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Praxas Container Pack ensures that the dew point is never reached so that your goods arrive at their destination without any moisture damage.
 

Every container contains moisture, even though this is not always visible. Even before the goods are loaded into the container, a measurement with 100% certainty will show that there is moisture (water vapour) in the air. Humidity is in the container floor that has been cleaned, in the pallets that have been outside for some time, and in the packaging material in which the goods are packaged. At first glance, therefore, there may be a perception that the container is dry, while the amount of invisible moisture in the air can be considerable. 

Transport by container is an economical and safe choice to transport goods. There are always 5 to 6 million containers at sea, anywhere in the world, at any time. Your goods are transported in these containers. And almost every product, from steel to paper, from wood to textile, is sensitive to moisture. Due to moisture, depletion can occur and that is why it is important to reduce the amount of moisture as much as possible. But how does moisture actually develop and what are the consequences?

It is winter in the Netherlands, and if we have to believe the weather reports, it will remain cold for a while. If you export your goods in this peri...

Paper cannot be ignored from our daily lives. We use it in countless ways — newspapers, books, coffee filters, baking paper, puzzles, gift paper, toilet paper, memos, money, packaging of (online) purchases. Paper and cardboard prove their value every day, and we often use the products without thinking about it.

Before a product reaches the end customer, it has already passed a number of links in the chain. From the factory to the harbour, in the container, fr...

One of our customers in the chemical industry had a request for a solution to prevent swelling issues due to high temperatures during transport of a p...

Damage during transport and storage, caused by moisture, breakage, mold, ethylene, temperature fluctuations, theft or loss, is not an unknown problem within the Transport & Logistics sector. In the distribution chain, goods are constantly exposed to various risks, which they are not always able to withstand. It therefore remains a major challenge to organize transports in such a way that products ultimately end up harmless to the end user. Now it is debatable whether this is only a matter of liability and legal guidelines and how the carrier or the sender is insured against damage or loss of goods during transport. Bob van Velden, founder and director of Praxas, does not think so.

Yearly, the value of damaged goods exceeds 500 billion dollars. Often as much as 10% of container damages are related to moisture problems. Good reason to find out how to protect your goods against moisture damage. This infographic helps to take the right steps. 

Not everybody in logistics is aware of the risks of sea freight. Each year 500 billion dollar of goods are wasted because of container damage, with at least 10% because of moisture. A lot of companies take action to reduce moisture problems. They apply a special foil or use desiccants to absorb moisture so it won’t be in the products. There are all types and ranges of desiccants made of different types of materials. With this article we would like to show the most important differences between silicagel based desiccants and calciumchloride based desiccants.