Retail Auction Services

Ever wonder why e-Bay listings often carry the advice to potential buyers "for a comprehensive packing and shipping quote, including insurance and special services, call your local Craters & Freighters office"?

It's because buyers and sellers have found that they can count on Craters & Freighters for all their logistics needs, from pickup and packing to crating and insurance, followed by domestic ground and air shipping, and worldwide shipping via ocean and air. We also are the exclusive shipper for a number of auction houses and art and antique dealers around the country.

Full Service

Whether the items are large or small, fragile or sturdy, valuable or not, we can handle the entire job. We pickup items at the auction site or a storage unit, provide full packing, consolidating, palletizing and crating solutions, and then ship those items anywhere in the world, via truck, ocean or air.

Insurance Coverage

We can insure your items, so that you can have peace of mind that they will be fully covered against damage or loss during the entire packing, crating and shipping process.

Experience Worldwide

Over the years, we have shipped billions of dollars in goods throughout the world, to and from individuals, dealers, museums, collectors, auction houses, specialty sellers, and high-end retailers. With the largest bricks-and-mortar presence in the United States, we can handle almost any logistics requirements.

Commercial and Government Auction Logistics

You'll see our name listed prominently on many commercial and government auction sites, from GoDovebid, Branford Auction and Bidspotter to CRG Auctions and Government Liquidation.

One-Stop Solution Provider

Why do commercial customers call us? Because they know that we are a one-stop solution for all their pickup, packing, crating, insurance and shipping needs. Whether it is biomedical gear, jet fighter dollies, computer equipment or office furniture, we handle it all.

Specialty Packing and Crating

We can provide custom packing and crating solutions for specialty items that others cannot. Too large, bulky, delicate, or odd shaped for others? No problem. We also work with riggers to provide large equipment logistics solutions, including skidding, crating and shipping.

Specialty Transportation Solutions

Whether the need is for dedicated air ride trailers, or flatbeds, or step deck trailers, we can meet it. We also load and ship ocean containers and airfreight.

Worldwide Shipping

Do you need APHIS certified crates and other packaging materials suitable for export? We have ocean and air logistics solutions, that include taking care of all the paperwork necessary to insure that each overseas shipment arrives at its destination promptly - not held up unnecessarily at the border.