Cargo Claims
Claims involving reefer containers are a common issue. Commodities that are transported in refrigerated containers require customized temperature and environment control. The most frequent causes of damage include reefer container malfunction, excessive periods of power, and incorrect temperature settings. Losses may be avoided for shippers to gather evidence and pursue cargo claims recoveries.
Avocado transit damages and cargo claims. Avocados are being transported ever-greater distances from their original locations, particularly from South, Central America and South Africa. There are a number of factors that need to be considered to guarantee the effective and damage-free delivery of avocados, so your best strategy should be loss prevention.
Reefer malfunction is a huge and widespread issue in cargo claims, leading to billions of dollars in total losses.
There are several reasons for heating damage:
Reefer equipment malfunction
85% of coffee damage in transit is due to water ingress and not condensation.
Unfortunately, very few coffee traders know how to recover losses from liable parties when coffee cargo is damaged.
If your coffee cargo was damaged because of water ingress, you should prove this by the following facts, namely:
1) Pre-inspection of the container was carried out and documented
In the document below we show you why when shipping onions, your cargo could be rejected and what you do to make sure you get compensation from the liable carrier: No Pre-shipment Survey Report results in the inability to prove pre-shipment and stuffing conditions and quality of the cargo.
With such an increase, exporters will be looking to recoup whatever losses they can by looking into the cargo claim market, and this market could see a large increase in claims as more shippers will not want to soak up costs of their losses by being fobbed off by the Goliath carriers