{"id":795,"date":"2023-02-03T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ld-wp.template-help.com\/wordpress_53388\/?p=795"},"modified":"2026-01-06T13:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:20:34","slug":"what-is-blank-sailing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ld-wp73.template-help.com\/wordpress\/prod_3709\/v3\/what-is-blank-sailing\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT IS BLANK SAILING?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It happens quite often that if you&#8217;re a professional shipper and you\u2019ve heard the words \u201cblank sailing,\u201d there\u2019s a decent chance they were accompanied by frustration.<\/p>\n<p>Companies oftentimes manufacture the goods in one place, then assemble the end product in the 2nd place and finally sell it in a 3rd location.<\/p>\n<p><em>In between all these two locations, or even when it is just about getting the goods from their country of manufacturing to the one where they&#8217;ll be sold, it takes some transportation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So while railroads, trucks and cargo planes are one option, when we talk about some trule big distances, the ocean freight is the king of trade.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, even as you hire a logistics &amp; transportation company to manage all the fuss for you (and especially if you don&#8217;t), knowing about some of the most basic tips for transporting palettes with your goods is essential for absolutely any kind of business.<\/p>\n<p>So, let&#8217;s start this list with this one:<\/p>\n<h3>USE STANDARD PALLETS &amp; STACKING SIZES<\/h3>\n<p>While that may sound fairly obvious to most of you, still sometimes it&#8217;s best of all to be safe than sorry, hence making sure that all the sizes of the transportation pallets and boxes you use are standard.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>CHECK WOOD SHIPPING REGULATIONS<\/h3>\n<p>While there&#8217;s no problem with that kind of regulation in the US and most of OECD countries, some big international trading nations do have regulations in regard to limiting the wood shipping.<\/p>\n<h3>PROPERLY LABEL PALLETIZED BOXES<\/h3>\n<p>Once again, while this is still one of the out-there ideas, but you can&#8217;t even imagine just how often we see businesses with a very long track record in shipping their goods globally mismanage the labeling and flop right there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Ultimately this kind of a mistake almost guarantees you (or rather your goods) having a trouble later while on an inspection in some distant port&#8230;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, in case you&#8217;ve also missed stretchwrapping your boxes or pallets, it&#8217;s best of all for you to right that wrong.<\/p>\n<p>All because when shipping your goods over long distances, it&#8217;s absolutely imperative to both secure and stretchwrap them, protect them from the elements on the outside and also put in a fiberboard in between the sections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It happens quite often that if you&#8217;re a professional shipper and you\u2019ve heard the words \u201cblank sailing,\u201d there\u2019s a decent chance they were accompanied by frustration. Companies oftentimes manufacture the goods in one place, then assemble the end product in the 2nd place and finally sell it in a 3rd location. 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