Suspended platforms, building hoists and mast climbers are awkward cargo. A hoist mast is long and thin, a cradle deck is wide, and no one wants to open a container and find scratched aluminium or missing bolts. Over years of export to customers across more than a dozen countries, our packing and loading routine has settled into a few repeatable steps. This is how it actually works at our Yixing yard.
 

 

Mast sections, truss towers and rail frames are bundled in matched lengths, strapped to wooden pallets and fully wrapped in stretch film. The film keeps rain, dust and chafe marks off the galvanised finish during the 30-to-45-day sea voyage. Each bundle is tagged with the PO number and content code, so the consignee can match it against the packing list without unwrapping anything.
 

Motors, safety locks, electrical boxes, bolts, wire ropes and pendant controls do not travel loose. They go into export cartons marked "PARTS BOX FOR CRADLE", each labelled with net weight, gross weight and dimensions. A standard parts carton, for example, weighs about 49 kg net and 50 kg gross and measures 52 by 35 by 32 centimetres. Inside the carton, every item sits in its own foam divider, and a small contents slip is taped to the lid.

 

Our yard uses a mobile yard ramp bridged to the back of a 40-foot container. A three-tonne diesel forklift drives straight up the ramp with the pallet. Inside the container, a second crew member directs the stack so that heavy mast bundles sit on the floor first, light cartons go on top, and nothing shifts in transit. Wooden dunnage blocks and lashings lock the stack against the container walls.
 

We photograph the load at three points: before the doors close, at mid-load, and after lashing. Those photos go to the buyer the same day. If a piece is short on arrival, the pictures show exactly what was loaded, which avoids a long dispute with the forwarder.

 

We normally quote on EXW, FOB Shanghai or CIF basis, and we can arrange door-to-door DDP for buyers who prefer to handle nothing on the Chinese side. Sea freight is the default for a full hoist or a multi-basket order; air freight is reserved for urgent spare parts.

 

With every shipment the buyer receives:

Commercial invoice and packing list

Bill of lading, or air waybill for urgent parts

CE/EAC certificate and declaration of conformity, where applicable

Operation manual, electrical schematic and spare-parts list

Loading photos and the container seal number

 

We recommend opening the container in the presence of the freight forwarder and checking the seal number against the paperwork. Match the bundles to the packing list first; only then start unwrapping. If a carton is damaged on the outside, photograph it before opening and notify the carrier within the deadline printed on the back of the delivery note.
 

Tell us your destination port and order contents, and we will quote freight and packing together at sales@powerston.com.