Perishable goods & food safety

As the authors of the CargoHandbook, the industry’s benchmark on all cargo, our specialist commodity experts have vast experience investigating any sort of claim or product loss, also when it comes to perishable goods. With most of our offices being located in the busy North-West European ports, we handle about 4,000 cases in this area per year involving these types of products. We advise on the many different factors that can determine the appropriate temperature as well as other conditions for shipment.

Our services include:

• Investigations into the nature, extent and cause of damage
• Performance review of reefer container
• Testing of reefer equipment and analysis
• Advice on transport and storage requirements
• Loss prevention advice
• Research programmes to turn around damage trends
• Advice during new trade / new product pilots
• Reefer vessel inspections
• Audits of storage facilities