As lumber prices skyrocketed over the past year, the extreme cost of wood firmly established itself as the subject of memes and headlines across online social and news outlets. When "dead trees" become, according to Dustin Jalbert, an economist at Fastmarkets, the "hottest commodity on the Planet" (The Atlantic) and...
The International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures 15 was developed to prevent the transport of disease and insects through wood packaging materials (WPM) shipped between countries. It affects wood packaging materials, including dunnage, pallets, and crates. The wood must be debarked, heat-treated or fumigated, and then stamped or branded with a...
Treating wood packaging material (WPM) with fumigants has been a way of life since the IPPC approved the ISPM-15 guidelines in 2002. To date, Methyl Bromide has been the fumigant of choice, but with some undesirable consequences. Not only has the chemical been found to deplete the ozone, it also...
Exporting goods means you have a lot of extra factors to consider for your shipping. Not only are you dealing with size restrictions for two kinds of transportation, but also compliance and other regulations that apply to international cargo. If you don’t know what to expect, you can encounter surprise...
Global trade regulations are stringent, and enforcement of them is only getting stricter. If you violate one, it’s money out of your pocket in a number of ways, including fines, labor, and potentially an angry customer who didn’t get a shipment on time. As such, if your company has to execute...
Carrier liability is not enough to protect you and your cargo from damage during overseas transit. Find out how to safeguard your assets. The risk of damage to containers and packages when shipping overseas is extremely high. Mishandling of packages are common, but only the beginning of your concerns. Weather can...
Damage to your product during shipping or transit is something that can happen regardless of precautions taken. Minimizing the risk of damage occurrence and ensuring that your product cost is 100% covered by the carrier or added insurance are probably the best safeguards for a seller. Who is liable for shipping...
Many product manufacturers are “do-it-yourselfers” when it comes to designing and fabricating packaging and crating for their own products. Often they really don’t have the expertise to adequately address the long list of issues associated with packaging, crating and shipping. Eventually many of these companies realize that they need help...
ISPM15 is an international standard that specifies the treatment for wood packaging materials used for international shipment. The purpose of the treatment is to irradiate all insects and larvae that may have burrowed into the wood. Wood packaging has the potential of transporting insects from oneregion to another. Species that...
In a previous blog post, we discussed some of the material shortages being experienced throughout the global supply chain caused by a log jam at the West Coast Ports (West Coast port congestion causing real pain). Specifically the 2 biggest ports, Los Angeles and Long Beach have had congestion problems...
