Here are some of the most common and not so common but, handy-to-know, shipping and handling symbols:

3 things you don’t want to do when you see cargo with this symbol:

• Tip Over
• Shake
• Place at the bottom of load

This symbol is typically associated with any cargo that can be broken easily.

This one might be fairly obvious to you but this symbol also is a warning to keep cargo out of humidity. Always keep cargo with the “keep dry” symbol under cover.

Plain and simple. Anytime you see cargo with this symbol, it is indicating at which point you are to open the cargo.

Cargo with this symbol must always be handled and stored in the direction of the arrows. Typically always facing up.

Cargo with this symbol should not be stacked or stacked onto.

Cargo with this symbol has temperature limitations and sometimes you need to act quickly to accommodate the cargo inside

This cargo needs to me protected from direct sunlight. Treat this cargo like a vampire.

Any radiation affects or changes the cargo features, e.g. undeveloped films. Basically you don’t like radiation, well neither does cargo with this symbol.

If you see this symbol on cargo, I’m afraid you have to come up with some other means to move your cargo. If you do not see this symbol on your cargo, feel free to use hand trucks.

Although you may not run into this symbol often, it can be very handy to know. When cargo has this symbol, it is indicating the point at which the cargo can be clamped.