needed to know so it overwhelmed me with details. I know what I need to ship what I need to ship, but I don't know about other items.
I do know that ideally the batteries need to be shipped with only about a 25% charge on them for safety to minimize the chance of a fire. I do know that the packages do require multiple labels specific to the type of battery & product you are shipping.
Unless you are shipping the item(s) to Apple you need most likely need to deal with the shippers themselves. If you are shipping items to Apple, then Apple will usually provide the exact details and necessary labels as well as a proper shipping container. If you are having issues at the shippers, then ask to speak with a manager.
Here is a UPS document covering some of the aspects for shipping Lithium-ion batteries:
https://www.ups.com/assets/resources/media/en_US/pack_ship_batteries.pdf
Are the new mac laptop's lithium batteries compliant for world air shipping?
