[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":106},["ShallowReactive",2],{"copy:\u002Fareas\u002Flos-angeles-ca":3},{"path":4,"h1":5,"metaDescription":6,"kicker":7,"lede":8,"panel":9,"spec":22,"drawing":42,"photo":42,"sections":43,"faqs":79,"related":92,"sources":99},"\u002Fareas\u002Flos-angeles-ca","Crating and export crates in Los Angeles and Long Beach","Crating services for Los Angeles and Long Beach shippers: export crates for aerospace, medical and machinery loads, delivered to your dock.","Los Angeles and Long Beach, CA","We build wood crates to order for shippers in the Los Angeles and Long Beach area and deliver them to your dock. The twin ports and LAX shape the work, so crates are drawn for either an ocean container or an air waybill.",[10,13,16,19],[11,12],"Gateways","Ports of LA and Long Beach, LAX",[14,15],"Typical loads","Aero parts, machinery, medical",[17,18],"Crate focus","Export, air and ocean",[20,21],"Delivery","To your dock, built to order",{"rows":23},[24,27,30,33,36,39],[25,26],"Inside dimensions","L x W x H in inches",[28,29],"Gross weight","Pounds",[31,32],"Mode","Container, air, or flatbed",[34,35],"Wood","HT, IPPC stamped",[37,38],"Protection","VCI, desiccant, shock",[40,41],"Quantity","One-off or series",null,[44,49,59,64,69,74],{"h2":45,"paragraphs":46},"The San Pedro Bay ports and the freight around them",[47,48],"Most of this metro's export freight leaves through the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach on San Pedro Bay. The Port of Los Angeles handled 10,239,318 TEUs in calendar 2025. The Alameda Corridor, a dedicated rail trench, connects the ports to rail yards near downtown, and trucks reach the terminals over I-710, I-110 and State Route 47.","Further inland, I-5, I-10, I-405 and SR-91 link plants in the South Bay, the San Gabriel Valley, Orange County and the Inland Empire. Los Angeles International and Ontario International handle air cargo. A shipper here can pick among a vessel at either port, a jet at LAX, or a rail ramp, and the crate spec depends on which.",{"h2":50,"paragraphs":51,"list":54},"What the region makes",[52,53],"Los Angeles is known for aerospace and defense manufacturing, with work concentrated in El Segundo, Torrance, Hawthorne and Long Beach, and for medical devices, industrial machinery, electronics, and entertainment and exhibit equipment. California goods exports were $188.4 billion in 2025, second among states and 8.6 percent of the US total, with machinery manufacturing among its export categories (BLS).","This variety makes the metro a poor fit for any one crate. A satellite component, a CNC machine and a cinema camera rig need three different bases, different protection and different handling marks.",[55,56,57,58],"Aerospace fixtures and tooling: solid-lumber or cleated-plywood crates with foam-faced blocking","Medical equipment: sheathed crates, dust-tight, with tip and shock indicators","Machinery: skid-base crates, strongbacks, lag-bolted to the load","Production and exhibit gear: wheeled or fork-ready cases in plywood",{"h2":60,"paragraphs":61},"Crates for aerospace and precision equipment",[62,63],"Precision loads are crated to their own specification, often from the customer's drawings. We follow the drawing for inside dimensions, the contact materials the customer allows, and the closing sequence. If a part must not touch bare wood, we line the cavity and separate fasteners from the finished surface.","Where a crate is expected to go through MIL-STD-2073 packaging rules, we build to what the contract asks and leave the paperwork to the shipper's quality office. We can only build what is written down, so send the packaging clause with the quote request.",{"h2":65,"paragraphs":66},"Container drayage and the 40-foot problem",[67,68],"Crates leaving through the ports are loaded into containers, usually by a forwarder's loading crew on the dock. The crate has to fit the container door with room for the forklift to place it, and it has to be braced with blocking so it cannot slide in the box. Put the interior door dimensions of the container type your forwarder will use in the quote request.","Tall machines that will not fit through a standard door can be crated for open-top or flat-rack service; the crate then needs lifting points and lashing points in the right places, and a roof that sheds water.",{"h2":70,"paragraphs":71},"Air cargo through LAX",[72,73],"LAX is a major air cargo gateway to Asia and the Pacific, and a shipment by air changes the crate. Dimensional weight rewards a tight fit, and carriers want a pallet-friendly base. We build a skid that a ground-handling forklift can pick and a pallet loader can position, with sheathing light enough to hold the tare down.","Lithium batteries, fuel and compressed gases fall under IATA and 49 CFR rules. If your equipment contains any of them, say so at the start; we will not close a crate around a regulated item that the airline has not accepted.",{"h2":75,"paragraphs":76},"Delivery to Los Angeles-area docks",[77,78],"Crates are built to order and delivered to the shipper's dock anywhere in the Los Angeles and Long Beach region, in a finished state or as a knockdown kit. We have no yard or facility in the metro. A kit is often the better choice for a loading dock with a narrow door or an upstairs bay: the panels carry, the load stays put, and your crew closes the crate.","The size of the metro works against the clock. Give us the date the crate must be at your dock, plus the cargo cut-off at the terminal or the flight date, and we confirm what can be done.",[80,83,86,89],{"q":81,"a":82},"Do you crate for the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach?","We build crates to order that your forwarder loads for either port. Tell us the container type or whether the load goes by air.",{"q":84,"a":85},"Can I get a crate built to a customer's drawing?","Yes. Send the drawing with the inside dimensions and gross weight, and the packaging clauses if any.",{"q":87,"a":88},"What about crates for LAX air freight?","They are built tight and light, on a skid a pallet loader can handle, and to the airline's size limits.",{"q":90,"a":91},"Do you have a Los Angeles yard?","No. We build to order and deliver to your dock.",[93,94,95,96,97,98],"\u002Fareas","\u002Fareas\u002Fsan-diego-ca","\u002Fareas\u002Fbay-area-ca","\u002Findustries\u002Faerospace","\u002Fexport\u002Fair-freight-crates","\u002Fexport\u002Fseaworthy-packing",[100,103],{"label":101,"url":102},"Port of Los Angeles container statistics","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.portoflosangeles.org\u002Fbusiness\u002Fstatistics\u002Fcontainer-statistics",{"label":104,"url":105},"BLS: California exports","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bls.gov\u002Fmxp\u002Fpublications\u002Fregional-publications\u002Fcalifornia-exports.htm",1794178337528]