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voids; packages cannot fall down; and weight is well distributed. Once the containers are full, depending on the export destination, they may need to be gassed to prevent introducing any pests. Australia is one country requiring this. Gassing slots are availa- ble at the relevant stuffing points on Indiastraße. Since July 2016, every export container has had to be weighed, and the relevant data transmitted to the terminal in advance. SACO has also set up a weighing area. Loaded containers are weighed by a mechanism built into a reach stacker, details of weights then automatically being fed into IT sys- tems.
Stuffing always takes place one day before cargo closure, or on the same day. As a rule, the ship sails three days later. “Yet we cannot always remove containers immediately, since truckers have only booked one delivery time slot for the next morning, or because one consignment is still missing,” ex- plains CEO Andrea Briks. Yet with storage costs at the terminal so high, SACO makes sure that it takes up the slot booked. SACO Shipping works solely for forwarders and is currently clearing more than 600 TEU (20-ft containers) for export every week. ■
ONLY SECURED WITH A LITTLE TAPE. “THAT WON’T HOLD,” SAYS CEO ANDREA BRIKS
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