Shipping Gel Packs by Sea and Air: Packaging, Declaration and Heat Exposure
An exporter books 20 pallets of frozen gel packs to a distributor in Dubai, seals the reefer at -18°C, and opens it 26 days later to find 20 pallets of warm, slightly swollen pouches sitting in meltwater. The freight was fine. The product should never have been shipped frozen in the first place, and…