Pests Slow Down Vehicle Shipment Processing

Pests can be a danger to both people and crops. For instance, stink bugs are a pest that can cause allergies to people and can be quite damaging to crops like wheat. These bugs aren’t found in Australia and New Zealand but they can be brought into the country via shipments. Stink bugs can easily hide in cars that are being shipped to Australia from the US. This is why it has been deemed compulsory for all vehicle shipments to be treated for pests like stink bugs before they are sent out to sea. While it is a good initiative, it has slowed down vehicle shipment processing. 

Heat Treatment for Ridding Stink Bugs

Treating each car for stink bugs before shipping them out takes a lot of time. This is why vehicle processors have been looking for a way to speed up this process. One of the vehicle processors in Baltimore has come up with a means to get rid of the stink bugs from the cars in a shorter period of time. They have started using heat treatment for this purpose and it is proving to be quite effective. The method they are using requires them to pump the temperature of the car’s interior up to 140 degrees. At this heat, the stink bugs hiding anywhere inside the car get killed off. The vehicle processor has set up a heat treatment structure where up to 30 cars can be heat treated at a time.

How Helpful Is It?

The heat treatment process has been quite helpful in eradicating the stink bugs from the vehicles that are about to be shipped to Australia from the US. However, this process still takes up a great deal of time to complete. While the heating of the cars is only done for about two to three hours, the entire fumigation cycle takes about 32 hours to complete. Moreover, reaching the temperature required for killing the stink bugs isn’t easy as well. A lot of energy is required for raising the temperature of the building where the cars are treated. The vehicle processor in Baltimore is using propane tanks for feeding the heaters that are responsible for generating the heat.

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