[Milsurplus] New Shipping Restrictions

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

there has been an infestation of the Asian longhorned beetle that has attacked an destroyed trees in the New York and Chicago area hence the restrication on wooden pallets:

http://www.cnn.com/NATURE/9911/12/alien.invasion/

Mike n2MS


----- Original Message -----
From: J. Forster 
To: Military1944 at aol.com
Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 19:01:37 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] New Shipping Restrictions

Ben,

I REALLY don't know. The freight consolidator told me that wood in crates
now has to be "heat treated" and stamped as such.

It seems odd to me too, hence the query.

-John

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> In a message dated 08/03/2010 18:56:39 GMT Standard Time, jfor at quik.com
> writes:
>
> I've  been trying to ship some WW II electronics to the UK from the US.
>
> It  turns out that the UK authorities are concerned about critters inside
> the  crate....  never mind that the crate has been sealed for about  60
> years!
>
>
>
> ------------------
>
> Are you sure John ?  only this is not Australia, I had to  show them the
> soles of the shoes in my case when I entered, in case there was  some real
> dirt on them.
>
> I cannot believe, knowing just what they let into this  country, that they
> would be worried about a wooden crate. They must get thou's  of crates at
> the docks.
>
> Ben.
> (U.K.)