Dunnage Air Bags for Truck, Rail & Container Shipping

  • Lock loads in place by inflating the bag against the trailer walls.
  • High-strength paper plies encapsulating a polyethylene bladder.
  • Polywoven alternatives and a range of sizes and ply counts available.
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Marvatex Dunnage Air Bags Can Help Reduce...

Shipping Damage

Customers receive products in the same condition you shipped them.

Load Shifting

Inflated bags fill the void and compress the load against the trailer walls to hold it in place.

Truck & Rail Risk

Designed to prevent shifting as product travels by truck or rail car to its destination.

Overseas Risk

Ply counts can be matched to truck, rail or overseas container shipping.

Sizing Problems

Sizes are chosen by the height and width of your unitized load.

Under-Protection

A variety of thicknesses, or plies, lets you match the bag to the job.

Limited Options

Polywoven air bags are available as an alternative to paperboard bags.

Guesswork

Your Marvatex sales representative can recommend an air bag for your specific requirement.

Do You Have Questions About Dunnage Air Bags?

Marvatex can provide immediate answers to your questions about Dunnage Air Bags. Call us at 513-891-6460 and ask us about Dunnage Air Bags or contact us here.

What are Dunnage Air Bags For?

Dunnage air bags are designed to prevent shifting of your product as it is transported by truck or rail car to its’ destination. Your customer will receive your products in the same condition you shipped them.

How are Dunnage Air Bags Made?

Air bags are made from plies of high strength paper encapsulating a polyethelene bladder. You add compressed air to inflate the bags to fill the void and lock your product in place by compressing it against the walls of the trailer.

The air bags come in a variety of sizes and thicknesses or plies. The size that you use would be determined by the height and width of your unitized load. The number of plies would be determined by whether you are shipping by truck, rail, or overseas container.

Polywoven air bags are also available as an alternative to paperboard air bags. Your Marvatex sales representative can recommend an air bag for your specific requirement.

Dunnage Air Bag FAQs

What are dunnage air bags?

They are inflatable bags placed in the gaps between cargo to lock a load in place during truck, rail and container shipping.

Our standard bags use high-strength paper plies that encapsulate a polyethylene bladder.

Yes. Polywoven alternatives are available, along with a range of sizes and ply counts to match your load.

Once inflated, the bag presses against the trailer wall and the cargo, which stops the load from shifting or leaning.

Call us at 513-891-6460 or reach out through our contact form with the void size and shipping method.