Explosives & Fireworks - National Air Cargo

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Who we serve

The shippers who cannot afford a single misstep

Class 1 cargo is regulated more tightly than anything else, and an error runs from a grounded shipment to something far worse. The people who move it carry that weight every time.

Your shipment is only as good as its paperwork: A misclassification or a missing approval stops Class 1 cargo in its tracks, and could put a permit or a license at risk. The documentation has to be right the first time.
Acceptance is the first hurdle: Class 1 is the most restricted cargo in transport, and only a limited set of carriers are cleared to accept the full range. National already is.
The approvals are their own project: Authority sign-offs, approved carriers, approved airports, and country-by-country restrictions. Moving Class 1 across borders means clearing a web of permissions before anything is loaded.
Defense and commercial answer to different rulebooks: Ammunition for a government program and fireworks for an importer fall under different regimes. Both demand a partner fluent in the one that governs your shipment.

WHY NATIONAL AIR CARGO

The approvals are the hard part. We have cleared them before.

The difference between a Class 1 shipment that moves and one that sits is rarely the cargo. It’s the approvals, the acceptance criteria, and the narrow set of gateways that will take it. We clear all three.

Class 1 is routine work around here

Ammunition, pyrotechnics, and industrial explosives are cargo we move regularly, handled by specialists who know the UN numbers, the packing groups, and the acceptable criteria.

We clear the approvals others get stuck on

Regulatory validation, authority sign-offs, permit and license coordination, the kind of country-specific acceptance that can stall a shipment for weeks. We secure them in advance so your cargo gets a green light.

We route through the airports cleared to accept it

Only a limited number of airports worldwide accept explosive cargo, and the list narrows further by division and quantity. We build the routing around that reality, matching your shipment to the carriers and the gateways cleared to handle it.

The compliance trail stays unbroken

From classification to delivery, every handoff, document, and approval is held by one team accountable for the whole chain, because with Class 1, a gap in the paperwork is a gap in the cargo’s right to move.

our Capabilities

What it takes to get Class 1 cleared and moving

With Class 1, getting accepted is most of the battle. Here’s some of what wins it.

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Construction and infrastructure is one part of what we move. See the full range of National Air Cargo’s logistics and charter capabilities.

Class 1 handling and certification

Ammunition, pyrotechnics, and industrial explosives, handled, packaged, and certified to the regulations governing each.

Authority approvals and acceptance

The regulatory validation, sign-offs, and permits secured across every jurisdiction your shipment crosses, so it clears acceptance the first time.

Approved routing and repack

Routing built around the gateways cleared to accept explosive cargo, plus the repackaging and documentation that brings a non-compliant shipment back into spec.

CERTIFICATIONs & COMPLIANCE

The clearances that decide what we can carry

National handles Class 1 and the full range of dangerous goods classes under FAA oversight, aligned to IATA, ICAO, and IMDG standards. For this cargo, that standing decides who can accept your shipment at all.