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How Air Freight Ships Temperature-Controlled Goods

20Cube Logistics

Unit Load Devices: The Solution for Transporting Perishable Goods. A unit load device (ULD) is a metal cargo container designed for transporting perishable goods via air. For instance, fresh meat must be stored at a different temperature to pharmaceutical drugs.

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

Australian Army unit load ammunition containers in a warehouse ready for delivery to artillery soldiers for the safe transport and storage of projectiles in the field. The unit load ammunition containers (ULAC) are an essential support component of the Australian Army?s s 155mm M777A2 howitzer canons.

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Importance of declaring the correct cargo weight

Shipping and Freight Resource

The master’s incident report to the authorities notes that: “ Excessively heavy units loaded in the upper tiers and that the maximum stack weight had been exceeded considerably in some rows. The effect of the overweight units was to impose excessive forces on the lashings.

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Understanding container weight misdeclaration

Shipping and Freight Resource

The penalty fee is applicable if there is a misdeclaration of cargo weight details at the time of submission of booking submission and if the weight deviates +/- 3 tons/TEU from the weight on the final Bill of Lading Instruction details and Verified Gross Mass (VGM) documentation.

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How Automated Guided Vehicles Transform Material Handling

Conger

Towing AGVs are vital for moving heavy loads over long distances within industries like automotive or paper manufacturing, pulling multiple trailers at once to enhance productivity while cutting down on labor costs.

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How Automated Guided Vehicles Transform Material Handling

Conger

Towing AGVs are vital for moving heavy loads over long distances within industries like automotive or paper manufacturing, pulling multiple trailers at once to enhance productivity while cutting down on labor costs.

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An Introduction to Air Freight: All Important Basics for Transporting Goods by Air

Forto

Such standard air freight is usually loaded below the deck of a passenger aircraft, why it is also called a belly flight. Smaller shipments, which are more often the case, are transported on standardized ULD ( Unit Load Device ) containers — larger items on ULD pallets. How Can Duration and Costs be Calculated?

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