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<p>Dear Pip,</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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<p>All the best,<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 04.09.23 um 13:36 schrieb Pip
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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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!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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