{"id":1272,"date":"2017-01-16T02:28:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T02:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/cc\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2019-06-18T20:44:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T20:44:28","slug":"palletize-or-not-to-palletize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/palletize-or-not-to-palletize\/","title":{"rendered":"To palletize or not to palletize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Importers often wonder if their shipments should ship on pallets. Lets review the pros and cons:<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Pros:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Added Protection<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easier to move multiple cartons at a time<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Receiving parties (customer or warehouses) may charge additional fees for receiving loose cartons.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Cons:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adds weight and volume<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increases freight costs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The type of commodity typically determines if product should be placed on pallets. \u00a0Higher value and\/or fragile goods typically ship on pallets.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some pointers on building pallets:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shrinkwrap (aka stretchwrap)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Banding\/strapping to secure cartons to the pallet<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edge protectors <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Label the pallets &#8220;DO NOT STACK&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoid cartons overhanging the pallet<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoid pyramid stacking. \u00a0IE. The top level is ideally a flat surface vs. just a few loose cartons<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use heavy duty master cartons<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Related: <a href=\"#\">Cargo Insurance<\/a><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Importers often wonder if their shipments should ship on pallets. Lets review the pros and cons: Pros: Added Protection Easier to move multiple cartons at a time Receiving parties (customer or warehouses) may charge additional fees for receiving loose cartons. Cons: Adds weight and volume Increases freight costs The type of commodity typically determines if&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}