• Consultants on marine transportation of foods. Food scientists and engineers. Cargo surveyors. From New Jersey, U. S. A. and Valencia, Spain
  • Specialized consultants and cargo surveyors with more than 40 years of experience in damage surveys and claim investigations
  • Investigation of damage to food cargoes in reefer and dry containers: temperature records, ventilation, delays, product condition, packaging, stuffing, stripping and cargo transfer.
  • Reefer and dry containers: supervision of stuffing and stripping operations.
  • Evaluation of the cause of damages occurred during storage and transportation of grains, cocoa, coffee, oil-seeds, fertilizers, sugar and other dry cargo.
  • Scientific consultants in legal cases. Critical review and analysis of documentation and evidence gathered. Expert evidence for litigation.  
  • Surveys and analysis of damage during transportation of fresh and frozen foods in reefer containers: bananas, avocados, stone fruits, apples, pears, grapes, meats, fish, seafood....
  • On-line training courses and e-Books on maritime transportation of foods

Software

Our firm has developed specialized software to facilitate our work and give a better and faster service to our clients. Some of the software developed is listed here:

APPLICATION SOFTWARE (Software de aplicación)

      MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING (MAP)

      BASIC LAB CALCULATIONS

STATISTICAL SAMPLING PLANS

DATA ANALYSIS  / STATISTICAL METHODS

FINANCIAL CALCULATIONS

PSYCHROMETRIC PROPERTIES OF AIR

CONDENSATION RISKS (CACAO AND COFFEE) IN DRY CONTAINERS, CALCULATION OF DESSICANTS

STORAGE STABILITY OF FOODS

REEFER CONTAINER SIMULATION (COOLING RATES, VENT REQUIREMENTS)

MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE STORAGE SIMULATION

CHLORIDE ANALYSIS (CONTAMINATION WITH SEAWATER)

STERILIZATION OF FOODS IN HERMETICAL SEALED CONTAINERS

ANALYSIS OF HEAT PENETRATION DATA IN CANNED FOODS

SORPTION ISOTHERM ANALYSIS

OPTIMAL STOWAGE PATTERN FOR STUFFING CONTAINERS

STORAGE SHELF-LIFE OF FOODS

VOLUMETRIC EXPANSION OF LIQUID FOODS

HEAT TRANSFER IN FOOD SYSTEMS

 SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL DATA BASES (Bases de datos científicas-técnicas)

FOOD PRESERVATION DATA (REFRIGERATED-FROZEN FOODS)

RESPIRATION DATA FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

FOOD THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES

MODIFIED /CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE DATA

FOOD STABILITY DATA

FOOD COMPOSITION DATA

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES (General information, diseases, disorders, harvest season, quality standards, facts, varieties, etc)

TRANSPORTATION IN REEFER CONTAINERS

SORPTION ISOTHERMS OF FOODS

INSECTS AND PESTS IN STORED FOODS /FUMIGATION

 

Cargo Inspection Service