[Nhcoll-l] Transporting wet collections

[Fabian Neisskenwirth]

Dear Pip,

there was a very similar topic that got a lot of feedback in June called 
"Best packing material for moving of wet collection jars", maybe it 
would be worth to have a look at that.

My personal advice, apart of good cushioning (the list of possible 
materials was discussed in the thread mentioned above) of each jar, is 
to do small transportation batches. So the overview of possible damage 
on the road is easier. Besides this, usually it makes the safety 
measures easier, since the legal issues start with certain amount liters 
of dangerous goods. So if you keep bellow the limit (check your local 
guidelines), you can use non-dangerous goods transportation or even 
normal cars.


All the best,


Am 04.09.23 um 13:36 schrieb Pip Brewer:
>
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering whether there is anyone out there with experience of 
> transporting wet collections or who can point me to some 
> information/resource? I’m interested in transport of wet collections 
> (primarily in ethanol) for digitisation at an offsite facility (this 
> is within Europe). Hence, my query concerns large numbers of specimens 
> and multiple trips. I’m aware of some of the issues with this (such as 
> specialist transports and licences for dangerous goods) and understand 
> that the best method would be not to move them offsite. Nonetheless, I 
> would be interested in hearing about experiences anyway – particularly 
> if you have found a workable solution to the logistics of transporting 
> glass jars such as these in bulk.
>
> One method which has been mentioned and tried here in Denmark is the 
> use of vermiculite to pack between jars. However, this produced a lot 
> of dust and mess and was not looked upon favourably!
>
> Many best wishes,
>
> Pip
>
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