From our investigations, we observed that the consignments of milk powder belonged to Wyeth Nutritionals (Singapore) Pte Ltd. and were stored inside the shipping container and had been loaded on board the vessel for transporting from Singapore to Laem Chabang Port, Chonburi province Thailand. After unloading from the vessel, the container in question was then transported to the destination warehouse by the local container truck.
On 25th August 2015, the container was delivered and arrived to the premises “DKSH Warehouse” located at Bangpa-In Industrial Estate, Ayutthaya Thailand for processing as usual. Upon arrival, the staff of DKSH unstuffed the container to check and receive the cargo to store in their warehouse. At this stage, they found that the cargo inside the container has collapsed and moved from their normal storage position.
The staff of DKSH then stopped the unpacking operations of the consignments inside the container and notified the condition of the damage to their Supervisor for inspection by the concerned parties.
Hence, a survey was requested.