An article from” Handy shipping Guide” recently stated that the most serious threat to ocean cargo is poor or improper loading of freight ( Poor Loading of Freight Damages Entire container Shipping Industry). The TT Club, a group of insurance and logistics risk management specialists claim that 1/3 of all...
Not many clients are aware of our onsite/ mobile packing and crating services. There are probably a couple of reasons for this:It’s a service geared toward custom manufactures of large or delicate products that would require a fair amount of resources to crate and pack. Many manufacturers aren’t even aware that...
Everyone has heard the expression “the world is getting smarter”. With the accelerating smart technology that includes mobile devices, wearable computing products and a variety of scanning technology, devices are able to hold or convey much more information faster. RFID technology allows information to be conveyed by proximity rather than...
If you are a custom machine fabricator or manufacturer of any product that’s fragile, large or high value, you likely could use Packnet’s mobile packaging service. Many of our customers are designers and manufacturers of high value automated machines and equipment. They may also simply be transferring capital equipment from...
ISPM 15 is an international standard for wood used in export crating and packaging. In order to get ISPM certified, the wood must be either heat treated or chemical treated to insure that it is free from wood boring insects. Transporting insects from one geographic region to another can have...
Many businesses are thinking about starting to export products to expand their markets. We at Packnet think that this is a great idea and strongly encourage this. Packnet can help you out with our your export crating and packing needs including our mobile packing service where we send a small...
The ocean freight shipping industry is trending toward super sized vessels. These vessels are not only almost twice the size of a typical cargo vessel, but they pollute less. The shipping industry has decided that super large cargo ships that are highly efficient to operate is the answer to the...
According to a recent press release, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TBS) released its findings on a yearlong investigation of a Bell 206B Helicopter malfunction during a training exercise in September 2011. The instructor and student were doing flight training in Thunder Bay Ontario, when the clutch failed to...
Ocean Cargo prices went up dramatically in 2012 as carriers tried to recover from high fuel costs and damaging price erosion seen in late 2010 and 2011. Basically the shipping industry had too much capacity in 2011 and fierce competition for business pushed prices down to the point where no...
A massive longshoreman strike that was threatened for the first of the year has been averted (at least temporarily) after federal mediators stepped in. No details have been released on the agreements that postponed the strike for thirty days.While a relatively small group is involved (14000 workers) a strike by...