Aerospace Shipping

CUSTOM-BUILT SOLUTIONS FOR AEROSPACE EQUIPMENT

Packaging and Crating Services

Serving the greater Charlotte, Western North Carolina and South Carolina areas, Craters & Freighters never uses a one-size-fits-all approach to its custom packaging projects. Whether we come to your location, or you deliver your assets to us, we will use our long-standing experience, expertise, and software assistance to create the solution that matches your needs.

Using the highest quality materials, including vapor barrier bagging, cushioning, stabilizers and more, ensure safety and security for your aerospace asset transportation. Custom packaging is the only way to provide the highest level of protection through the often turbulent shipping and transportation stream. The crating solutions we build for your aerospace parts are designed precisely for the equipment at hand.

Keeping high-end equipment, fragile materials, and heavy, large, awkward, and bulky items safe throughout the transportation process is our speciality and why we are trusted year over year for our superior service. Our spec-driven technology and crating engineers have the solutions to protect your commercial aerospace assets.

We go above industry standards to meet and even exceed our customer expectations. This high-level of service brings our customers back time and again for all their exclusively designed packaging, crating, and shipping needs.

Our Charlotte Craters & Freighters location is ready to prove to you why the aerospace industry has relied on us for decades. If it is sensitive, fragile, oversized, or awkward, we know how to package it for shipping, storage, or transportation, safely, securely, and successfully.

Our national network allows us a multitude of resources to support crating and packaging services specifically for the aerospace industry. Our decades of experience mean your challenge is our time to shine.

Services Designed Around Your Needs

As custom packaging industry leaders, we understand the aerospace industry has unique needs and requires one-of-a-kind solutions. That is why we take into consideration:

●   Size
●   Shape
●   Fragility
●   Sensitivity (weather / moisture / static)
●   Weight
●   Mode of Transportation (stability needs)
●   Destination

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We think of these items, as well as your timeline, budget, and goals to create the exact specifications needed for the safe arrival of your assets.

Aerospace service contractors and manufacturers nationwide trust us with their most valuable and demanding projects because we use the most precise protection solutions available. Our shipping specialists and crating engineers use the time-tested, tried and true techniques and attention to detail required for every job.

Our logistics team has a global reputation for quality customer service and unmatched material handling. You can trust us with your aerospace needs, knowing your crating and packaging demands are our top priority. Don’t assign this task to just anyone – leave it in our hands and have the peace of mind that it will be done with excellence.

Custom Solutions

Not only have we supported the aerospace industry for decades, but the military, government, businesses, museums, medical industry and even the private sector have turned to us with their most sensitive equipment and asset shipping needs.

Think your needs are too large, bulky, heavy, or awkward? We welcome your call to discuss your special accommodations and specific needs. We’ve seen it all, and want everyone who contacts us to have a great experience and to be satisfied with the outcome.

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Your custom solution includes:

  • A professional logistics team who specializes in secure transportation of your assets
  • Unique packaging including custom crates, stabilization, wrapping, and more

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  • Secure handling and packaging of your assets, including crates for overseas transportation
  • On-site visits to plan and/or package

Packaging, Crating and Shipping

If you or your organization needs custom packaging, crating or shipping of aviation or aerospace equipment, Craters & Freighters of Charlotte is here to help.

Whether worldwide, national or local, we leverage the skill, knowledge, and state-of-the-art solutions to meet your high expectations for safety, quality materials, and customer service. Our logistics experts and shipping, crating and packing specialists in Charlotte are equipped to handle even the most cumbersome needs.

When it comes to shipping aerospace and aviation equipment, a tailored solution is the only way to go. The relationships we have built-in the greater Charlotte area and South Carolina have created a solid foundation for meeting local needs, while our global network allows us to reach wide for solutions other companies can’t tap into. These communities help us provide the best solutions for our customers and is a large reason why they keep coming back to us for all their large item packaging, crating and shipping needs, year after year.

Every item is treated with thoughtful consideration and delivered with excellence. We find win-win solutions that meet budget and timeline demands while also providing quality shipping containers. The crates provide support and sensitivity protection, and the customized designs get your aerospace items to their final destination securely. Our professional logistics team is dedicated to you from start to finish, understanding quality is essential to your project and the relationship, now and into the future.

If you’re looking for tailored crating for your large shipping project and aerospace equipment, give us a call today.

Aerospace Crating and Packaging Solutions

Our aerospace crating and packing team is globally recognized for their reliability, skill, and knowledge.

Custom Packaging and Cushioning for Your Assets

Craters & Freighters of Charlotte’s logistics experts specialize in providing the best in packaging design, crate engineering, and cushioning solutions for your aerospace projects.

Custom crating, bracing, support, and cushioning ensure your assets will be protected during shipping and transport. Some of these solutions include:

On-Site Crating & Delivery

When items are too bulky, heavy, awkward, or fragile to transport to our warehouse, we come to you. Often these items require stabilization, rigging, or customized packing. On-site crating removes the challenge of the initial transportation of a difficult asset.

We bring our equipment and materials needed to your business to design and build the specific crate, container, and packaging solution you need. Built with the same level of integrity, skill, and accuracy as it would be in our warehouse, your custom on-site crating solution gives you the peace of mind to know it is being handled with care from pick-up and packaging to final delivery.

We are also able to create a packing and crating solution in our warehouse and bring it to you. Custom containers can be built and delivered according to your specs, with a wide variety of options for cushioning, stabilization, sensitivity, and fragility options.

MIL-Spec Crates

In addition to the aerospace industry, and with cross-over needs, we provide MIL-Spec crates for our government and military clients. A high level of trust and security is required when working with these highly sensitive needs.

Federal, state, and local agencies depend on us to meet their needs both in and outside of the aviation and aerospace industries. Either way, we value these relationships and are thankful to provide MIL-Spec crating services.

Our team of crating experts provide blue ribbon service and globally recognized skills to meet the requirements of our most demanding clients and their largest, most precious shipping and crating requirements.

ISPM 15 Export Crates

Regulated, certified ISPM 15 export crates are required for international shipments. We make getting through customs easily and safely possible by meeting the regulations of the destination country.

Easy, streamlined, harm-free delivery is important, and we use only the certified ISPM 15 heat-treated wooden crates to make this achievable.

Get a fast, free, no-obligation cost estimate from Craters & Freighters Charlotte.

Provide some information on your packaging, crating, and shipping needs and we’ll get back to you with an estimate you can use in your planning. Start your planning with us. Get great service and peace of mind knowing you have decades of logistics experience working for and beside you through the whole project.

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