[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":102},["ShallowReactive",2],{"copy:\u002Fareas\u002Flouisville-ky":3},{"path":4,"h1":5,"metaDescription":6,"kicker":7,"lede":8,"panel":9,"spec":19,"drawing":39,"photo":40,"sections":41,"faqs":81,"related":91,"sources":98},"\u002Fareas\u002Flouisville-ky","Crating and export crates in Louisville","Crating services in Louisville: wood crates built to order for express air freight, Ohio River moves, appliance plants and bourbon distillery gear.","Louisville, KY","We build wood shipping crates to order for Louisville shippers and deliver them to your dock, built or as knockdown kits. Louisville is an air-cargo city, home to a large express-carrier hub at Muhammad Ali International Airport, and it also sits on the Ohio River at the meeting of I-64, I-65 and I-71. Send inside dimensions, gross weight and destination and we write the crate spec.",[10,13,16],[11,12],"Air","Express hub at Muhammad Ali Intl",[14,15],"River","Ohio River, Port of Louisville",[17,18],"Highways","I-64, I-65, I-71, I-264",{"rows":20},[21,24,27,30,33,36],[22,23],"Inside dimensions","L x W x H in inches",[25,26],"Gross weight","Pounds, as loaded",[28,29],"Destination","Country, and air, river or truck",[31,32],"Construction","Cleated plywood, sheathed or solid lumber",[34,35],"Export","HT stamp on solid wood",[37,38],"Delivery","Built or knockdown to your dock","cleated-plywood",null,[42,48,53,59,64,70,76],{"h2":43,"paragraphs":44},"Night flights and next-morning parts",[45,46,47],"Louisville's air-cargo economy is built around the overnight sort at the express hub, which means the city's shippers send urgent parts that must arrive by morning. Replacement components, medical devices and electronics leave the metro in the evening and are in another country the next day.","The crate for that trip must be built before the pickup time, not after. We ask for the cutoff and the final inside dimensions at the start, since a crate that is half an inch off may be rejected at the hub. A confirmed spec means the crate is built correctly once.","Express carriers rate air freight by the larger of actual and dimensional weight, so Louisville shippers feel every extra inch of crate. A cleated-plywood shell on a short skid keeps the cube honest, and we leave out solid lumber wherever plywood and cleats will carry the load.",{"h2":49,"paragraphs":50},"What the sort does to a crate",[51,52],"An express sort handles each piece several times: truck to dock, dock to belt, belt to container, container to aircraft. Crates travel on rollers, fall off short ramps and sit under other freight.","We build for that with corner cleats, a closed lid and a skid that tolerates conveyor transfers. Tip and shock indicators on the outside show whether the handling stayed within limits when the crate arrives.",{"h2":54,"paragraphs":55},"Appliance and vehicle plants",[56,57,58],"Louisville is known for large appliance manufacturing and for vehicle assembly, which brings with it tooling, test equipment, stamping dies and welding fixtures that are heavy and travel between plants.","Dies and fixtures go onto a solid-lumber skid with lag bolts through the mounting holes, then a sheathed lid. Repeat shipments of the same die set are built from a stored spec so each trip matches the last. See the machine-builder and automotive pages for details.","Appliance and vehicle suppliers ship in volume, and volume rewards a standard crate. Where the part family allows, we settle on two or three crate sizes, build them in bulk and keep the written spec so every lot matches.",{"h2":60,"paragraphs":61},"Bourbon, distilling and brewing equipment",[62,63],"The Kentucky bourbon industry spreads out from Louisville, and the equipment behind it is distinctive: copper pot stills, column stills, stainless fermenters, barrel-handling gear and bottling lines. Some of this equipment is exported to craft distillers abroad.","Copper and polished stainless dent easily and show every mark. We crate them upright on skid bases with soft-contact blocking and a sheathed shell, wrap the metal in protective film and place a strongback below tall vessels. Note that vessels with taps or sight glasses need a clear opening plan.",{"h2":65,"paragraphs":66},"The Ohio River and rail",[67,68,69],"The Port of Louisville handles barge cargo on the Ohio River, and CSX and other railroads serve the metro. River moves are slower, wet and open to weather.","For barge carriage we recommend a sheathed shell with sealed edges and tie-down points in the skid. For rail, we add strapping notches. Tell us the carrier's requirements and we match them.","A tow of barges moves slowly, and cargo may wait days at a lock or a terminal. Wet decks and river fog reach a crate in that time, so seams are overlapped and lids are fastened with lag bolts or screws that survive an opening and re-closing.",{"h2":71,"paragraphs":72},"Floods, bridges and delivery",[73,74,75],"Louisville sits in a river valley, and approaches to some industrial sites cross bridges and low roads. Trucks bringing crates to riverside docks may face height and weight limits.","We note the finished crate height, width and weight on the order so your carrier can route correctly. Where a site is difficult to reach, a knockdown kit on a smaller truck often works.","Kentucky weather swings between ice and heat, and docks in older riverside districts can be narrow. Tell us if the receiving door is below standard height, and we can build a lower crate or send it as a kit.",{"h2":77,"paragraphs":78},"Quote notes for Louisville shippers",[79,80],"Provide inside dimensions, gross weight, destination, quantity, the pickup cutoff and the date you need the crate on your dock.","Crates are built to order and delivered to your dock in the metro. For overseas lanes, solid-wood parts need an IPPC heat-treatment stamp where the destination requires it; plywood panels are exempt. Check APHIS and the destination plant-protection authority.",[82,85,88],{"q":83,"a":84},"Can you crate a copper still for export from Louisville?","Yes. Send dimensions, weight and fittings and we build a sheathed crate with soft-contact blocking.",{"q":86,"a":87},"What if my part must catch the overnight flight?","Tell us the pickup cutoff when you request the quote and confirm inside dimensions up front.",{"q":89,"a":90},"Do you keep a yard in Louisville?","No. Crates are built to order and delivered to your dock in the metro.",[92,93,94,95,96,97],"\u002Fareas","\u002Fexport\u002Fair-freight-crates","\u002Findustries\u002Fautomotive","\u002Fcrates\u002Ftypes\u002Fcleated-plywood","\u002Fguides\u002Ftip-and-impact-indicators","\u002Fcrating\u002Fmolds-and-dies",[99],{"label":100,"url":101},"NELMA: wood packaging inspection programs","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nelma.org\u002Finspection-programs\u002Fwood-packaging\u002F",1794178337809]