Fumigation process may vary in time, depending on what type of gas is used in the dry treatment. Fumigator must advise the appropriate efficacy criteria with the required minimum effective dosage, method of treatment and exposure time. So, all you need is to hire a professional.

There can be two types of fumigations:

Full Container Load Fumigation: FCL happens when a full load of exported goods inside the shipping container is fumigated. The fumigating gas is held in the container for some time before being ventilated. The gasses circulating inside the container is more effective. After this, doors are sealed and containers are ready to be dispatched.

Loose Container Load Fumigation: Sometimes goods that need to be fumigated are not occupying the whole container. Therefore they are kept separately. Fumigation happens under gas-proof sheetings. Cargo is kept under the sheet for a while and after a couple of hours, space gets ventilated.

It is also possible to fumigate the empty container even before it is stuffed.