The trouble is no other company does international LN2 shipments here ... So we stopped shipping dewars completely.
Jan On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 2:27 PM Schreuder, Herman /DE < herman.schreu...@sanofi.com> wrote: > I had a similar one-sided discussion with FEDEX about their ignoring of > our customs declarations for Switzerland. That was then the last Dewar we > sent by FEDEX. > > > > Best, > > Herman > > > > *Von:* CCP4 bulletin board <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> *Im Auftrag von *Jan > Dohnalek > *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 25. Juni 2020 08:34 > *An:* CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > *Betreff:* [EXTERNAL] Re: [ccp4bb] dewar horror stories > > > > *EXTERNAL : *Real sender is owner-ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk > > > > We have the suspicion (after several heavy FEDEX failures) they just toss > them around ... then the neck easily breaks off. > > That only explains everything we have seen with completely damaged > samples, lost, flying around the dewar etc ... > > When trying to communicate seriously with FEDEX about these issues - they > even did not reply ... > > > > Jan > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 9:27 PM Patrick Loll <pjl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello community, > > > > We recently had a dry shipping dewar fail catastrophically (while en route > to the beam line, so, major trauma). I sent it to a company that > specializes in repair and refurbishing of cryogenic tanks, and they told me > it has an internal leak, and hence is not reparable. I was expecting that > the valve had failed, so the internal leak diagnosis came as a surprise. > > > > Has anyone else had a similar experience? Any ideas about how an internal > leak might come about? The dewar is (was) a Taylor/Wharton CX100, and it > was traveling in its bespoke shipping case. > > > > Thanks for any insights that might satisfy my curiosity and/or prevent > future mishaps of this sort. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Pat > > > > __________________________ > > > > Patrick J. Loll, PhD > > Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology > > Drexel University College of Medicine > > Room 10-102 New College Building > > 245 N. 15th St. > > Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192 USA > > > > (215) 762-7706 > > pj...@drexel.edu > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.jiscmail.ac.uk_cgi-2Dbin_WA-2DJISC.exe-3FSUBED1-3DCCP4BB-26A-3D1&d=DwMFaQ&c=Dbf9zoswcQ-CRvvI7VX5j3HvibIuT3ZiarcKl5qtMPo&r=HK-CY_tL8CLLA93vdywyu3qI70R4H8oHzZyRHMQu1AQ&m=tHIcVAtKk5YdRxIBzLho11ppNDkaH-avpnFs_37lwH0&s=PYxKUwCdRR-6mIIlKRTPRWC1bueGjj3go5N923mkOnk&e=> > > > > -- > > Jan Dohnalek, Ph.D > Institute of Biotechnology > > Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic > > Biocev > > Prumyslova 595 > > 252 50 Vestec near Prague > > Czech Republic > > Tel. +420 325 873 758 > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.jiscmail.ac.uk_cgi-2Dbin_WA-2DJISC.exe-3FSUBED1-3DCCP4BB-26A-3D1&d=DwMFaQ&c=Dbf9zoswcQ-CRvvI7VX5j3HvibIuT3ZiarcKl5qtMPo&r=HK-CY_tL8CLLA93vdywyu3qI70R4H8oHzZyRHMQu1AQ&m=tHIcVAtKk5YdRxIBzLho11ppNDkaH-avpnFs_37lwH0&s=PYxKUwCdRR-6mIIlKRTPRWC1bueGjj3go5N923mkOnk&e=> > -- Jan Dohnalek, Ph.D Institute of Biotechnology Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Biocev Prumyslova 595 252 50 Vestec near Prague Czech Republic Tel. +420 325 873 758 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
