Packaging advice
DHL is committed to delivering your shipments with speed and care. However, shipments are handled regularly, passing through many locations as they cross the world. In order to make sure your shipments arrive in the best possible condition, here is some helpful advice on packing.
Please note that DHL will accept no liability for the packaging advice it provides. The customer remains responsible for ensuring packaging is adequate for transportation.
Please note that DHL will accept no liability for the packaging advice it provides. The customer remains responsible for ensuring packaging is adequate for transportation.
Please note that DHL will accept no liability for the packaging advice it provides. The customer remains responsible for ensuring packaging is adequate for transportation.
A box for ocean transportation or an export box is a product for which there is no recognised standard. A box for ocean transportation has always to be dimensioned according to the most demanding part of the transport route. The more interim handlings the goods will undergo, the higher the transport hazards they must endure. This has to be accounted for when designing the box.
The basic transport packing is a cage. A box can be regarded as modifications of a cage.
• A cage can be used for packing such goods which must endure climatic exposure but not knocks. The goods must not be exposed to the threat of theft. The goods must therefore be entirely inside the cage.
• A box is a suitable transport packing especially for such goods which are exposed to theft and sensitive for knocks.
• Such large tanks and heavy machinery and equipment, which are not sensitive to climatic conditions and minor knocks, can be sent unpacked and loaded on a bed.
Make sure that the goods cannot move inside the box!
The basic transport packing is a cage. A box can be regarded as modifications of a cage.
• A cage can be used for packing such goods which must endure climatic exposure but not knocks. The goods must not be exposed to the threat of theft. The goods must therefore be entirely inside the cage.
• A box is a suitable transport packing especially for such goods which are exposed to theft and sensitive for knocks.
• Such large tanks and heavy machinery and equipment, which are not sensitive to climatic conditions and minor knocks, can be sent unpacked and loaded on a bed.
Make sure that the goods cannot move inside the box!
Boxes for ocean transportation are exposed to demanding conditions on the route and thus the materials must be of high quality.
Timber shall be export dry and solid; use of rotten timber is not allowed. The timber shall meet the requirements of the target country. The handling and marking requirements for wooden packing material in international trade will be found through the following link
ISPM 15 standard
Moisture proof plywood is a good packing material for such products, which due to their weight do not require a robust construction. Plywood is a tight, neat and easy to handle packing material, on which it is easy to apply the shipping and handling markings.
Timber shall be export dry and solid; use of rotten timber is not allowed. The timber shall meet the requirements of the target country. The handling and marking requirements for wooden packing material in international trade will be found through the following link
ISPM 15 standard
Moisture proof plywood is a good packing material for such products, which due to their weight do not require a robust construction. Plywood is a tight, neat and easy to handle packing material, on which it is easy to apply the shipping and handling markings.
It is up to the shipper to pack and prepare the goods properly for transportation. The goods are to be packed in a way which tolerates customary transportation and handling. Furthermore the goods must be packed and fastened onto a pallet which can be handled with fork lift or manual fork wagon. It is not necessary to use pallets for single (= the shipment does not contain several packages) small packages lighter than 35 kg, nor for machinery and equipment having their own handling basis, nor for shipments special handling is separately agreed upon.
The shipper must mark each package of the shipment with one and each pallet with two address labels, which also must indicate the total number of packages included in the shipment.
The marks indicating special instructions must be placed visibly onto each package and each pallet by the shipper. Furthermore the shipper is responsible for marking dangerous goods shipments as required by prevailing dangerous goods regulations.
The shipper is responsible for all loss and damage and costs which are caused by insufficient or improper packing or marking of goods, including, but not limited to, damage to persons, property and environment.
The shipper must mark each package of the shipment with one and each pallet with two address labels, which also must indicate the total number of packages included in the shipment.
The marks indicating special instructions must be placed visibly onto each package and each pallet by the shipper. Furthermore the shipper is responsible for marking dangerous goods shipments as required by prevailing dangerous goods regulations.
The shipper is responsible for all loss and damage and costs which are caused by insufficient or improper packing or marking of goods, including, but not limited to, damage to persons, property and environment.
