After cargo damage
Cargo transport unit after damage
In a dedicated area, never on an operational berth. And the nature of the cargo governs everything that follows.
The cargo governs the stream
Before touching anything we establish what the unit held. A foodstuff, an ordinary industrial product and a substance under a particular regime open neither the same disposal stream, nor the same precautions, nor the same point of contact. That check is done with the principal and it comes before the work.
Damaged cargo leaves through the stream appropriate to its nature. It does not join our skips, and it mixes with no other stream — no more than waste falling under the port reception regime does.
Drying before return to service
Washing, disinfection, then controlled drying. It is the last step that is most often skipped: a unit handed back damp gets its smell back within days, and it comes back — loaded this time, with cargo that takes the smell in turn.
We work in a dedicated area agreed with the operator. Never on a working berth: neither the wash effluent nor the time the unit is tied up belongs there.
What the work covers
Verification
Nature of the cargo and applicable stream, before we start.
Removal
Damaged cargo through the appropriate stream. Streams kept separate.
Washing and disinfection
Walls, floor, doors, seals.
Controlled drying
Before return to service, not after.
What governs the lead time
Availability of a dedicated area, the named port access pass to reach it, and the principal coming back to us on the exact nature of the cargo. That last point is the commonest reason a start slips, and we do not begin without it.
What we will not do
If the cargo fell under a dangerous goods regime, it is not us: the stream, the equipment and the approvals are different, and we point you elsewhere. We do no spill response, no work on a berth in operation, and we enter no unventilated unit that has to be treated as an enclosed space.
Questions about this service
- Can you work directly on the berth?
- No. Washing produces effluent that has to be collected and ties the unit up: both are incompatible with a berth in operation. We work in a dedicated area agreed with the terminal or depot operator.
- What happens to the damaged cargo?
- It leaves through the stream matching its nature, established with the principal before the work. It never joins our skips or another stream, and the removal is documented.
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