Custom frozen shipping packaging

Frozen Food & Seafood Shipping Packaging

Configure an insulated shipper around the product’s required arrival condition, packed weight, route, carrier, moisture risk, and receiving process. Tempk can customize the box format, coolant layout, seafood containment, labels, and repeat-order packing details.

Build a shipment brief
Frozen arrival conditionSet a measurable receiving limit before choosing coolant.
Dry outer cartonControl seafood leakage, condensation, and abrasion inside the shipper.
Repeatable packoutFix the box, coolant position, labels, and packer instructions after testing.

Prepare your request

Build a frozen shipment brief

Choose what is already known. The result is a starting configuration to sample and test, not a promised hold time or a fixed coolant quantity.

Add coolant, leakage, receiving, and order details

What should be included?

Starting configuration to trial

Leak-controlled frozen seafood shipper

Start with sealed primary packs, leak-resistant secondary containment, an absorbent layer where needed, separated coolant, and a moisture-tolerant insulated shipper.

  1. Protect vacuum packs, glazing, sharp shell edges, and labels from abrasion and shifting.
  2. Keep meltwater or product purge away from the outer carton and coolant away from direct food contact.
  3. Trial the closed packout through the intended parcel route and inspect temperature, leakage, odor, and carton strength at receipt.


Custom options and quote information

Match the shipper to the product and fulfillment line

The same carton can perform very differently when payload density, coolant space, seafood leakage, pack speed, or the route changes. Send finished packed dimensions where possible.

Area Custom choices Send us
Coolant system Solid carbon dioxide where permitted, frozen PCM, ice bricks, hydrated coolant sheets, separators, and top, side, or surrounding layouts. Arrival limit, starting temperature, carrier, route, transit and delay window, season, payload weight, and current coolant method.
Insulated shipper Corrugated carton with liner, EPS or EPP box, protected VIP structure, chamber size, wall thickness, closure, and outer-carton strength. Product pack dimensions, packed weight, coolant space, current box dimensions, dimensional-weight limits, and stacking needs.
Seafood protection Sealed primary bags, secondary liner, absorbent pad, puncture protection, partitions, coolant separation, and moisture-resistant labels. Species or product form, glazing, vacuum-pack format, sharp edges, expected free liquid, odor concern, and receiving checks.
Brand and supply Logo, handling marks, dry ice label area, instruction sheet, carton count, pallet pattern, packout guide, and reorder code. Destination markets, order quantity, artwork, language, sample timing, fulfillment sites, and repeat-order forecast.

Sample, test, and release

Approve the packout in three practical steps

Freeze or condition every component to the intended starting state, then test the complete closed shipper with representative product and handling.

1

Fit and pack sample

Confirm payload fit, coolant positions, seafood containment, separators, void control, closure, labels, packed weight, and pack time.

2

Route and delay trial

Use the intended carrier and a credible warm-season or delay profile. Review logger data, product condition, leakage, frost, carton strength, and remaining coolant.

3

Repeat-order release

Approve the bill of materials, drawing, coolant conditioning, packout sequence, marks, inspection points, carton pack, and revision code.

Set the safety boundary before testing. Codex defines quick-frozen food around maintenance at -18°C or colder, subject to permitted tolerances, but the product, market, and receiving specification still control your shipment. Solid carbon dioxide is UN1845 for air transport: the package must release gas, and carrier acceptance, marks, quantity declarations, and training requirements may apply. Seafood shippers should also align the packout with their HACCP controls.

Codex quick-frozen food codeFDA seafood hazards guidanceFAA dry ice fact sheet

Plan the next decision

Use the resource that matches your shipment question

Estimate solid dry ice

Prepare a starting estimate, then confirm it through the actual packout and carrier route.

Open the Dry Ice Calculator

Compare cold sources

Review gel packs, hydrated sheets, ice bricks, and other coolant formats available for sampling.

View the ice pack range

Protect frozen foods

See how frozen pizza, ready meals, and dumplings differ in handling and arrival checks.

Frozen Food Solutions

Plan seafood containment

Review leakage, glazing, carton wetting, odor, and product-form risks for seafood routes.

Seafood Solutions

Questions before sampling

Frozen shipping packaging FAQ

Should I use solid dry ice or frozen PCM?

Use the required arrival condition, carrier rules, transit window, payload, insulation, and pack process to decide. Solid dry ice may suit hard-frozen and demanding routes, while frozen PCM can simplify some restricted or reusable programs. Compare the complete packouts when the choice is unclear. See the coolant comparison.

How much coolant should I put in each box?

There is no reliable universal mass. Start with the packed box volume, insulation, payload heat load, starting temperature, ambient profile, route time, delay allowance, and receiving limit. Use the calculator for planning, then test the exact configuration. The guide on shipping without dry ice explains the tradeoffs.

What information is needed for an OEM quote?

Send the product and frozen acceptance limit, starting condition, packed payload, product and box dimensions, route, carrier, transit and delay window, season, leakage risk, labels, quantity, destination markets, and required sample date.

Ready to configure the frozen shipper?

Copy the shipment brief above or send the product, arrival limit, payload, box, route, carrier, coolant restrictions, leakage needs, quantity, and sample timing you already have.