Cargolux Flights to the Middle East
In light of the recent events in the Middle East and the evolving security situation, Cargolux has decided not to operate any flights to or through the region on 28 February and 01 March. Regular updates will be communicated as the situation evolves. Thank you for your understanding
Embargoed goods
As a company strongly focused on Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainability, Cargolux has a growing list of items that it will not carry, on any of its network routes, for ethical and legal reasons.
Cargolux has imposed the following commercial and/or regulatory embargoes:
Embargoed goods
| Destination | Commodity |
|---|---|
| ALL | Personal Effects and Pets (animals that are kept in the home as a companion e.g. dog, rabbit …) booked by an individual person UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO Increased Security and Customs Requirements |
| ALL | Personal transportation devices in baggage, including when the baggage is shipped as cargo |
| ALL | Hunting trophies, any type/species |
| ALL | Ivory, raw or worked, including personal items and souvenirs |
| ALL | Wild captured animals |
| VIE | Dangerous goods, in Class 2 (Gases) |
| ALL | Coltan (originating in Africa) |
| ALL | Diamonds and gold originating in the Ivory Coast, Ghana and/or Nigeria |
| TPE | Live animals |
| Crimea/ Sevastopol Cuba Iran North Korea Syria Sudan South Sudan Belarus Russian Federation | Full country-wide embargo, for more information contact Compliance Department |
| Yemen Venezuela Afghanistan Ukraine | Full country-wide embargo unless validated/accepted by Compliance department |
| ALL | Lithium metal cells and batteries (UN3090) packed in accordance with all sections of PI 968. |
| Note: This prohibition does not apply to Lithium metal cells and batteries packed with or contained in equipment (UN 3091) in accordance with PI 969 and PI 970 | |
| ALL | Animals, for lab research |
| Infected or otherwise contaminated animals | |
| Genetically modified animals | |
| Lion body parts, including skulls, skeletons, skins, teeth and claws | |
| Dead animals | |
| ALL | Live animals, including hunting trophies, listed under CITES, Appendix I, unless: |
| Consigned to a zoological garden, a marine park or oceanarium, a national park/reserve, a government wildlife agency or an approved animal care center | |
| Transported within the scope of a wildlife conservation/preservation program | |
| ITALY | Radioactive material to, from and through Italy |
| ALL | Fissile material |
| ALL | Waste and scrap material, any type (Including defective batteries and waste batteries shipped for recycling/disposal) |
| IRELAND | Dangerous goods in class 1, 6, 7 |
| EMBARGOED COUNTRIES | Dual-use goods, arms, ammunition & military equipment to some countries as set forth in the Conditions of Carriage art. 6.1.1 |
| ALL | Shark fins for human consumption |
| Whale or dolphin meat and other cetacean-derived products | |
| EU countries | Importation and transit of live birds, and products thereof, from third countries into and through the European Union |
| All destination by CLX truck (RFS) | • Radioactive material (*) (including those for which a DGD is not required) • Explosives (other than those in Division 1.4, Compatibility Group G and S) • Arms and ammunition • Live animals • Human remains • Live human organs |
| NOTE: this embargo is not applicable to trucking companies licensed to transport radioactive material | |
| ALL | Vivo Products (all) |
| ALL | disposable e-Cigarettes |
| ALL | Personal Effects |
For more information, contact your CV Sales Office