| Perhaps one of the most important considerations, | | | | example, fresh fish or poultry products. It is very |
| when transporting goods of any description, is where | | | | necessary to ensure that liquid or fluids do not leak |
| the container or product is going to reside for those | | | | from these cartons because they will taint or |
| times when customers are either not ready for the | | | | contaminate other boxes in the load. Once this |
| delivery, or unprepared for the same. Houston | | | | happens, the whole load could be condemned |
| Contract Warehouse is such a facility, or Houston | | | | resulting in vast losses for the wholesaler. |
| Fulfillment, where at extremely short notice, they are | | | | They also provide printing facilities for these boxes |
| able to assist customers who find themselves in a bit | | | | and cartons to advertise the company in question. It |
| of a fix. | | | | also denotes what exactly is held in the cartons |
| Imagine that the importer has just had thirty | | | | which is another pointer for storage regulations. Fresh |
| containers offloaded at the port. The customer, | | | | foods, for example, will need to be kept in chilled |
| being a little unprepared, asks the importer to hold | | | | conditions and anyone seeing the cartons stamped |
| onto the containers for some time while they | | | | with this will know just what to do. |
| prepare to take the load. Now this puts the importer | | | | It is also a valuable asset that this company has vast |
| in a real jam because, more often than not, he | | | | warehousing buildings on both the east and Gulf |
| works from offices with no storage space, | | | | coast, which means that no matter where ships |
| particularly for an order of that dimension. Enter the | | | | dock, it is within relatively easy distances to the port. |
| bulk handling facility which can take in this kind of | | | | Offloading and transporting now becomes easier for |
| shipment very easily. | | | | the importer without him having to have warehouses |
| This not only saves on demurrage charges at the | | | | or storage facilities of his own. This allows the |
| port, which can run into hundreds of thousands of | | | | importer to concentrate on the job at hand instead |
| dollars, it also ensures that the shipment is kept | | | | of worrying about space, logistics and so on. |
| under secure conditions until the customer is ready to | | | | Many wholesalers and importers have realized that it |
| take the order. This becomes extremely important if | | | | makes sense to outsource this kind of business to |
| this is a high value shipment and extra security is | | | | third parties. They are completely geared up to |
| needed. | | | | accept large or awkward loads, and they have all the |
| This company also offers other extremely important | | | | necessary equipment to offload and store these |
| services. It has a sister company who produces tailor | | | | goods under the correct storage conditions. This |
| made cartons for repackaging products. The | | | | makes it so much easier for the importer and the |
| corrugated cardboard boxes, some with wax coating, | | | | charges are normally included in the end price for the |
| are extremely durable and are very necessary if | | | | product. |
| transporting heavy or wet goods. Take, as an | | | | |