[Daniel Park]

Hi guys,

Someone mentioned that it gets pretty hot in those containers on the journey to NZ. Aside from asking "how do they know - did they get locked in accidentally?" does anyone think heat would be a problem for

a computer
papers and books
fabrics such as furnishings?

It'll all be insured, I guess, so not really a problem. Any thoughts?

Dan

[ateal]

If the container is travelling through the tropics I would suspect that the internal temperature could reach 50 degrees Celsius, well that's my guess anyway.

[veronica]

You know how hot it gets in your car in the middle of summer when you park in the sun.....that give you an idea of how hot.

[jonSE]

When my sister came over from NZ to UK, the candles she had packed were melted!

[Dave & Sandra]

My computer works fine after shipping and all papers and books were fine. In fact everything was unmarked, undamaged and works OK

Sandra

[Moorf]

So is there a good (i.e. cool) time of year to ship to NZ from UK?

[veronica]

whichever way you look at it Moorf it has to go across the equator and one or other of the tropics.

[wilson182]

We shipped computers, a TV, Sterios and dvd players, and everything works perfectly well.

[leslie]

i thought about this too, then it occurred to me that most electricals are manufactured off shore...

[DB]

Our stuff travelled in an insulated container.

One of the things in the container was a minimum/maximum thermometer, and it recorded a minimum of 6C and a maximum of 33C.

The thermometer was reset prior to leaving the house in the UK, so these extremes represent the entirity of the journey, including storage (not in container) both in the UK (autumn) and in NZ (summer).

Some more recent experience with insulated containers here in NZ shows that even on a very hot summers day here, the temperature really doesn't rise in the container very much at all.

[veronica]

was it one of the freezer containers that they ship the lamb etc. overseas in on its return journey to NZ

[DB]

Never saw the actual container, was just told it was an insulated one! It certainly didn't smell like one that had been used for meat products, and no evidence of contamination on our boxes or goods.

[veronica]

No there wouldn't have been as they would always have to be disinfected.
The other thing that comes into play with the temp of the container is where it is on the ship... if its on the outside or top then it is going to take the full brunt of the sun but if it is on the bottom or in the middle it will be sheltered by the other containers.

[shagen]

I am sure the shippers would be the best person to ask this.

We are coming from the tropics (round about as close as you can get to the equator) and the shippers had no problem with what can stand the heat on the way and what could not, when they came for a house visit prior to a quote.

Shagen