Sustainability is being dealt with more and more consciously in logistics supply chains. This also applies to transports that are equipped with desiccants. By applying desiccants during transport, cargo damage and therefore waste is reduced. Waste of goods, but think also of the waste as a result of moisture damage.

Where most employees are used to receiving a Christmas gift personally, this will be different this year. The corona measures ensure that many people work from home whenever possible. Employers who want to give their employees a Christmas gift will probably have to send it. But how do they ensure that the package arrives at the recipient without damage, while retaining quality?

Goods are shipped all over the world, and logistics companies have the task of organising this as effectively as possible for their customers. One of our customers, a logistics service provider in mainly personal care products, was commissioned to ship a load of soap blocks from Rotterdam to China.

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.