Water got into the container, whose fault is it? How to prevent and respond?
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The professional port company has inspected the box and found that there is no problem with the box; the weather was sunny and sunny during transportation, dry and not humid; the goods were strictly inspected during packing to ensure that they did not contain moisture. Why is it that when the goods arrive at the destination port, the walls of the box are covered with water beads, the packaging is wet, the goods are rusted, and who is responsible for the heavy losses?
The water content of a container depends on weather conditions, the length of the ocean voyage, cargo packaging materials, container condition, and the sensitivity of the cargo. Fungi, mold, and mildew can cause damage to goods when the relative humidity exceeds 55%.
There are mainly the following situations when there is water in the container:
Bring your own goods
Box condensation
seawater immersion
fresh water immersion
1. Bring your own goods
Moisture or moisture is carried into the container along 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 treatment of the furniture. This is equivalent to approximately 400-1250 liters of water. Some of the moisture inside will be emitted into the air inside the container, becoming an important source of moisture condensation in the container.
2. Box condensation
During the ocean transportation or storage of containers, containers often experience high temperature climate and strong temperature changes between day and night. The temperature changes will be between 0-8 degrees Celsius, and the humidity will be as high as 98%. This 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 drops from 30 degrees Celsius to 18 degrees Celsius, water vapor will condense into water droplets. If a 40-foot container is used, 1,000 grams of condensation water will be generated, causing "container rain".
3. Seawater immersion
If you often float on the sea, how can you avoid getting the box wet? If you encounter strong winds and waves, if the box happens to be slightly damaged, if it is on the deck, or it encounters a maritime accident and falls into the sea, it will not escape from seawater or moisture. Not much to say about this.
4. Fresh water immersion
If the top or side panels, front panels, door panels, door strips, etc. of the box are damaged, water may enter during rain or snow or if the ship's fresh water pipe breaks. Recently, there have been intensive typhoons and violent storms in the north and south of the country. It is even more important to prevent water intrusion when shipping.
Freshwater rain insurance: one of the general additional insurances, responsible for compensation for losses caused by fresh water (including drinking water on board, leaking water pipes, dripping water from ship poles, etc.), rainwater and melted snow water.
Moisture and heat insurance: We are responsible for compensation for losses caused by sudden changes in temperature of the insured goods during transportation or failure of the ventilation equipment on board, resulting in condensation, dampness or heat in the cabin.
Water damage insurance: Also known as independent general damage insurance, it is one of the basic insurances for maritime cargo. It is only responsible for losses caused by salt water and is not responsible for compensation for losses caused by fresh water.
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. Place desiccant reasonably in the box;
6. Visually track the goods throughout the process.
7. All aspects of cargo transportation need to be controlled in real time, the entire process should be visualized as much as possible, and various documents should be kept in case of emergencies and the need to provide evidence for claims.
