Paper is traded on grammage, count and condition — three things that quietly drift between mill and warehouse. BCBD verifies all three, at loading or discharge, at home or abroad, and backs the physical inspection with laboratory testing wherever the contract or the claim demands it.
Typical operations
- Visual and physical inspection of paper
- Quantity and weight — sheets per ream, reams per bundle/bale/pallet, reams per metric tonne, and weight per ream and per bundle/bale/pallet
- Sampling & quality testing — quality checks, chemical test and/or chemical analysis, drop test, etc.
- Damage survey
- Insurance survey
- Packing & marking inspection
- Stowage and stuffing into containers
- Loading onto the vessel
Analytical services
Where the dispute is technical, the answer is a test. Our team arranges and interprets:
Paper tests
- Moisture
- Ash
- Starch
- Polyvinyl alcohol
Pulp tests
- Alpha, beta, gamma cellulose
- Solvent extractives
- Ash (525°C)
- Alkali solubility
- Carboxyl content
- Acid-insoluble ash
- Carbohydrates
Paper & paperboard tests & services
- Basis weight or grammage
- Density & bulk
- Moisture content
- Thickness (caliper)
- Bursting strength
- Absorption rates (water or oil)
- Brightness (ISO & TAPPI)
- Colour
Inspection procedure
Methods and procedures according to ISO, TAPPI, RSC, AOAC, ISTA and/or your specific guidelines.
