[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":110},["ShallowReactive",2],{"copy:\u002Fareas\u002Fseattle-tacoma-wa":3},{"path":4,"h1":5,"metaDescription":6,"kicker":7,"lede":8,"panel":9,"spec":22,"drawing":42,"photo":42,"sections":43,"faqs":89,"related":102,"sources":109},"\u002Fareas\u002Fseattle-tacoma-wa","Crating and export crates in Seattle-Tacoma","Crating services for Seattle-Tacoma shippers: aerospace, marine and Alaska-bound crates, built to order and delivered to your dock.","Seattle-Tacoma, WA","We build wood crates to order for shippers in Seattle, Tacoma and the Puget Sound corridor and deliver them to your dock. The region's freight is aerospace tooling, marine and fishing equipment, Alaska cargo and Asia-bound machinery.",[10,13,16,19],[11,12],"Gateways","Seattle and Tacoma terminals, Sea-Tac",[14,15],"Typical loads","Aero fixtures, marine gear",[17,18],"Crate focus","Solid lumber, sheathed, Alaska",[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],"Destination","Alaska, Asia, Canada or domestic",[34,35],"Rain","Roof drip edge, vented",[37,38],"Pack","VCI, desiccant",[40,41],"Lifting","Fork pockets or sling points",null,[44,49,59,64,69,74,79,84],{"h2":45,"paragraphs":46},"Two harbors, one gateway",[47,48],"Seattle and Tacoma are two ports on Puget Sound that operate their container terminals together as the Northwest Seaport Alliance. Alongside the container berths, the harbors take breakbulk, project cargo and roll-on, roll-off freight, and both are the main southern terminals for cargo to Alaska. Sea-Tac Airport is the main passenger and cargo airport, and Boeing Field handles cargo and aircraft deliveries on the Seattle side.","I-5 runs the length of the corridor, with I-90 crossing the Cascades and SR-167 and SR-509 feeding Tacoma terminals. BNSF and Union Pacific serve the harbors. To the north, I-5 reaches the Peace Arch and Pacific Highway crossings at Blaine, which carry trucks into British Columbia.",{"h2":50,"paragraphs":51,"list":54},"Aerospace and marine manufacturing",[52,53],"Seattle is known for aerospace. Large aircraft assembly plants north and south of the city draw a supply chain of machine shops, fabricators and tooling makers, and shipping their fixtures and parts is one of the main reasons for crating here. The region also builds and services vessels, makes fishing and marine equipment and ships cloud and data center hardware.","For each, the crate sits somewhere different on the scale. A wing-assembly fixture may be long and flat; an aircraft ground-support unit may be heavy and wheeled; a rack of servers is light and tall.",[55,56,57,58],"Long fixtures and spars: low, long skid-base crates","Ground-support equipment: heavy solid-lumber crates","Marine winches and engines: skid-base, VCI","Racks and appliances: sheathed, tip-indicator crates",{"h2":60,"paragraphs":61},"Long crates and low roofs",[62,63],"Aerospace fixtures tend to be long, narrow or thin, and a long crate flexes. Add intermediate runners along the base and a strongback under the load's stiffest member so the crate does not sag between supports. If the fixture has delicate end fittings, cap them with foam blocks before the walls go on.","A crate that is 20 ft long must clear the container or the trailer deck. Give us the interior dimensions of the equipment your carrier will use at quote time, and we fit the crate to them.",{"h2":65,"paragraphs":66},"Alaska and the Pacific Northwest rain",[67,68],"Cargo to Alaska leaves Tacoma and Seattle on barges and ro-ro vessels, and many shippers supply remote sites. These loads sit outdoors for days. A crate for an Alaska site needs a roof that sheds water, a vented design so condensation can escape, and protection inside for anything that rusts.","Wet Pacific Northwest winters work against bare lumber too. Sheathing the crate and sealing joints reduces the rain that gets in. Where the destination is a remote camp, put a note on the crate saying whether it will be moved by forklift, crane or loader, since the equipment there often differs from a city dock.",{"h2":70,"paragraphs":71},"Delivery across the Puget Sound corridor",[72,73],"We build crates to order and deliver them to the shipper's dock from Everett to Tacoma and across the Eastside. We keep no facility or yard in the region. Traffic on I-5 and the bridges makes a delivery window important, so give us the days the dock is staffed and any hours the receiving door is closed.","If the dock is small, request a knockdown kit. The pieces are numbered, the base goes down first, and the walls close around the load.",{"h2":75,"paragraphs":76},"Canada and Asia",[77,78],"For Canada, the crossing at Blaine is the usual route north; for Asia, Tacoma and Seattle vessels leave for Japan, Korea and China among other places. Wood packaging needs differ by destination, and APHIS and the receiving country's plant-protection authority are the places to check. Where HT lumber with the IPPC stamp is required, we build with it.","Quote requests for Asia should mention the load's lashing points and any weights over a forklift's rated lifting capacity, since terminals there may use cranes.",{"h2":80,"paragraphs":81},"Tooling that travels between plants",[82,83],"Aerospace production uses fixtures and jigs that move between plants and suppliers, and those tools go back to the same rack in the same state. A returnable crate with a cut foam bed, a latched lid and an inventory stencilled on the inside of the lid keeps parts from getting lost. The inside dimensions come from the fixture, and the crate's tare is listed so the shipper can compute gross weight.","We build these crates to a written spec and keep the spec on file. When a fixture is revised, the spec is updated with it, so the crate stays matched to the tool and is not matched to a drawing three revisions old.",{"h2":85,"paragraphs":86},"What a Puget Sound quote needs",[87,88],"Send the inside dimensions of the load, its gross weight, the destination and the date you need the crate. If the shipment goes to a remote Alaska site, add how it will be unloaded and where it will wait.","For anything crossing at Blaine, add the receiving broker's name for the crate description so that the panel marks and the commercial invoice agree.",[90,93,96,99],{"q":91,"a":92},"Which ports does the Seattle-Tacoma area use?","Seattle and Tacoma operate container terminals together as the Northwest Seaport Alliance. Both are also Alaska gateways.",{"q":94,"a":95},"Can you crate long aerospace fixtures?","Yes. We add runners and a strongback to keep a long crate from sagging, and size it to your trailer or container.",{"q":97,"a":98},"Will an Alaska crate survive outdoors?","With sheathing, a roof drip edge, vented joints and VCI or desiccant inside, a crate can stand days in the rain.",{"q":100,"a":101},"Do you have a Seattle facility?","No. We build to order and deliver to your dock.",[103,104,105,106,107,108],"\u002Fareas","\u002Fareas\u002Fportland-or","\u002Fareas\u002Fbay-area-ca","\u002Findustries\u002Faerospace","\u002Fcrates\u002Fheavy-duty","\u002Fexport\u002Fseaworthy-packing",[],1794178337558]