<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">We have had several bad experiences with FedEx, with shipments getting hung up for a week coming into Germany and the samples thawing. So now we use BioCair: <a href="https://www.biocair.com/">https://www.biocair.com/</a> It's significantly more expensive ($1000), but worth it for trans-atlantic collaborative projects where we send a student half-way around the world to prepare samples. There is nothing worse after all that time and effort than for the samples to thaw on the way home.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Good luck,</div><div>Ben</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 2:25 AM, Daniel Serwas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daniel.serwas@berkeley.edu" target="_blank">daniel.serwas@berkeley.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Thank you all for your quick response and suggestions.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div></font></span><div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Daniel</font></span><div><div class="h5"><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Sep 6, 2018, at 9:54 AM, Dokland, Terje <<a href="mailto:dokland@uab.edu" target="_blank">dokland@uab.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_-7222328805518351269Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
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We used to send frozen samples (crystals, in this case) from Singapore to the US or France in a dry shipper. As long as the shipper is indeed dry (no liquid N2) it should not be considered dangerous goods or hazardous materials (unless of course the samples
are in fact biohazards). If you ship them as dangerous goods you will have to pay considerably more for the shipment.
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<div>I recommend you plaster the sides of the shipper with labels stating things like "no liquid" "non-hazardous" "non-toxic" "non-everything you can think of" and very clear description of the contents (like photos) to prevent curious customs people from opening
it up and taking out the contents to check them. There also needs to be a standard Fedex international shipment manifest in triplicate. A cover letter is also a good idea. Stick everything to the outside of the container. </div>
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<div>I want to send cryo samples in a dry shipper via Fedex from the US to Austria. I have never done this before and would need some help. The Fedex customer service was not really helpful. I was wondering whether I can just send the dry shipper as
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