Re: International RAM Shipping

[prattd@ccmail.orst.edu (David S. Pratt)]

     Recommendations for International RAM Shipping:
     
        1. Use a carrier that will deliver the package to the 
     destination country and not switch carriers in transit.  I have 
     found this to be the most frequent source of delays.
        2. Use the latest version of the IATA regulations and use the 
     check-off list in the back of the book to review your shipment.  
     Be critical, the carrier personnel who also use this check-off 
     list are probably not as knowledgeable as you and are looking at 
     each item verbatim.
        3. Follow all the applicable operator and state variations.
        4. Develop a good working relationship with your carrier.  
     Send them the paperwork early for their review and be responsive 
     to their questions.
        5. FAX a copy of the paperwork to the recipient so that they 
     can answer questions at their end.
     
     In many ways, international RAM shipping is easier than domestic.
     
     
     Dave Pratt
     Senior Health Physicist    
     Radiation Center           
     Oregon State University
     100 Radiation Center
     Corvallis OR 97331-5903
     Phone: (541)737-7048
     FAX: (541)737-0480
     E-Mail:prattds@rc.orst.edu
     


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Subject: International RAM Shipping
Author:  Myung Chul Jo <mjo@scs.unr.edu> at Internet_Gateway
Date:    1/14/98 11:03 AM


     For those who handle international RAM shipping, I feel this, in 
     spite of naming a commercial vendor, will benefit some of us.