Water in the container. Whose fault is it? How to prevent and respond?
The port professional company has tested the case, there is no problem; The weather during transportation is sunny, dry and not wet; The goods shall be strictly inspected when packed and free of moisture. When the goods arrive at the port of destination, the walls of the cases are all wet, the packaging is wet, the goods are rusted, and who is responsible for the heavy loss?
Origin of water
The water in the container depends on weather conditions, the length of the sea voyage, the packaging materials of the cargo, the condition of the container and the sensitivity of the cargo. Fungi, mildew and mildew will cause damage to goods when the relative humidity exceeds 55%.
The water in the container can be divided into the following situations:
Bring in goods
Case condensation
Seawater immersion
Fresh water infusion
1. Bring your own goods
Moisture or moisture is carried into the container with the cargo. For example, if a container contains 5 tons of furniture, the furniture itself will contain about 8% to 25% humidity, depending on the type of wood and the degree of drying of the furniture. This is equivalent to about 400-1250 litres of water. Some of the moisture on this side will be distributed into the air inside the container, becoming an important source of water vapor condensation in the container.
2. the box condensation
In the process of container ocean transportation or storage, containers often experience high temperature climate and strong temperature difference between day and night, the temperature change will be 0-8 degrees Celsius, humidity will be as high as 98%, which is the condensation phenomenon, when the temperature is 30 degrees, the water content in the air is 30.4g per square meter. When the temperature is lowered from 30 degrees Celsius to 18 degrees Celsius, water vapor will condense into water droplets, and 1,000 grams of condensed water will be generated in a 40-foot container, causing "container rain."
3. Seawater immersion
Often floating at sea, how can not wet the box? If you encounter strong winds and waves, if you happen to have small damage to the box, if you are on the deck, or suffer a maritime accident, and fall into the sea, it is not run into the sea or wet. I won't say much about that.
4. Fresh water immersion
If the top plate, side panel, front panel, door panel, or door rubber strip of the case is damaged, the water will be flooded during rain and snow or the fresh water pipeline of the ship is broken. Recent typhoons are dense, the great river north and south of the storm, more to prevent water problems when shipping.
Insurance correspondence
Fresh water rain risk: One of the general additional risks, which covers the damage caused by fresh water (including drinking water on board, water pipes leaking, dripping poles, etc.), rain and snow dissolved water.
Moisture and heat insurance: The insured goods in the course of transport due to sudden changes in temperature or due to the failure of ventilation equipment in the ship caused by condensation, moisture or heat loss, responsible for compensation.
W.P.A., also known as particular average, is one of the basic risks for Marine cargo. It covers only damage caused by salt water, not fresh water.
preventive measure
1. Moisture and water damage can be prevented.
2. Check whether the container is sealed and dry before packing;
3. Confirm whether the goods and loading environment are dry;
4, strengthen the waterproof packaging of goods;
5, reasonable placement of desiccant in the box;
6, the whole visual tracking of goods.
7. All links of cargo transportation need to be controlled in real time, visualized throughout the whole process as far as possible, and a variety of current documents should be kept in place to provide evidence when claims are needed in emergencies.
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