Logistics, Ports and Freight Forwarders

What the work looks like

Container fumigation before despatch, treatment of wooden packaging and dunnage, and pest management inside the bonded stores and transit sheds where consignments sit while they wait. Empty container treatment before stuffing, where a previous load has left something behind.

Most of the value is in sequencing rather than in the treatment itself. A consignment treated after the cut-off is a consignment that missed the vessel, so the work is planned backwards from the shipping date rather than forwards from the day you call.

Where we work

Colombo Port and the surrounding logistics belt, Peliyagoda, Orugodawatte, Katunayake, Ekala, Ja-Ela, Biyagama and Wattala, and Hambantota port. Our own base is in Ja-Ela, inside that belt.

What you should tell us first

The commodity, the packaging, whether the container is loaded, your cut-off for the port and, most importantly, any written requirement from the buyer or their agent. That last one decides whether a job is possible at all, and it is the thing that most often arrives too late.

Why a spray is the wrong tool here

Almost everything that causes a freight problem lives inside something: inside the grain, inside the sacking, inside the timber of a pallet. A surface treatment protects the outside of a package and reaches very little of what is inside it, which is why cargo work is fumigation work.

The practical consequence is that the job takes longer than people expect. A gas has to be held at strength for a set period and then cleared, and none of that can be compressed to fit a booking. Forwarders who plan for it lose nothing; forwarders who call on the day of the cut-off usually cannot be helped.

Empty containers and returned equipment

A returned container or a set of returned pallets is one of the commonest ways an infestation moves between sites, and it is the part of the operation nobody owns. Treating empties before they are stuffed is cheap compared with treating a loaded consignment, and far cheaper than a rejected one.

What you receive

A written record of each treatment: what was treated, the container or stack identification, the dates and times of the exposure period, and confirmation that the space was ventilated before release. Where your client requires a specific document, we need that requirement in writing before the job is booked so we can tell you plainly whether we can meet it.