Air Sea Containers is committed to helping our customers find smart and secure ways to ship within their budgets. It’s why we’ve developed an industry-leading selection of the most cost-effective shipping materials that businesses across America depend on. If it’s bang for your buck that you want, here are six of our best options for getting the job done.
1. Custom Shipping Boxes
There’s nothing like finding just the right fit, and our custom corrugated shipping boxes can help you do it. Corrugated cardboard is an exceptionally durable material, and using custom shipping boxes can be a great way to reduce wasted material. When applied at scale, the savings from using just the right size box can even potentially include lower fuel and freight costs from lighter loads.
Air Sea Containers’ custom boxes offer a huge variety of design options and features, including:
- Box designs for every type of business and application
- UN hazmat rated options
- Low minimum orders
- Easy-to-use online custom box builder
- Printing options on all four panels with up to three printed colors
2. Shipping Drums
Shipping drums are a durable and affordable way to ship both liquid and solid goods. They’re easy to palletize and handle using standard equipment, extremely resistant to impacts and environmental hazards and comparatively inexpensive. Air Sea Containers offers shipping drums made of steel, fiberboard and polyethylene.
Air Sea also offers an even more cost-effective deal with our reconditioned shipping drums. We take gently-used steel and plastic shipping drums and clean them professionally in our facilities, resulting in a drum that’s just as good for most applications at a lower cost. (However, reconditioned drums aren’t recommended for food and beverage transport.) Finally, if cold weather is a concern, shipping drums are easy to reheat using technologies like our drum heater blankets.
3. Refrigerant Gel Packs
Dry ice requires specialized handling that can drive up costs, temperature-controlled shipping may not always be a realistic option and even temperature-controlled shipments can run into unexpected trouble. Air Sea’s refrigerant gel packs are the perfect answer. They’re completely biodegradable, cheaper and safer than dry ice and can even be reused by freezing them solid again. For all of these reasons, our gel packs are an awesome option that can save your business time, money and potentially ruined products from insufficient cooling.
4. Packing Peanuts
Packing peanuts may seem old-school, but the next generation of biodegradable packing peanuts is actually one of the most effective low-cost packaging materials available. These new sealed-air peanuts are created from eco-friendly materials, and their anti-static design eliminates the annoying static cling effect of styrofoam peanuts. But they’ve kept the two most important elements of the older peanuts—excellent impact absorption and a price point that makes them an outstanding value.
5. Styrofoam Coolers
Styrofoam coolers are among the best dollar-for-dollar solutions in refrigerated shipping. The temperature-insulating properties of styrofoam are still among the best of any shipping material, and these coolers can’t be beat for cost-effective performance. Their durable and rugged construction allows them to stand up to rough handling, their simple design makes them easy to use and they don’t retain water, making them excellent for liquid control. Combine them with refrigerant gel packs and you’ve got a license to chill.
6. Air Pillows
Air pillows have long been a staple of packaging solutions, but our Opus Bio air pillows take the concept to a new level. Completely biodegradable and created from cutting-edge materials, Opus Bio air pillows are a next-gen packaging material that fills the niche for a low-cost void fill that protects and cushions packaging but is easy on the environment. Make sure to buy them as part of the Opus Bio packaging set, featuring an automated hopper that makes it a snap to add pillows to packaging.
To compete in the new economy, shippers have to find budget-friendly solutions, and Air Sea is here to help our customers create them. To talk to our packaging experts who can help you find the right shipping solutions for your budget, call us at (866) 596-9448 or contact us online.
