Delivery of fragile goods — an event that requires a special approach. Its safety depends on how carefully all recommendations for packaging and transportation are followed. If your cargo is fragile, it is important to contact a trusted company for transportation, whose employees will carefully pack, carefully load and unload your goods and, if possible, monitor their safety during the journey.
Which cargo is considered fragile?
- Electronics and measuring instruments, as well as some types of equipment.
- Glass, porcelain, ceramic, plaster products.
- Building materials — plasterboard, tiles.
- Furniture, doors, windows with glass inserts.
- Ceramic sanitary ware.
- Food in glass containers, eggs, fruits.
- Potted and cut flowers.
Proper packaging of fragile goods for transportation is the main factor guaranteeing their safety. The primary packaging of the product protects it from hitting the walls of a rigid box or box. Usually this is bubble film, polystyrene foam, foam rubber, paper, corrugated cardboard partitions inside the box. Each part is packaged separately to avoid friction between them. Then the cargo is placed in cardboard boxes, which are equipped with wooden lathing, which additionally protects from external influences.
The last stage of packaging fragile goods is their correct labeling, depending on the required transportation conditions. The markings must be placed so that during transportation and loading and unloading operations all markings are clearly readable.
Rules for the transportation of fragile goods
- When carrying out loading and unloading operations, it is necessary to take into account the characteristics of the cargo. Most work, if possible, is carried out manually or using special equipment equipped with vacuum or fixing clamps.
- Fragile cargo must be secured in the body or container using belts, polymer tapes, and chains. The boxes should fit snugly against each other. If there are gaps between them, they are filled with packaging material.
- Delivery of fragile goods is carried out in compliance with generally accepted speed limits.
- When developing a route, roads with better road surfaces are selected. At the same time, the driver must be well aware of all the features of the route.
- To transport special types of fragile cargo, such as glass, special transport is used, equipped with devices that ensure its safety.
When delivering fragile goods across Russia, it is important to take into account the temperature regime, if this is relevant. For example, digital technology, equipment, food, fresh and cut flowers can be damaged when exposed to subzero temperatures. In winter, insulated or heated cargo compartments are chosen for them.
