Courier and logistics firms – including UPS, DHL Shanghai and local YTO Express – were on a list of companies that were punished by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The companies were cited for transporting dangerous goods without reporting them between February and December of 2012. YTO was warned and fined CNY60,000 in December for mixing dangerous goods with normal cargo and failing to train workers properly to handle dangerous goods. The Shanghai Qihao Shipping Agency received the same punishment. The Shanghai branch of UPS was warned and fined CNY29,000 twice, in April and November of last year, for transporting dangerous cargo listed as normal goods, while DHL Shanghai was fined CNY29,000. Hainan Airlines and Yanan airport in Shaanxi province were warned for failing to transport dangerous cargo according to regulations. Thirteen other domestic logistics and delivery firms were also punished, according to the CAAC statement. “There has been an increasing number of violations involving dangerous cargo of the air-freight safety code in China because many parts and sections are involved in the transportation process,” the Administration said. In December, five courier firms, including four Shanghai firms, had their licenses for air-freight services suspended within three weeks for breaking the air-freight safety code. The Shanghai couriers – Yunda, YTO, Huixing and Qihang – had their licenses suspended for a year because they failed to report inflammable materials in their cargo, including in one case two lithium batteries that caused a small fire on a China Southern flight after it landed, the Shanghai Daily reports.