THE CRATERS & FREIGHTERS NETWORK A National Powerhouse with Local Accountability
Craters & Freighters has over 30 years experience, 65 locations nationwide, and crews that will come to your business or residence to pick up your items, no matter their size, fragility, or value. Our team will custom crate your items on-site or transport them to our Bay Area facility for custom crating before being shipped. We guarantee the proper protection, security and a specifically designed crate to guarantee a successful shipment, worldwide, by air, ground, or ocean.
Our network of offices and international resources ensure you get specialty crating, packaging, and seamless transportation processes you can count on. Behind this powerhouse are the Bay Area’s local representatives who take on the full responsibility of your shipping project and the logistics that support it. The safety of your valuable items is our priority, and we are here to provide answers to all of your questions or concerns throughout the shipping process.
Consider Craters & Freighters in the Bay Area your one-stop-shop for packing, crating, shipping and insurance.
Craters & Freighters provides custom, antique crating and shipping solutions for valuable and fragile antiques and artwork, regardless of size or weight. With many years experience and excellent team we believe Craters & Freighters safely & securely ships your items anywhere in the world.
Contact our team to learn how we can help with your shipping needs. To learn more about Craters & Freighters’ packaging, crating and shipping options visit
Expertise that delivers.
With nearly three decades of experience, knowledge, insight, and industry changes, we have adapted, learned, and continued to provide the ultimate in customized shipping services, tailored crates and packaging, and logistical and customer support. We are leaders in the shipping industry and consistently strive for excellence.
As our company has grown, we have developed the kind of expertise that people can trust and rely on. With specialists who ensure your packaging, crating, shipping, and insurance needs are supported throughout every step of the way. We offer more than great shipping services, but peace of mind.
THE CRATERS & FREIGHTERS NETWORK
A National Shipping Powerhouse with Local Support.
At Craters & Freighters®, we have a nationwide network of offices and a multitude of global resources to provide our customers with specialty crating, packaging and a seamless transportation process. Behind this powerhouse however, are your local representatives who take full responsibility for ensuring the safety of your valuable items and who are there when you have questions or concerns.
- Experience You Can Trust
- Through the years, we have worked with a wide variety of hazardous materials.
- When you trust us to handle your dangerous goods, you benefit from our decades of experience and ongoing use of hazmat best practices.
- Any individual or organization that ships on a regular basis is going to encounter an issue from time to time. Read here about some common shipping issues, including shipping hazardous materials
Hazardous Materials Packaging and Labelling Services
To determine if one of our hazardous materials-certified locations is near the originating point of your shipment, please refer to our website or contact the corporate headquarters for assistance. Those locations provide:
UN-certified packaging
4G boxes in various sizes
Poly bagging
Overpack crating
Class 1.4 Explosive
Class 1.6 Explosive
Class 2.1 Flammable Gas
Class 2.2 Non-Flammable Gas
Class 3 Flammable Liquid
Class 4.1 Flammable Solid
Class 8 Corrosive
Class 9 Miscellaneous Hazardous Material Environmentally Hazardous Substance Marking
FULL-SERVICE SOLUTIONS
Capabilities to Meet Any Shipping Need
With a nationwide franchise network and trusted contacts around the world, Craters & Freighters can successfully execute even the most complicated of shipping engagements. We handle projects of all sizes and don’t require you to meet any weight or size minimums.