Safe Packaging Procedures

 Safe Packaging

All shipments vary in size, but remember all freight is usually handled several times during transit, often by different carriers. It must be packaged to protect it from scuffing, vibration, crushing, dropping, humidity, and condensation. Each carrier is different, so it is highly recommended to  practice safe packaging - load freight onto pallets or package freight into crates, or use sturdy shipping containers such as corrugated fiberboard boxes, road crates, and totes. Carriers have published tariffs that provide some guidance for packaging, sometimes it is best to research carrier specs prior to packing/booking your shipment. Packaging engineers design and test packaging to meet the specific needs of the logistics system and the product being shipped. If shipping fragile commodities, like nuts, please disclose the desired temperature to your logistics specialist so they can take care of you. 

 

Proper packaging freight serves several purposes:

• It helps protect the freight from handling and transit damage.
• It helps protect other freight from being damaged by your freight.
• It helps reduce package pilferage, theft, loss and/or leakage.
• It helps to avoid loss situations; situations in which some of your freight is separated from the rest and lost in transit.
• It helps protect the freight from ultimately being returned to sender.