Wooden Crating Designs provide Global Shipping Solutions

Lumber yards can provide a number of cut lengths and widths of wood that are used by contractors and builders to create framing for homes and commercial projects, but when it comes to the shipping industry there is a different use and need that lumber has as it is used to build boxes and crates for all sorts of equipment and products. Starting out the same way that wood does in the saw mill the companies that specialize in building custom crates are able to offer precision end trimming, notching and ripping as part of their services. Assembled on site and delivered to the manufacturing plants that are placing their products into the wooden cargo crates Houston crating services are being shipped all around the world.

Houston 's port that opens up to the Gulf of Mexico and out into the Atlantic Ocean sees a number of vessels that are coming and going and inside the hold of the ships there are cargo containers that are being filled with wooden crates and merchandise that is being sent all over the place. Domestically as well as internationally the crates that are produced in Houston can be loaded onto a truck, plane, train or ship and sent out to all points on the map. Designed for large pieces of machinery and heavy equipment a crate can be custom designed to meet any specification for any purpose.

When an auto parts manufacturer is shipping transmissions or axles across the country there is a need to order the boxes that can support the weight of the machined metal auto parts and protect them from damage while they are en route to their destination. Built to house a number of cardboard boxed items that are stacked on top of one another many retail companies count on the solid heavy duty construction of umber pallets to move freight from their warehouse to a retail location, not all products that are in transit can rest on the open pallets that are riding in the back of a semi trailer. The difference between packing crates and pallets is that a crate is completely enclosed and securely nailed shut to prevent parts and finished goods from moving or being damaged during shipping.

By working directly with a company that provides all of the custom work and finishing for companies that require shipping crates one Houston crating lumber yard is able to deliver the finished products that are needed to send American made components and products all across the globe. Ensuring the safe arrival of the goods that are packed inside them the custom built crates and finding their way to many states and countries where goods are imported from the US.