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DESICCANT BAGS pouches for container shipments

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Humidity must be controlled for these foods to reach buyers in good condition. The moisture present when a container is loaded in a hot African port — in the air, the packing materials, and the bagged cargo — must be managed with container absorbers. Otherwise, during the voyage, when the weather changes and temperatures drop, this moisture condenses into liquid –  "container rain,"  which can wet the cargo and trigger the growth of molds, mycotoxins or other micro-organisms. Organisms. This cycle can repeat itself during a sea voyage with each change of weather. The Cocoa Trade Federation (FCC) recommends using calcium chloride-based desiccants to protect food cargoes such as cocoa beans. Container Dri® II is an absorber based on calcium chloride. It offers high levels of moisture absorption, making it easy to achieve the 65% or greater calcium chloride loading recommended in FCC guidelines for shipping cocoa beans in containers. Container Dri II can absorb more than thr...

The cooling solution for last-mile delivery

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T oday's consumers increasingly prefer online shopping, which puts pressure on e-commerce companies to deliver requests as quickly and well as possible. So, businesses must develop new ways to do things and technologies to speed up parcel delivery while keeping costs low. For e-commerce businesses, the last mile is often the process's most difficult and expensive part. So, what is the last mile? The last mile is the last step in the delivery process: the movement of goods from the distribution center to the customer's doorstep. This part of the delivery process presents many challenges for all e-commerce operations. Still, it affects businesses that deliver perishable goods that need to be kept cool, refrigerated or frozen. The need to keep the goods at a constant temperature introduces another layer of complexity. Choosing the right cooling medium is critical to a successful last-mile strategy, and several options exist. Dry ice (external supply) Th...