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Important Things to Know when Choosing Equipment Shipping Company

Posted on Tue, Oct 15, 2013

Whether you are relocating or buying things on eBay, you need to be sure that your items will get to their destination in one piece. It does not matter whether the items you are shipping
are valuable or fragile, you need to choose a company that will ensure your items arrive safely and on time.

There are a number of reasons why you need to use professionals. For starters, they have the necessary experience and expertise. In addition to packing and shipping simple things like your
household furniture, they also deal with chinaware, sculptures and even paintings. It is interesting to note that there are companies out there that also transport prototypes.

 Another benefit of hiring professionals is that they help you save not only time and money but precious energy as well. Choose a company that has been in business for a significant amount of time, and is able to make the shipping arrangements easily. Consider over 15 years as your
benchmark for the number of years.

You do not want to waste a lot of time if you were to personally make transport arrangements. Think of how much energy you would spend tracking down blank newsprint, the proper size bubble wrap, Styrofoam, the proper size box and  looking for packing materials. 

If you are shipping large pieces of equipment, you need to consider shipping the equipment via freight. Look for a company that can pick up, pack and palletize your freight shipment. If it is
going to a business, check to make sure there is a loading dock at the receiving end. If your equipment is going to a residence, be sure to ask for both the residential delivery fee and the lift gate fee. In any case, make sure to have a current contact phone number for the receiver of the equipment.

 

If you are shipping equipment with a small load mover, ask about valuation coverage.

According to marketwatch.com: “Because moving is so costly – both in terms of the price paid to the moving company and the likelihood of lost or damages items – it’s particularly important for consumers to find affordable, but quality, moving company.

This is to say that you should not settle the first company you come across. It is necessary to do your research before settling for a particular company. It is also important that you select
a company with a good reputation. Choose a company that has been in the equipment shipping business for a considerable period of time as it is likely to be experienced and stable.

If you are shipping your equipment in an international destination, be sure to ask about cubic meter shipping, as well as 20 foot and 40 foot containerized shipping.

If you are planning to move equipment and still have questions, do not hesitate to

 contact pack n send in Houston. It does not matter whether the move is domestic or international; you need to be sure to find a company that will ensure that all your items arrive intact and on time.

For our international customers, we have listed below the countries that we can ship to on your behalf.

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

American Samoa

 Andorra

 Angola

Anguilla

 Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Aruba

 Australia

 Austria

Azerbaijan


Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

 Barbados

Baruba

Belarus

 Belize

 Belgium

 Benin

Bermuda

Bhutan

 Bolivia
|

Bonaire

Botswana

Bosnia and
Herzegovina

 Brazil

BrittishVirgin Islands

 Brunei

Bulgaria

 Burkina Faso

Burundi


Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Cayman Islands

 |Chile

 China

 Colombia

Congo

Congo
Republic of

Cook
Island

Costa Rica

Croatia

Curaco

 Cyprus

Czech
Republic


  Denmark

 Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican
Republic


East Timor

Ecuador

 Egypt

 El Salvador

Eritrea

 Estonia

 Ethiopia

Faeroe Islands

 Fijii

Finland

  France

French Guinana

French Polynesia

 Gabon

The Gambia

 Germany

 Georgia

Ghana

Gibraltar

 Greece

Greenland

 Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guam

Guatemala

 Guinea

 Guyana

 Haiti

Honduras

Hong Kong

 Hungary
 

Iceland

 India

 Indonesia

  Iraq

 Ireland

 Israel

 Italy
 

Ivory
  Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan


Kazakhstan

  Kenya

 Kuwait

 Kyrgyzstan

Laos

 Latvia

 Lebanon

 Lesotho

 Liberia

Libya

Libyan Arab Jamahiriy

Liechtenstein

 Lithuania

 Luxembourg


Macao

 Macedonia

Madagascar

  Malawi

Malaysia

 Maldives

  Mali

Malta

Marshall Islands

Martinique

 Mauritania

 Mauritius

Mexico

 Micronesia

Moldova

 Monaco

  Mongolia

Montenegro

Montserrat

  Morocco

 Mozambique

Namibia

Nepal

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

 New Zealand

 Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway


Oman


 Pakistan

Palau

Palestine

Panama

Papa New
  Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Phillipines

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Reunion

 Romania

 Russia

 Rwanda

Saba

Saipan(Northern
Mariana Islands)

Samoa

San Marino

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles

Singapore

 Slovak
Republic

   Slovenia

  South Africa

South
  Korea

  Spain

  Sri Lanka

St. Barthelemy

St. Eustatius

St. Kitts
  and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Maarten

St. Vincent

 Suriname

 Swaziland

Sweden

 Switzerland

  Syria

Taiwan

Tanzania

 Thailand

Tonga

Tongo

 Trinidad and
Tobago

 Tunisia 

Turkey

Turks and Caicos Islands

Uganda

 Ukraine

United Arab
Emirates

 United
Kingdom
 

United States
of America

U.S.
Virgin Islands

 Uruguay

 Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Vatican City

Venezuela

 Vietnam

Wallis and Futuna

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

 

 

 

 

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