Certain commodities can damage the reefer container during stuffing, transport, or unstuffing. Because of the specific construction of reefer containers, the following commodities are not allowed to be loaded into our reefer containers:
- Heavy packages with rough and/or sharp edges and machinery parts that cannot be lashed and secured properly. That can damage the floor, e.g., cargo with more than 3 metric tons weight per running meter.
- Soiled and/or odorous cargo, such as hides or menthol.
- Cement and other similar powders in bags.
- IMO cargo unless approved by Dangerous Goods department.
- Bulk cargo such as grain, scrap metal, etc.
- Potentially corrosive substances (non-dangerous cargo).
For ethical reasons, Hapag-Lloyd does not transport any species that are seriously endangered and on the so-called “red list of threatened species”, e.g., whales, dolphins, sharks etc.