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The machinery export compliance guide
Twelve pages on the things that stop a machinery container at the destination port: unmarked timber, missing rust protection, lashing that was never planned. Written by people who load boxes, not by a marketing team.
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What is inside
Each section ends with the check the dock crew actually performs, written as an instruction rather than a principle.
Who it is for
- Export managers signing off a first shipment to a new market.
- Freight forwarders who need to explain the rules to a shipper.
- Factory logistics teams tired of rebuilding the same checklist.
- 1
IPPC and wooden packaging
Which packages need the ISPM 15 mark, what each element of the stamp means, and the repair mistakes that get containers held.
- 2
Load geometry and the 40% rule
How centre of gravity height is calculated, why it matters more than gross weight, and the 60% half-load rule explained with a worked example.
- 3
Blocking, bracing and lashing
Timber blocking patterns for heavy crates, when airbags are appropriate, and how to plan lashing points from the container drawing.
- 4
Rust and moisture protection
Rust-preventive coatings, VCI paper, desiccant quantities by container volume and voyage length, and how to record what was applied.
- 5
The pre-shipment checklist
The nineteen checks we run between the loading plan and the sealed container, in the order the dock crew works.
Prefer to see it in a plan?
The calculator applies the same checklist to your own cargo. Three full runs a month are free, no card required.