UNECE Publishes ADN 2025: Updates for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways

On 6 January 2025, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) published the 2025 version of the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN) on its portal. ADN 2025 takes into account all the amendments and corrections referred to here: ECE/ADN/70, ECE/ADN/70/Corr.1, ECE/ADN/70/Add.1, ECE/ADN/70/Add.1/Corr.1, ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.2/84, Annexes II and III, ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.2/86, Annexes I and III, ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.2/88, Annexes II and III. UNECE publishes an updated version of ADN every two years.   

ADN 2025 (ECE/TRANS/351) consists of two volumes in a single document:  

1. Volume I:  General Transport Requirements  

2. Volume II: Dangerous classification list  

Highlights of ADN 2025   

• New entries have been added to Table A - Dangerous Goods List with UN Nos 514, 3551-3560. 

• Special transport provisions have been introduced for the carriage of UN Number 3559 (Fire Suppressant Dispersing Devices).  

• Labeling requirements have been added for UN No. 3556. 

• ADN 2025 is based on the Model Regulations annexed to the twenty-third revised edition of the Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods published by the United Nations (ST/SG/AC.10/1/Rev.23). 

• The electronic version of ADN 2025 is available free of charge in three languages (English, French, and Russian). The Russian version has not yet been published, while the other two have.   

Transitional Measures and Enforcement Dates 

While ADN 2025 became effective from 1 January 2025, the transitional procedures outlined in Annex A of the previous version (ADN 2023) may still be used until 30 June 2025.