The importance of logistics, which is the shining star of today, is becoming more and more understood in the world and the improvement and innovation activities in the logistics field are rapidly increasing. In parallel with the increasing studies, sub-logistics areas have emerged which contain different logistic processes and rules for substances that differ in themselves and which have specific importance and properties. The logistics of dangerous substances is also the most important of these sub-areas.

Dangerous substances are substances and objects that are dangerous to the public, general order, important goods and goods, people, animals and environment due to their own structure, own characteristics or their own conditions. Dangerous substances appear in almost every branch of the industry within the product cycle (as raw material, production auxiliary material, product, waste) Therefore, hazardous materials can be directly or indirectly involved in the logistics processes and supply chain structures of enterprises.