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Professional protective wrapping and crating for even the most challenging shipments.
Expert Cargo Protection
At TRT Logistics, we understand that transporting oversized, heavy, or delicate cargo comes with unique challenges. That’s why our professional shrink wrapping and crating services are designed to provide maximum protection for your valuable shipments. Every item we handle, from industrial machinery and construction equipment to high-value electronics and marine vessels, receives tailored care to ensure it reaches its destination safely and intact.
Our shrink wrapping solutions offer a durable, weather-resistant barrier that shields cargo from moisture, dust, and other environmental factors, making it ideal for both short-term transport and long-term storage. For items that require extra structural support, our custom-built crates are engineered to fit each piece perfectly, providing stability and preventing damage from impacts, vibrations, or rough handling.
What sets our services apart is the combination of experience, precision, and attention to detail. Our team carefully assesses each shipment to determine the best wrapping and crating methods, manages the entire process from loading to delivery, and uses only high-quality materials to ensure superior protection. With TRT Logistics, clients don’t just get transportation — they get peace of mind, knowing their cargo is in capable hands from start to finish.
Whether your shipment is standard, oversized, or particularly complex, our shrink wrapping and crating services are designed to make transport safe, efficient, and worry-free. Trust TRT Logistics to handle your most challenging shipments with the expertise and reliability that set us apart in the industry.
Why Choose Our Services
Expertise: Our team has years of experience handling large, heavy, and delicate cargo.
Safety: Every crate and wrap is designed to meet industry safety standards and prevent damage.
Efficiency: Quick and professional wrapping/crating minimizes delays in loading and transport.
Tailored Solutions: Each project is assessed individually to determine the best protection method for your cargo.
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What Are Industrial Wrapping, Crating and Craning?
Cargo preparation is the work that happens before a shipment moves — and for oversized, heavy, or delicate freight, it decides whether the cargo arrives intact. Industrial shrink wrapping seals a piece inside a durable, weather-resistant barrier that shields it from moisture, dust, and the elements. Custom crating builds a wooden structure engineered to fit the individual piece, giving it stability and protection against impacts and vibration. Craning lifts and positions heavy pieces safely so they can be prepared, loaded, and secured for transport. At TRT, all three happen at our facilities in Newark and Savannah, under the same team that will store and haul your cargo — so preparation is planned around the actual move, not done in isolation.
How Cargo Preparation Works
Step 1 — Assessment
Every project starts with the cargo itself. Our team carefully assesses each shipment — its size, weight, shape, and sensitivities — to determine the best wrapping and crating methods for that piece. No two shipments are protected the same way, because no two shipments are alike.
Step 2 — Protection plan
From the assessment we choose the combination the cargo needs: shrink wrapping, a custom-built crate, or both — plus the securing methods and the lifting plan for loading. The plan is built to meet industry safety standards and to protect the cargo through handling, transport, and storage.
Step 3 — Wrapping and crating
We wrap and crate using only high-quality materials. Shrink wrapping is fitted to form a durable barrier around the piece; crates are custom-built and engineered to fit each piece perfectly, providing stability and preventing damage from impacts, vibrations, or rough handling.
Step 4 — Craning and loading
Heavy and oversized pieces are lifted and positioned with specialized equipment, then loaded and secured for their next leg — onto a trailer, a flat rack, or into storage. Our team manages the entire process from loading to delivery, so the piece is never left unprotected between steps.
Step 5 — Ready for transport or storage
The prepared cargo moves out under TRT’s transport services, or waits — still protected — in TRT warehousing or our secure outdoor yards until its delivery window opens. The same protection serves both short-term transport and long-term storage.
Shrink Wrapping: A Weather-Resistant Barrier
Shrink wrapping gives cargo a sealed skin. The durable, weather-resistant barrier shields the piece from moisture, dust, and other environmental factors during every mile of transport — and keeps protecting it if the shipment waits outdoors or in storage before it moves. That makes shrink wrapping ideal for both short-term transport and long-term storage, and for large pieces that travel on open equipment rather than inside a container: industrial machinery, construction equipment, and marine vessels are wrapped piece by piece, so the protection fits the cargo instead of the cargo fitting the protection.
Custom Crating: Built Around Your Cargo
Some cargo needs structure, not just a barrier. Our custom-built crates are engineered to fit each piece perfectly, providing stability and preventing damage from impacts, vibrations, or rough handling. A crate supports fragile points, keeps the piece from shifting in transit, and gives handlers a sound structure to lift and secure. Crating is the right preparation for fragile and high-value freight — from high-value electronics to large machinery and boats — and it pairs with shrink wrapping when a piece needs both structural support and a weather barrier.
Craning and Loading for Heavy Pieces
The heaviest cargo cannot be rolled or carried into place — it has to be lifted. Craning positions oversized and overweight pieces precisely: onto the trailer or flat rack that will carry them, into the position where they are wrapped or crated, and off again at the destination end of our work. Combined with professional securing methods and specialized loading equipment, craning is what lets our specialized services team prepare pieces that standard freight handling cannot touch — safely, and without improvising on the day of the move.
Cargo We Wrap, Crate and Crane
- Industrial machinery — large plant and factory equipment, wrapped or crated for transport and storage
- Construction equipment — heavy site machinery prepared for moves between ports, plants, and job sites
- High-value electronics — delicate, valuable cargo that needs structural protection and careful handling
- Marine vessels — boats and yachts shrink-wrapped and crated for transport and storage
- Oversized and out-of-gauge pieces — freight too big for standard containers, prepared for flat-rack and open transport
- Delicate and high-value cargo — any piece where damage is not an acceptable outcome
Prepared Here, Moved From Here
Wrapping, crating, and craning sit in the middle of TRT’s other services — and that is the point. Cargo is prepared at our Newark and Savannah facilities for safe transport: a piece can arrive by drayage from Port Newark-Elizabeth or the Port of Savannah, be wrapped, crated, and craned into position in our warehousing, wait protected in storage, and then move out on oversize transportation to its final destination — planned by one team, with no hand-offs between the people who protected the cargo and the people who haul it. Preparation done by the carrier is preparation done right, because the carrier knows exactly what the road will ask of it.
What Affects the Cost of Wrapping, Crating and Craning
Preparation is priced per piece, not off a flat rate. Your quote is built from the cargo’s size and weight, its handling requirements, and the special services it needs — shrink wrapping, a custom-engineered crate, craning and loading, protective materials, and any storage or onward transport combined with the preparation. Delicate and high-value pieces that need extra structure and care are quoted accordingly. What you receive from TRT is a clear, detailed quote before any work is accepted, ensuring there are no hidden fees.
What to Send Us for a Wrapping or Crating Quote
To assess your cargo and price its preparation accurately, send us:
- What the cargo is, with exact dimensions (length × width × height) and total weight
- Anything delicate, fragile, or high-value about it, and how it is currently packed or protected
- Where the cargo is now — at one of our facilities, a port, a plant, or a job site
- What happens next — transport, storage, or both — and your timing
- Whether the piece also needs loading, craning, or onward transport arranged
Send the details through our contact page, call us at +1 973 344 7100 ext 221, or email drayage@usatrt.com, and we will come back with a preparation plan and a clear, detailed quote.
Wrapping, Crating, or Both?
The right preparation depends on what threatens the cargo. Choose shrink wrapping when the main risks are weather, moisture, dust, and exposure — including during outdoor storage or open-equipment transport. Choose custom crating when the piece needs structural support: fragile points to protect, a shape that must not shift, or handling that demands a sound frame to lift against. Choose both when cargo is valuable, delicate, and traveling far — the crate provides the structure, the wrap seals it against the elements. And when a piece is too heavy or awkward to position by hand, craning is part of the preparation from the start. Every TRT preparation begins with an individual assessment, so the recommendation is based on your cargo — not on a standard package.
Wrapping & Craning FAQs
What does shrink wrapping protect cargo from?
Shrink wrapping forms a durable, weather-resistant barrier that shields cargo from moisture, dust, and other environmental factors. It is ideal for both short-term transport and long-term storage, and it keeps protecting the piece at every step in between.
What is the difference between wrapping and crating?
Wrapping seals the cargo inside a protective barrier against weather and exposure. Crating builds a custom wooden structure engineered to fit the piece, providing stability and protection from impacts, vibrations, and rough handling. Many shipments use both — structure first, then a weather barrier over it.
What types of cargo do you wrap and crate?
We wrap and crate industrial machinery, construction equipment, high-value electronics, and marine vessels, as well as oversized, heavy, and delicate cargo of all kinds. Every item receives tailored care based on an individual assessment of the shipment.
Can TRT prepare oversized cargo for transport?
Yes. Preparing oversized and project cargo for safe transport is the core of this service. Cargo is assessed individually, wrapped or crated with high-quality materials, craned and loaded with specialized equipment, and secured for its onward move from our Newark and Savannah facilities.
Does TRT handle loading and craning as well?
Yes. Our team manages the entire process from loading to delivery. Craning lifts and positions heavy pieces for preparation and loading, and specialized equipment and professional securing methods are used throughout, so cargo is protected every time it moves.
Can wrapped or crated cargo be stored before it ships?
Yes. Shrink wrapping is designed for long-term storage as well as transport, and prepared cargo can wait in TRT warehousing or our secure outdoor yards in Newark and Savannah — with surveillance and 24-hour security guards — until its delivery window opens.
How is the cost of wrapping and crating calculated?
Costs are based on the cargo’s size and weight, its handling requirements, and any special services needed — such as a custom-engineered crate, craning, or combined storage and transport. We provide clear, detailed quotes before any work is accepted, ensuring there are no hidden fees.
How do I get a quote for wrapping or crating?
Call us at +1 973 344 7100 ext 221, email drayage@usatrt.com, or reach us through our contact page. Tell us what the cargo is, its dimensions and weight, where it is, and what happens next, and we will provide a preparation plan and a clear, detailed quote.