Bulky articles, such as machinery are sometimes “logged,” that is protected by binding of rope or wood lashed round.

To control water damage a moisture barrier is used between the product and the package. The barrier may be a polyethylene film, metalized film, specially treated paper or any other material which offers substantial resistance to moisture impregnation.

These package are suitable for packaging powdered, granular, lump materials like dry chemicals, fertilizers. They are flexible. Their strength and protective qualities can be increased by appropriate linings.

The packing of hollow-ware, for example baths, bow-pipes, and the like so that one article fits inside another to economies space and so save freight.

Palletizing is the assembly of one or more packages on a pallet (platform, usually wooden) base and properly secured to it.

Packages are fastened to a platform and properly secured to it throughout transit. The platform is called a “pallet” and it is lifted into and out of the ship as a complete unit. As an alternative, packages are unitized in say, units of 10 or 12 bags held together by ‘disposable slings.’ These slings are made of strips of nylon webbing and can be discarded once the goods are unloaded at destination.

A term applied in the wine trade to casks, the capacity of which varies according to the type of wine.

A large bag.

Unitizing is the assembling of one or more packages or items into a compact load, secured together and provided with skids for easy handling.

Wire bound boxes employ wire-mesh between the corrugations of the fiberboards, and collapsible and returnable wire-bound corrugated fireboard boxes.