COMPLETE PACKING = EXTERIOR PACKING
+ CONDITIONING.
Packing is a goods carrier with 3 purposes:
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To use the goods (= form cargo units). |
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To protect the goods from physical-chemical and mechanical forces. |
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Stowing the goods high enough to make use of all the available space. |
It was designed and built to be handled by mechanical means and transported/stored to/in distant places.
TRANSPORT
Means: Maritime, ground, air. Modes: Mixed, successive, superimposed, combined, multi-modal.
Distances: Short (up to 700 Km); Medium (up to 5,000 Km), continental; Long (up to 18,000 Km), transoceanic.
The rough seas, intense traffic and poor roads can subject the goods to all kinds of movements and collisions.
HANDLING
Minimum number of handlings a maritime-shipped parcel must suffer before it arrives at the addressee:
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Loading at the warehouse. |
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Transport from the warehouse to the port of shipment. |
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Loading onto the boat. |
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Removing from stowage. |
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Unloading at the destination bay. |
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Loading onto transport to final address. |
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Transport from the foot of the boat to the addressee. |
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Unloading at the addressee. |
The storage phases at Port sheds or any possible transfers are included in this process.
The way goods are handled at the different ports in the world can vary: it may be carried out by qualified professionals or completely unskilled workers. Have your goods packed thinking about the harshest part of the journey.
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS,
NATURAL CLIMATE.
Primary ones:
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Air temperature. Humidity in the air. Atmospheric pressure. Air current (wind). |
Secondary ones (depending on the primary ones):
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Cloud covering. Precipitation. |
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Fog and mist. Light. Solar radiation. |
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS,
SPECIFIC CLIMATE.
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Chemical (air pollution). |
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Mechanical (vibration and collision). |
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Electrical (galvanic elements). |
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Biological (rodents, mold). |
ENVIRONMENTAL FORCES (RISKS).
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Climatic: humidity, temperature. |
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Chemical: air pollution, fingerprints. |
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Mechanical: acceleration, vibration, collision, compression. |
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