Best-Practice Guides
Best-practice guides
How each product is actually used in a container: where it goes, how much of it, and the mistakes that cost claims. Written by our specialists from work on real stows.
By product
Container desiccants
Placement, quantity by route and transit time, and what container rain does to a load.
Silica gel sachets
Grams per pack by barrier type, and why the sachet goes inside the pack, not beside it.
Dunnage air bags 90 × 180
The longitudinal void between stacks, bag level by cargo weight, and when timber is needed instead.
Composite strapping 32 mm
X-pattern lashing, buckle and tensioner procedure, anchor points and edge protection.
TECHCAL USB loggers
Where to place the logger, when to start it, and how to read the report as evidence.
2 kg desiccant blanket
Coverage over the top of the load and the cargo types it suits.
Ethylene sachets
Which produce is ethylene-sensitive, dosing by box, and where the published evidence actually supports the product.
By commodity
Questions about your own stow?
Send us the loading plan or a photograph of the last container and we will tell you what we would change.