Shipping Information

The cost of shipping PASSCAL equipment to and from field experiments is the responsibility of the requesting institution. Accurate estimates of these shipping costs are important because they may constitute a significant portion of project budget. This document provides information about the size and weight of PASSCAL equipment, and rough estimates of cost for various methods of shipment.

Shipping Costs incurred by the PIC are billed to the experiment through IRIS Headquarters. Please allow 2 months for receipt of this bill. If you have not received a bill by this time please contact IRIS.

To obtain accurate price quotes from shipping companies you will need to estimate the total number of pieces, total weight, the origin and final destination, the date of consignment and the date of delivery. Sometimes the volume is also requested, usually to determine if "dimensional weight" rates apply-PASSCAL equipment does not meet "dimensional weight" criteria.

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Ballpark figures for various types of service for 1500 lbs, 24 pieces, one-way from NY or SF:

*PASSCAL will normally ship this method and assign instrument allocation schedule accordingly.

Price breaks for cargo are usually at 500, 1500 and 5000 lbs.

International shipments may be assessed additional fees for customs clearance, brokerage fees, storage, cartage, etc. Import duties in foreign countries can be substantial, check the cost of import duty bonds.

The following points should be noted when shipping PASSCAL equipment:

Shipment is normally by air cargo. If other methods are to be used, the equipment must still arrive at the PIC by the date established by the Experiment Coordinator.

Shipments to the PIC must be prepaid. The PIC cannot accept COD shipments.

Shipments to the PIC must include delivery to the PIC. Neither PIC can retrieve equipment from the airport and must hire a commercial carter. Deliveries to the Stanford PIC must have a lift-gate on the truck.

Shipments which go directly from one experiment to another without going through the PIC will have the shipping costs apportioned between the two experiments. The maximum amount will be the cost to send the equipment from the PIC to the experiment.

All equipment is insured; no additional insurance is warranted.

All customs, duties, or brokers fees will be paid by the requesting institution.

All equipment must be returned in CLEAN working order.

Any defective equipment should be clearly marked. A list describing the specific problem with each piece of defective equipment would be greatly appreciated.

All PASSCAL shipping containers and packing material is reusable, so please return the equipment in the same materials.

The table below shows the size and weight of most PASSCAL equipment. Other PASSCAL sensor shipping weights shown in Appendix B.

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