Packing · Crating · Freight · Customs · FBA prepPacking · Crating · Freight
We build the crate.Then we book the ship.
Packing, export crating, ocean and air freight, customs coordination, storage and Amazon prep. Every price we can publish is on the rates page, with the date we last checked it.
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What we can take off your hands
Seven services. A typical shipment needs two or three.
Packing & crating
Custom crates built around the item, ISPM-15 lumber for export.
- Standardfrom $295
- Mediumfrom $520
- Large or custom engineeredfrom $890
Export crate from $295
Full container (FCL)
Your own 20' or 40' from Asia or North Europe.
20' from $2,150Shared container (LCL)
Pay for the space you use, by the cubic meter.
from $95/CBMAir freight
Standard or express, billed on chargeable weight.
from $4.20/kg
Customs & ISF
Entries and ISF filed by licensed broker partners; we chase the paperwork.
Entry $165 · ISF $55Warehousing
Pallet storage, container devanning and pick & pack in partner facilities.
$22/pallet/monthFBA prep
Labels, polybags, bundles and case forwarding to Amazon.
FNSKU label $0.45/unit
FIG. 02 — foam-in-place cradle
What goes into an export crate
A crate is a small piece of engineering. It gets lifted by forklifts, stacked by people who've never seen it, and opened by a customs officer with a pry bar. Here's what we put in so it survives all three.
Inside a standard export crate
| Part | Why it’s there |
|---|---|
| ISPM-15 heat-treated lumber | Required for wood packaging by most countries' import rules. Stamped on the timber. |
| Skid runners | So a forklift or pallet jack can get under it from the right side. |
| Blocking and bracing | Stops the item shifting when the crate tilts or brakes hard. |
| Foam or a shaped cradle | Takes the shock. Shaped to the item, not stuffed around it. |
| Moisture barrier | Containers sweat on ocean crossings. Wood and steel don't like it. |
| Handling marks | This way up, fragile, lift here. Stenciled on, not taped on. |
| Packing list pocket | So whoever opens it knows what's inside without digging. |
Three sizes, priced
- Standard, up to 20 cu ftfrom $295
- Medium, 20–60 cu ftfrom $520
- Large or custom engineered, 60+ cu ftfrom $890
Packing labor $68/hour per packer, 2-hour minimum.
How a shipment runs
Six steps, and the right-hand column tells you who's actually doing each one.
- Step 01: Quote in writingUs
- Step 02: Book and sort the documentsUs, with you
- Step 03: Pack, crate or palletizeOur packers or a partner crating shop
- Step 04: Ocean or airLicensed carrier, booked through an FMC-licensed forwarder for ocean
- Step 05: ISF and customs entryLicensed customs broker partner
- Step 06: Deliver, store or forward to AmazonCarrier partner or partner warehouse
Example scenarios. Illustrative, not client jobs.
Three shipments, itemized
What a quote from us actually lists. Unit prices are the published ones; anything we can't price until we see the details says so.
A sideboard and a mirror, Boston to Hamburg
An antique sideboard and a large wall mirror leaving a house in Boston. Both get crated, because a mirror in a blanket is a gamble.
- Packing labor, 2 packers$68/hour each, 2-hour minimum
- Medium crate for the sideboard (20–60 cu ft)from $520
- Standard crate for the mirror (up to 20 cu ft)from $295
- Cargo insurance, optionalfrom 0.45% of insured value, minimum $65
Show all line items
- Ocean freight, US to Europe, shared containerpriced on request
We don't publish a US-to-Europe LCL rate, so that line comes as a written price once we know the crate sizes.
Example scenario
A seller's first sea shipment. Cartons go LCL, clear customs, land at a partner warehouse, get FNSKU labels and go out to Amazon.
Destination CFS charges, duties and fees, and the delivery from port to warehouse come on top and are quoted separately.
180 kg of spare parts, Frankfurt to Chicago by air
Four cartons, 80 × 60 × 60 cm each. They weigh 180 kg, but the airline charges for the space: 4 × (80 × 60 × 60 ÷ 6,000) = 192 kg.
- Air, Europe to US, standard192 kg × $4.20 = $806.40
- Customs entry, up to 3 HTS lines$165
192 kg is the number that gets billed, not 180. That's chargeable weight.
Tell us what's moving.
Where it is, where it's going, roughly how big. We reply within one business day, Mon–Fri 9:00–18:00 ET.