2012 Pallet Usage and Trending Survey
Each year, Modern Materials Handling conducts a Pallet Usage and Trending Survey. The results of the 2012 study are summarized in Bob Trebilcock’s recent Modern Materials Handling article, “The Pulse on Pallets.” This post highlights some the survey’s key findings and discusses the state of the pallet industry in 2012.
Clarifying IPPC- ISPM 15 Standards for Recycled Pallets
The ISPM-15 standard is designed to prevent the spread of insects and disease via overseas wood packaging materials such as crates, dunnage, and pallets. The ISPM 15 logo stamp certifies that a wooden pallet has been manufactured using debarked lumber and heat treated or fumigated, making it free of insects and safe for export use. […]
INCOTERMS®: Staying on Top of Exporting Terminology
INCOTERMS provide internationally accepted definitions and rules of interpretation for most common commercial terms. In the US, INCOTERMS are increasingly used in domestic sales contracts rather than UCC shipment and delivery terms.
APHIS Proposes New Restrictions on Wood Packaging Materials Shipping Between Canada and US
New restrictions on wood packaging materials shipping between Canada and the US is proposed per ISPM 15 requirements by APHIS If adopted, shipments containing bug infested wood packaging materials could be refused as soon as summer 2011. Vienna, Ohio – A new proposal from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service […]