[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":108},["ShallowReactive",2],{"copy:\u002Fareas\u002Fboston-ma":3},{"path":4,"h1":5,"metaDescription":6,"kicker":7,"lede":8,"panel":9,"spec":19,"drawing":39,"photo":40,"sections":41,"faqs":87,"related":97,"sources":104},"\u002Fareas\u002Fboston-ma","Crating and export crates in Boston","Crating services in Boston: built-to-order wood crates for medical devices, robotics, life-science gear and Conley Terminal and Logan freight.","Boston, MA","We build wood shipping crates to order for Boston shippers and deliver them to your dock, built or as knockdown kits. The metro's exports come from medical devices, robotics, precision instruments and defense electronics, and they leave through the Conley Container Terminal, Logan's air cargo and the I-90 and I-95 corridors. Send inside dimensions, gross weight and destination and we write the crate spec.",[10,13,16],[11,12],"Port","Conley Container Terminal",[14,15],"Air cargo","Boston Logan",[17,18],"Highways","I-90, I-93, I-95 and Route 128",{"rows":20},[21,24,27,30,33,36],[22,23],"Inside dimensions","L x W x H in inches",[25,26],"Gross weight","Pounds, including fixtures",[28,29],"Destination","Country, and air, ocean or truck",[31,32],"Interior","Foam, blocking or strongback",[34,35],"Protection","VCI or barrier bag, desiccant",[37,38],"Delivery","Built or knockdown to your dock","sheathed",null,[42,47,52,57,62,67,72,77,82],{"h2":43,"paragraphs":44},"Why Boston loads are small but valuable",[45,46],"Boston shippers rarely send the biggest crates. They send high-value, low-tolerance equipment: imaging systems, lab instruments, robot cells, test benches and precision tooling. The crate is cheap next to the contents.","That changes the spec. The goal is shock, vibration and moisture control, not brute strength. We build with cleated plywood or sheathed frames, a strongback under the machine, and blocking cut to the instrument's mounting points.",{"h2":48,"paragraphs":49},"Medical devices and life-science equipment",[50,51],"The metro's hospitals, universities and device makers produce a steady flow of diagnostic equipment, surgical systems and research instruments. Receiving docks abroad often expect equipment that arrives clean and dry, with indicators on the outside.","We spec VCI film or barrier bags inside, desiccant sized to the enclosed volume, a tip indicator and shock indicator on the outside, and ISO 780 handling pictograms for the crate. Where a unit is calibrated, we leave room for the buyer's own transit restraints.",{"h2":53,"paragraphs":54},"Regional export figures",[55,56],"The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports New England goods exports of $73.2 billion in 2025, up 8.1 percent from 2024. Much of that trade begins in plants and labs in the Boston metro and the Route 128 and I-495 belts.","For a shipping manager, that growth means more crates leaving a smaller dock network. Booking crating early with exact inside dimensions and gross weight keeps a load from waiting on a skid or a cleat order.",{"h2":58,"paragraphs":59},"Conley Terminal and the harbor",[60,61],"Containers ship from the Conley Container Terminal in South Boston. Harbor tunnels and city streets add limits on trucks that reach the terminal.","A crate bound for a container stuff needs a footprint that matches the container's door and the stuffer's lift plan. We confirm the cube and the stacking plan before the order is released, and we note it on the spec.",{"h2":63,"paragraphs":64},"Logan air cargo and the express lanes",[65,66],"Logan handles belly cargo on transatlantic routes, and Boston shippers use it for repair parts, prototype hardware and urgent replacement gear. A late truck can mean a missed cutoff, so the crate has to arrive on time and complete.","For air we trim tare and cube, avoid unnecessary solid lumber, and keep the closed-in height low enough for common cargo-aircraft contours. We build to order and deliver to your dock in the metro.",{"h2":68,"paragraphs":69},"Defense electronics and military packaging",[70,71],"Defense and aerospace suppliers in the region ship electronics, radar components and test equipment under strict handling rules. Where a contract calls for MIL-STD-2073 packaging, the buyer states the requirement and we build to the spec they supply.","We do not guess at a military level. Send the contract packaging clause with the quote request and we match the construction, markings and interior to it.",{"h2":73,"paragraphs":74},"Tight docks, narrow streets",[75,76],"Boston and Cambridge loading docks are famously compact. Many labs and device makers receive and ship from a street-level door or a shared bay, sometimes with a single freight elevator serving several floors. A crate that arrives as a pre-assembled cube may not turn the corner of a corridor.","So we ask for the door width, the elevator cab size and any limits on delivery hours at the building. Where the clearance is tight, we cut panels that fit the cab, label the hardware, and pack a short assembly sheet with the kit.",{"h2":78,"paragraphs":79},"Robotics, automation and test benches",[80,81],"The Boston area is crowded with robotics firms, automation integrators and companies that build test benches for semiconductors and electronics. These machines have sensitive joints and cabling, and a typical crate for them has a strongback, cleated plywood walls and foam or blocking cut to the arm's rest position.","Because the frames are valuable, we mark an upright face, centre-of-gravity location and tip indicator on the outside, and note on the spec how the unit is fastened inside so a repeat order holds it the same way.",{"h2":83,"paragraphs":84},"What a Boston quote starts with",[85,86],"Inside dimensions in inches, gross weight in pounds, destination country, quantity and the date the crate is needed at your dock.","If the unit goes into a lab or clean area, tell us whether the crate must unpack in stages. Many Boston sites have tight docks or street delivery, so ask for a knockdown kit when a built crate will not turn the corner.",[88,91,94],{"q":89,"a":90},"Do Boston crates need to be heat treated?","Solid wood usually needs an IPPC stamp for export; plywood panels are exempt. Check the destination country with APHIS.",{"q":92,"a":93},"Can you build to MIL-STD-2073?","We build to the packaging clause you supply. Send it with the quote request.",{"q":95,"a":96},"What protects calibrated instruments in the crate?","Blocking, a strongback, VCI and desiccant, plus tip and shock indicators on the outside.",[98,99,100,101,102,103],"\u002Fareas","\u002Findustries\u002Fmedical-equipment","\u002Findustries\u002Fdefense","\u002Fguides\u002Ftip-and-impact-indicators","\u002Fexport\u002Fair-freight-crates","\u002Fguides\u002Frust-prevention-vci",[105],{"label":106,"url":107},"BLS: New England exports","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bls.gov\u002Fmxp\u002Fpublications\u002Fregional-publications\u002Fnew-england-exports.htm",1794178337694]