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Experts ponder how to get rid of shipping pests

Engineers, shipping experts and regulators will gather in Rotterdam this November to consider whether redesigning the exterior and interior surfaces of seafreight containers can reduce plant or pest contamination. The one-day event will be hosted on Monday 11 November by the secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) as a key part of its programme to reduce the movement of invasive pests by hitch-hiking in, or on, freight containers or ... [+]