The toxic horror chemicals that build up inside containers

Container safety has largely, and rightly, focused on the packing and stowage of cargo, its weight and the correct declaration of a shipment, hazardous or otherwise. However, as this article from Wired illustrates, even in a correctly packed, correctly declared container, a range of noxious gases can inadvertently develop during shipment, posing severe health risks to dockworkers or warehouse workers unstuffing a box at a consignee’s facility.

“They had no idea the shipping container was full of toxic gas. But mere ...