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Safely Pack & Ship Your Fine China
Pro Tips From The Experts From sentimental china to valuable glassware and every kind of fragile serving item in between, you want to handle it all with thoughtful care. That’s especially true during the moving or shipping process. Whether you’re moving across the...
Best Ways to Protect Items During Shipping
DIY Tips from the Pros Most of us ship the things we care about or need for personal, financial, or work-related reasons. And while choosing an experienced freight shipping company is a big part of a successful shipping process, understanding how to navigate the...
10 Steps to Prepare a Grand Piano for Shipping
Grand pianos are intricate and magnificently designed musical instruments. They are often show-stealers and focal points wherever they are placed. For grand piano owners, the safety of these pieces is highly valued, so when shipping them is necessary, doing so with...
How to Ship a Motorcycle in 7 Easy Steps
Motorcycles are intricate pieces of machinery. They’re often pricey, and in most cases, for those who have them, education, testing, and firsthand experience are essential to safely participating in activities that include motorcycles. Whether you ride sport bikes,...
How to Build a Custom Shipping Crate
Tips from the Pros! Deciding to build your own shipping crate can save you money, but be sure you get the insight of a trusted and experienced crating and shipping company. At Craters & Freighters, there are decades of knowledge to back up our shipping crate...
The Importance of Custom Wood Crates for Shipping Industrial Equipment & Parts
When your business relies on shipping large, heavy, and awkward industrial items, getting these valuable pieces of equipment delivered safely and on time is crucial for your success (and the success of those depending on you). Adhering to industrial shipping...
How To Prepare and Pack a Grandfather Clock for Shipping
Owning a grandfather clock comes with a set of responsibilities that contribute to its longevity, craftsmanship, and performance. And that’s just when it’s sitting in your home. When it comes to packaging and shipping your grandfather clock, meticulous care and detail...
ISPM-15 Certified Wood
ISPM-15 Certified Wood For Your Overseas Shipment When your assets need to be shipped internationally and require wood for their crating or packaging, that wood must be specially treated and certified for entry into its foreign destination. To do this, the wood...
Why Clear Communication Is Vital for Your Crating and Shipping Provider
When you hand over valuable assets to a specialty crating, packaging and shipping company, it can feel like those items have gone into a blackhole. It’s vital that you work with a crating and shipping company that practices clear communication. Your shipping provider should also be proactive in their communications with you.
Craters & Freighters Global Logistics: Single-Source Crating/Logistics Solutions
Craters & Freighters Global Logistics serves companies that have unique shipping requirements. This may include factors like the frequency, international points of origin and/or destination, type of cargo, cargo value and overall complexity of their shipments.
“You Shipped What?” Our Most Interesting Specialty Crating and Shipping Projects.
When people think of crating and shipping services, the image that often comes to mind is an item being put into a simple, rectangular wood box with some packing peanuts or moving blankets being thrown in to provide a little cushioning. They also tend to envision common items like furniture, office equipment, etc. being the focus of the move.
Moving Resources in an Emergency: How a Specialty Shipper Can Assist FEMA
As a specialty crating, packaging and shipping company, Craters & Freighters helps businesses and individuals move important assets across the country and around the world every day. In some cases, those shipments are time-sensitive. However, nothing compares to the sense of urgency when resources are needed following a natural disaster.
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