If you ship temperature-sensitive products and you know you need to invest in a passive pallet cover, you’re ahead of the game. Passive pallet covers provide extra, secondary temperature protection maintenance in instances where your product is not being kept in a controlled temperature environment, such as being removed from a reefer unit and awaiting transfer to another vehicle.
However, there is no one-size-fits-all solution for a passive pallet cover, and you have many different options to choose from. The right one depends on many different factors for your product, including:
Cool Or Warm
One factor to consider is whether you need to keep a product from cooling down or warming up. While most passive pallet covers are capable of protecting products from either type of temperature variance, there are some specific types of products and form factors that specialize in specific temperature maintenance. Our Prime Container Liner, for example, is intended to protect cool or chilled products from heat.
Duration
Another major consideration is how long shipments will undertake their journey, as well as what types of waiting intervals they may face along the way. For example, if a shipment is expected to be moved from the environmentally controlled environment of a train to a reefer unit on a truck upon arrival, the passive pallet cover may only need to protect products for a few minutes. However, if a product is moved from a plane and then waits for several hours on the tarmac before another vehicle transfer, you’ll want a more robust passive pallet cover to protect the cargo during such an extended period of vulnerability. Covers can protect goods for hours or days, depending on need.
Size
A final factor to consider for passive pallet covers is the size of the shipment. This plays a major role in the choice of secondary temperature protection, as cost savings are directly tied to the selection of covers. For a large shipment that will fill an entire cargo container, for example, it makes more sense to simply line the entire container rather than the pallet itself. On the other hand, for smaller shipments that may be sent directly to a consumer in a box, box liners make more sense. And, of course, if you are sending a pallet or two, then a passive pallet cover makes the most sense.
If you’re shipping temperature-sensitive products and want to know the best way to get those products to their destination safely, we can help. Contact us today to explain your shipping needs and obtain a quote.
