What should we pay extra attention to in summer?

 

We should especially beware of high temperatures in summer. The vulnerable ones mentioned here are not people but cargoes. Cargoes? How can we protect them from heat? Are we supposed to cool them? Yes! On some ocean routes, especially shipping routes by way of the equator, the temperature inside a container unfortunately put on the top of a vessel can reach 65 Celsius degrees at most under the blazing sun, because heat dissipation can’t be achieved in a container. Some commodities vulnerable to high temperatures may be damaged, or their service life may be reduced. Then, what should we do? It’s actually easy to deal with. When we book a cargo space, we can apply for a space under board. In this way, we can solve such problems.

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