Maxi-Flow Ventilation Console:
- Removes residual gases swiftly and safely from within shipping containers
- Gas filters available for best-practice environmental results
- Convenient gas monitor supplied and PPE available
- Economical rental and maintenance terms of sale
- Renders containers safe for unpacking in a fraction of the time of other ventilation methods
- Lightweight aluminium construction easy to use with clip-on locks
- Delivery, training and operating manual provided
Technical Data for above system:
- Flow rate of 44M3 per minute (ISO GP Container Volumes: 6.1M – 33M3; 12.2M – 67M3 )
- Positive air circulation
- Single or 3 Phase fans available
- Metal finish or powder coated models available
Types of residual gases found inside containers:
- Methyl Bromide: Colourless, odourless but highly toxic fumigant extensively used for quarantine fumigations. Attacks the central nervous system, has a cumulative effect
- Phosphine: Another fumigant gas, with a safe concentration level more than 16 times lower than methyl bromide
- Formaldehyde: Recently classified in the EU as carcinogenic, this gas is emitted from wood glues and certain other timber products
- Other Gases: Hydrogen cyanide, chloropicrin, ethylene dibromide are amongst a range of gases found inside shipping containers shipped internationally
Extraction Performance
Nordiko's system performance recorded at an operating warehouse in Sydney showed removal of methyl bromide from a level more than 8 times the safe level, to well below the safe level, in a matter of minutes.
Regulations:
- WorkSafe in Victoria has issued guidelines requiring 24 hour open-door ventilation of fumigated shipping containers before unpacking should commence (unless mechanical ventilation/monitoring methods are used)
- The Australian Standard Fumigation Procedures requires ventilation of containers after fumigation – until "safe" levels have been reached: European experience is that this can take days
Practical Matters:
- Without monitoring it is not possible to determine if a shipping container is safe to enter
- Even containers not marked as having been fumigated have been found to have unsafe levels of residual gases inside
- AQIS regulations now prohibit officers from entering previously fumigated shipping containers
