ISPM 15 Heat Treated Wood Shipping

Las Vegas Crating and Logistics offers the custom packing and shipping solutions with ISPM 15 International Standards For Phytosanity Measures No. 15.

We directly address your need to professionally ship with wood and materials treated with compliance with what is known as the “wheat stamp”.

All wood packaging materials such as crates, pallets, dunnages, etc. that require to be debarked and heat treated and fumigated with methyl bromide are stamped and branded.

Lumber and wood materials that are untreated pose a risk of carrying harmful plant pests.

We have heat treatment services that meet all regulated ISPM 15 standards including

• Assembled pallets and crating
• Dunnage
• Wood Components

Las Vegas Crating and Logistics can provide all essential services and provied the ISPM 15 HT stamp for all wood products, timbers, lumber, and poles of almost all regulation sizes.

Internationally accepted types of treatment

• HT (Heat Treatment) – The wood needs to be heated until its core reaches 56 °C for at least 30 minutes.
  • Steady Heat Treatment (HT): Standard procedure conducted in heating chambers;
  • Kiln-dried (KD): Similar to the standard HT, but it also requires moisture’s standards;
  • Mobile Heat Treatment (HT): Heat treatment conducted in heating chambers installed in trucks. Allows the treatment to be done anywhere.
  • Portable Chamber Process (PCP – HT): Heat treatment conducted in portable chambers made of thermal fabric. Allows the treatment to be done anywhere, but with lower costs. The process’ patent requirement belongs to the Brazilian company Fitolog Pest Control;
  • Fast Container Connector (FCC – HT): Heat treatment conducted directly in containers by a mobile heating unit. It is a simplified variation of PCP. Ideal for ports and terminals.
  • MB (Methyl Bromide) – Requires to completely fill an area with gaseous pesticide (methyl bromide).
  • Container Fumigation: The container where the wooden packaging is placed is completely filled with Methyl Bromide. After a 24-hour quarantine, the container is aerated and the wood/cargo is released;
  • Tent Fumigation: The wooden packaging is covered with a specific type of tent, sealed to the ground with weight. The tent is completely filled with methyl bromide. After a 24-hour quarantine, the tent is removed and the wood/cargo is released

What this means to you is that we meet all ISPM 15 standards for the heat treatment of wood materials and packaging components that must attain a minimum core temperature of 56 degrees Celsius ( 133 degree Fahrenheit ) for at least thirty minutes.

The heat treatment certification program of the U.S. is administered by the American Lumber Standards Committee. Las Vegas Crating & Logistics packing, crating, and shipping have accredited heat treating facilities and services meet or exceed the International Standards for Phytosanitry Measures & Guidelines for the Regulating of Wood Packaging Materials in International Trade.

From Las Vegas Nevada to your destination of shipping, the stamp is enforced not only at their countries border but ours as well.

Professional inspectors are there to ensure that your wood shipping container, crate, pallet, or dunnage is properly certified and stamped both before and after entering or leaving the transportation chain and country.

If you do not have the stamp and it is found out that you have shipped a non-compliant wood package with materials, your shipment will be impounded and quarantined until it is deemed safe to enter. Costing both time and money for both parties.

• International Shipping Crates
• Custom Pallets and Skids
• Reusable Crates
• Art Shipping and Packing
• Trade Show Display Crates
• Auctions and Antiques
• Dunnage

We offer all of this and more meeting IPPC standards stamped and certified ISPM-15 compliance for all expedited export use

In compliance with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations these countries have IPPC guidelines.