Export Crates

For businesses, shipping can be the most nerve-wracking phase. It’s the portion of the supply chain where you give up control of your product and have to trust that others will get it to your customers safely.

At PEC Packaging, we can provide bespoke export shipping crates capable of handling weight demands and the rigours of international shipping, protecting your product over land, sea and air. From collection to delivery, we can handle the entire supply chain, ensuring your goods arrive safely, on time and are compliant with international shipping standards.

If you’re looking for export crates, get in touch and request a quote today.

Why Export Crates Are Used in International Shipping

Not all shipping crates are created equal. For your goods to be protected and arrive on time over long international transit, you need export crates.

Export crates should be custom-built and heavy-duty to protect during long-distance transportation, able to withstand handling across multiple logistics stages, withstand transport forces and stacking loads.

A single journey can mean transport by land, sea and air, meaning crates need to be versatile and robust, capable of dealing with export realities such as:

• Sea freight exposure
• Warehouse storage
• Container loading/unloading
• Repeated handling

Timber export crates also need to be compliant with international shipping standards and customs, so they can pass quickly through customs inspections, saving both supplier and buyer time and money.

ISPM 15 Compliant Export Crates

If you are looking to export internationally, then you must use ISPM 15-compliant export crates.

ISPM 15 (International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures) is an international customs requirement that any wood material thicker than 6mm used for shipping must be heat-treated. The purpose of this is to prevent the spread of pests and diseases from untreated timber.

It’s vital to have compliant heat-treated timber export crates because any packaging that does not meet ISPM 15 standards may be stopped from passing through customs. Beyond causing unnecessary delays at borders, non-compliant export shipping crates may be returned or destroyed.

We understand that delays kill a business, which is why we manufacture export crates suitable for international shipment requirements. Before export, we check to ensure the correct ISPM 15 markings are present, as unstamped timber can still be considered non-compliant.

Export Crates Designed for Air, Sea & Road Freight

Export packaging needs to provide sufficient protection for goods over the course of the journey, regardless of transport method.

Road Transport

The beginning point for any delivery is typically on the road. This presents its own challenges of continuous structural vibrations and sharp impacts due to handling, braking, and potentially rough road conditions.

Our export crates are capable of providing protection against handling impacts.

Sea Freight

Export crates at PEC Packaging can handle the demands of sea freight, protecting against moisture exposure. We can also help you be more cost-efficient, providing export consolidation services, putting your shipment with a larger cargo load to lower shipping costs for you.

Air Freight

If speed is essential, air freight is the answer. With every bit of weight meaning more money out of your pocket, we’ll manufacture export crates that are suitable for air travel. That means crates that are lightweight but ensure transit stability, protecting against rapid humidity and condensation changes.

Multimodal Freight

Shipments involving multiple modes of travel likely mean more handling, frequent forklift adjustments and crane transfers. Our export crates can be built to meet the multiple environmental and structural demands that will be put on them, keeping what is within safe.

Export Crates for Industrial & Commercial Goods

With over three decades in the business, PEC Packaging has extensive experience with shipping all types of goods.

We can handle shipments containing:

• Heavy machinery
• Engineering equipment
• Manufacturing components
• Aerospace parts
• Electronics
• Glass products
• Fragile industrial goods

Over the years, we’ve built up relationships and experience and understand the demands of any industry you can imagine. We are embedded and trusted in industrial supply chains and have worked with companies in industries such as:

• Manufacturing
• Engineering
• Automotive
• Aerospace
• Pharmaceuticals

Our export packing crates can be custom-built to meet your demands, no matter the industry you work in.

More Than Just Export Crates

Not just a manufacturer of export crates, PEC Packaging can be a trusted point of contact as an industrial export support provider. We are export packaging specialists, capable of not only building crates but also providing on-site packing and ensuring protective packaging systems are in place.

We can manage the full supply chain, handling:

• Palletisation
• Freight forwarding
• Container loading
• Logistics coordination
• Labelling
• Export packaging documentation

From end-to-end, we can be your integrated freight preparation partner, handling the details but keeping you informed at every stage. Our fully integrated packaging and export services can save you time, money and headaches.

Why PEC Packaging?

PEC Packaging has 35+ years of experience in manufacturing and export. Our export crates are built to your custom requests, manufactured in the UK from our 110,000 sq. ft facility on the historic Liverpool docks.

We have export packaging expertise, providing ISPM 15-compliant solutions to ensure your goods are suitable for international shipping. We not only build crates but also have years of industrial export handling experience and can provide end-to-end logistics support.

Get Your Export Packing Crates Today

At PEC Packaging, we can build and supply export crates for domestic and international freight that you can rely on. We will work with you to develop a tailored packaging solution that works for your business.

Call us now on 01513192222 or email sales@pecpackaging.co.uk to discuss your export crate options.