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Rules concerning packing and storing durations

General Information - Overview
Various means of transport
Truck
Plane
Cargo vessel

Country of destination / means of transport

Germany and Europe (truck)
Outside Europe (plane, cargo vessel)
Exceptions for truck (Malta, Algeria, Syria, Turkey, Iran)

Conditions for storing and transport

Door to door
Just in time / On hour delivery
Storing outdoor
Very long storing durations
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What is meant with duration of transport + storing?
Receipt of order

Putting in operation at customer

Project planning/procurement

Packing

Assembly

Storing at AGS

Transport

Packing and Transport

Construction site

Storing at customer

Transport and Storing duration

Packing (Duration: 1-3 days)
Storing at AGS till pic-up for shipment (Duration: 0 days till 1 year)
Transport (Duration: 2 till 8 Weeks)
Storing at construction site or at customers facility
(Duration: 0 days till 1 year)

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Abilities of different packing methods
Truckworth packing
Load carrier and PE-folio
Panel fixed with screws on load carrier
Protection against dust and spray water
Packages from 1 up to 3 panels
No protection against corrosion
No protection against mechanical damage
Storing only in closed and dry rooms
Low costs for packing
Door to door packing method
Transshipment should be avoided

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Abilities of different packing methods
Seaworth packing here: Seaworth case
Protection against corrosion: AL/PE-folio plus drying material (silica gel)
Protection against dust and sand (desert)
Withstands mechanical force impact
Protection against moisture/rain for 2 years, starting at finishing of packing
process
Suitable for storing outdoor
Needs solid ground (no blank soil or swamp)

Attention! This is a packing method with high proctection

potential, but of course - it is better to minimize the risk!
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Abilities of different packing methods
Seaworth Packing Seaworth crate
Main advantage: Much cheaper than a case
Reduced efforts for packing process (quicker done!)
Protection against corrosion: AL/PE-folio plus drying mat.
Reduced protection against mechanical force impact
Combined with box container an optimal protection
against mechanical force impact in transit/transportation
Protection against moisture/rain for 2 years indoor!!!
Suitable for storing outdoor for 6 month
Only approved for Door-to-Door transports
AL/PE-folio very sensitive against stitches, rips,
gnawers, desert sand
Only applicable for products, which can be load in
a standard box- or high cube container
A forklift is mandatory for unloading of container

This is our cost-optimated solution, if all prerequisites are fullfilled!! Communication between dispatch and sales necessary!!
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Correlation packing- and freight costs
Related to packing method
Costs of
packing

Freightcosts

High packing costs

low packing costs

Low freight costs High freight costs

Even for shipments with low weights airfreight can be cheaper

than seafreight !!! Just call us !!! We are at your disposal !!!
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External packages (done by supplier)
Packages only for transport s u p p l i e r

AGS

No seaworth packing should be done by supplier

Check of content not possible
No ability for checking of quality of inner packing and material
Different norms and understandings concerning packing standards in
several countries

Guideline for seaworth packing (if not avoidable)

Seaworth packing according German HPE packing standard
Case walls made of plywood
Suitable/approved for outdoor storage
Protection against corrosion for 24 months

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Contacts logistics
Transport issues
Ms Cornelia Luederitz
Ms Sabine Huber
Mr Peter Weiss

Ext -397
Ext -395
Ext -356

Packing issues
Mr. Andreas Hermann
Mr. Peter Weiss

Ext -268
Ext -356

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