Quiz 14-Chapter 14

The standardized size of pallets in Europe is

80 Cm by 120 cm

The strongest type of shipping crates are

Constructed with 3-way corners

Containerized cargo is handled more frequently than breakbulk cargo.

False

FIBCs are used for shipping _____ cargo.

Granular

Packaging designed to appeal to and be functional for consumers is called

Primary Packaging

Color-coding to identify a company's shipments

Should be changed on a regular basis

Blocking materials that keep cargo from shifting are collectively called dunnage.

True

What good packaging should be like? (Functions/qualities/expectations of good packaging)

1) It should protect the goods against the hazards of shipping. 2)It should enhance customer service. 3) It should facilitate handling. 4) It should be environmentally friendly. 5) All of the above.

To protect cargo, markings should

1) display only the net weight. 2) display only the gross weight. 3) only be in metric units. 4) only be in English units. 5) None of the above

Proper marking on cargo as it is shipped is important because proper marking

1) protects the cargo from poor handling. 2) protects the cargo from theft. 3) protects the cargo from pilferage. 4) protects the cargo from delays due to failure to comply with carrier and government safety and security requirements. 5) All of the above

In conditions of high humidity, paperboard loses up to _____ percent of its strength.

60

An intermodal container is designed to withstand the weight of up to how many similar containers placed on top of it?

8

Cargo, such as trucks, that cannot be containerized because it is too large and won't fit in a traditional container or because it exceeds the maximum weight of a container load or that the shipper chooses not containerize and ships as separate units is called

Breakbulk Cargo

Air transport is, by nature, more hazardous than ocean transport.

False

An advantage of LCL shipping is that the cargo is not handled very frequently while in transit.

False

As much as possible, cargo should bear the trade name or the brand names of the shipper.

False

Companies rarely develop a strategy for packaging, since they consider it an area that does not have strategic implications.

False

Damage to cargo caused by improper packaging can be offset by insurance.

False

For industrial goods, the primary packaging encompasses all the packaging activities aimed at protecting them during shipment.

False

If goods in a container are not unitized, they are usually sufficiently protected by their regular secondary packaging.

False

Shipping bags are very good at withstanding numerous manipulations.

False

Softwood used in crates and boxes is obtained from leafy trees such as poplar or oak.

False

To save costs and space, different types of refrigerated goods often are mixed together in one package.

False

Hazardous cargo shipped by sea is regulated by the

IMO

The biggest problem(s) in transportation of air cargo is/are

Pilferage and Theft

To protect breakbulk or LCL cargo from being lost or shipped to the wrong consignee, it should be clearly marked with

The Cosignee's name

Characteristic(s) of steel drums is/are

They can withstand a good amount of abuse.

A freight consolidator is almost always quite good at packaging a container properly, with proper dunnage and protection, but the owners of other cargo on board the consolidated container may not be as careful, and that represents a hazard.

True

A possible way to avoid theft while cargo is in transit is to ship exclusively in full-container-loads or truck loads, since the cargo will be hidden from everyone except the exporter or importer.

True

About 43 percent of all claims made by shippers to their insurance companies are for breakage of goods in transit.

True

As opposed to crates, boxes are containers made of wood where the walls are an integral part of the structural strength of the container.

True

Both crates and boxes should always be reinforced with corner strapping and metallic bands.

True

Boxes and enclosed crates should be lined with a waterproof material such as polyethylene.

True

Cargo pallets in international road and rail transportation should be protected on all four corners, banded with nylon or steel straps, and should be shrink-wrapped or stretch-wrapped for protection against rain and ambient humidity.

True

Consumer packages abroad are generally smaller in countries where retail shopping is done frequently.

True

Containers designed for air transport cannot be used in other modes, except for one 20-foot container that can be used in cargo planes and trucks.

True

Containers used in air transport are not truly intermodal.

True

For air cargo sensitive to humidity, a possible way to avoid condensation damage is to add small packets of desiccant material in the box with the goods

True

For air shipments, the best form of packaging would be tertiary in nature and would include one additional layer of cardboard.

True

In the case of international road and rail transportation, it is always best to unitize the cargo into pallets so as to facilitate handling at the point where the goods are loaded and unloaded.

True

Intermodal containers sometimes collapse in rough seas.

True

Light leakage in a container could indicate a risk of water infiltration.

True

Markings in international air shipments should be handled in much the same way as markings on ocean shipments.

True

Most in-transit thefts involve people who are insiders.

True

Placing a truck trailer on a railroad car is called piggy-backing.

True

Single shipments that are too small to be shipped as a full container are consolidated by a freight forwarder or a NVOCC with other freight and then shipped in a full container.

True

Some countries regulate primary package sizes by requiring them to be multiples of simple metric units.

True

Some shippers use old pallets as spacers (dunnage) to keep cargo from shifting.

True

Surface rust on containers, while not attractive, usually does not affect the cargo carried, although it may be a sign that the container is not very carefully maintained.

True

The complexity of varied regulations regarding shipment of hazardous cargo means the shipper should contract with a specialized freight forwarder or consultant.

True

The multi-wall shipping bag can hold about 50 pounds of material.

True

The responsibility for packaging goods for international shipment always falls upon the exporter.

True

To keep cargo from shifting, some shippers use inflatable bags.

True

To protect against condensation damage inside a container, the container's interior floor and, ideally, its interior sides should be made of wood.

True

When goods needing refrigeration travel by ocean, they usually travel in a refrigerated container, a specialized contained also nicknamed a reefer.

True

FCL Cargo stands for

full container load

Most cargo tends to be shipped by air in

its secondary packaging

Characteristic(s) of fiber drums is/are

they are more resistant to pilferage than bags.

Because of the threat to hardwood forests caused by the long-horned beetle

wood pallets from China are not allowed in the United States unless they have been fumigated, heat-treated, or pressure-treated with a pesticide.