This data product is the result of an ISTA-sponsored data collection study, completed in 2020, measuring the hazards associated with the transportation modes, storage and handling involved in the distribution of Consumer Packaged Goods (CPGs), including the “last segments”, in the land routes in India within, near and between Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP) and New Delhi. Due to complications with collecting shock data in the CPG shipments, we expanded the project to collect shock data from the parcel delivery network.

The purpose of the Parcel Delivery study was to measure the dynamic conditions related to the small parcel (express courier) shipping environment in India. 38 one-way air shipments and four one-way surface shipments between four of the major cities in India (Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai) using two different courier companies over approximately 43,000 miles were undertaken.

The information included in this data product is as follows:

1. CPG Report and hazard data files (Excel) for vibration and atmospheric data.
2. Parcel Delivery Report and hazard data files (Excel) for shock and atmospheric data.
3. ISTA Data Collection Standards
4. ISTA Data Analysis Guidelines