Secure Shipment of Over-Dimension Vacuum Vulcanizing Press via Flat Rack Container

Safe loading of flat rack containers is critical to ensuring your rubber vulcanizing press, compression molding machine and vacuum compression molding press arrive safely at the customer’s facility over long and complex transit routes, and it constitutes a vital link in foreign trade operations. From negotiation and deal closure to production, every stage demands meticulous attention to deliver qualified rubber machinery to customers intact.

When heavy rubber molding equipment like a rubber vulcanizing press, compression molding machine or vacuum compression molding press is overweight, over-height or over-width, a flat rack container (FR container) becomes the only viable option. In such cases, safe loading must be carefully planned. Unlike standard containers, flat racks have no side panels and are fully open platforms. Shipments of large vulcanizing machinery bound for overseas destinations face long journeys, varied road conditions, multi-modal transport including trucking and ocean freight, and often transshipment. This calls for rigorous lashing and weatherproof covering. Without proper securing, heavy equipment such as the vacuum compression molding press may shift sideways, topple over or get soaked by rain — the consequences can be catastrophic.

Poor execution at the shipping stage can undo all prior work for your compression molding machine or rubber vulcanizing press order, leading to substantial losses and costly delays. Last month, we loaded two 40ft flat rack containers for a long-term overseas client (the client’s name is withheld for commercial confidentiality). The cargo consisted of custom 500T vacuum compression molding presses, also known as vacuum vulcanizing presses. This large rubber vulcanizing equipment was both over-height and overweight, necessitating flat rack transport.

We made thorough preparations prior to loading this rubber vulcanizing press. We consulted specialists on proper cargo securing and lashing methods for flat rack containers, as well as tarpaulin covering procedures, to eliminate potential transit risks and avoid unnecessary losses for both the client and ourselves when shipping compression molding machinery.

Our crew carried out the lashing work with great care, in full compliance with flat rack loading codes. The vacuum compression molding press has now arrived at the client’s factory safely. Our customer highly appreciated our responsible and thorough approach for the shipment of their rubber vulcanizing press.

Below we share the procedures we followed for cargo lashing and tarpaulin covering during loading of this large rubber vulcanizing machinery.