Posted on Tue, Aug 31, 2010
While freight train derailments are unusual in Texas, this article show that more than freight can be affected. Since both passenger trains and freight trains share the same rails, service interruptions can occur when either service is halted.
Most small freight from our warehouse is taken via truck and boat.
FORT WORTH — A freight train derailment overnight has interrupted Trinity Railway Express commuter rail service between Fort Worth and Dallas.
Three of seven cars carrying coal overturned near downtown Fort Worth around midnight Sunday. The cars were part of the BNSF freight train, which shares the Union Pacific tracks with the TRE.
The transit agency, which is jointly operated by The T and DART, says it will be Wednesday morning before regular service resumes.
Trains will operate no further than the Richland Hills station until then. Buses will ferry TRE passengers between Richland Hills and the rail line's ITC and T&P stations in downtown Fort Worth.
TRE officials say commuters can expect delays until regular service is restored.
Pack n send ships most of its small freight via truck, air and boat.
For information about freight and cargo from Houston, please feel free to contact pack n send at 713 266 1450.
This article is taken from ABC news in Dallas.
Posted on Thu, Aug 26, 2010
The Associated Press has an article about companies selling off art work. While some are using the money to pay off debt others are re evaluating their art colletions.
First it was individuals selling art work, then Universities, now banks and companies. At pack n send we have put on ebay art work for customers.
While it has sold, the customers have asked substantially less than the appraised value. As clients also need cash, they are delving into their art reserves as a way to make quick money.
We have seen companies that are closing put up both their high value art work as well as their framed posters and prints. It has been good for both the sellers and the buyers.
At pack n send we build custom crates for the higher valued pieces, and box the lower priced items. Delicate statues are crated, while the less expensive, less valuable statutes are double bubbled, put in a box with peanuts and then put inside another box for shipping.
For more information about pack n sends crating and art shipping please contact us at 713 266 1450.
Posted on Fri, Aug 13, 2010
Pack n send loads containers for both household good and business shipping. While we pack and wrap goods before they go inside the container, we also label our palletized items for easy unloading..
Businesses are shipping office furniture, files and machinery over seas on a steady basis. While some of our households and individuals are returning to their home countries, we also ship for people just shopping in the United States. They have their brand new furniture and goods delivered to our warehouse, and then we load and ship the container for them.
Some of our best customers are locating overseas for a few years. When their job assignment is complete, we will then ship back their belongings.
Businesses are busy purchasing machinery as well as entire plants and requesting overseas shipping.
Our last commercial container had a Caterpillar 120 taken apart and then loaded into the container.
Our automobile shipping is steady. We offer containerized shipping to most countries. We are able to offer a lower cost roll on roll off service to certain locations.
For customers that do not have enough goods to fill a container, we offer shipping by the cubic meter. For our much smaller shipments we offer regular shipping services.
We custom crate items, as well as box or palletize shipments. Our crating service handles fragile or delicate items priced form one hundred dollars to over one million dollars.
If you need any over seas shipping, please contact pack n send at 713 266 1450.
-Freight Shipping & Receiving
Posted on Tue, Jul 20, 2010
China– The North Eastern port of Dalian which had been closed to freight traffic has just reopened. Friday there was after a huge explosion and fire left the oil terminal there in flames. The explosion was caused by a pipe from the tanker caught fire. The pipe exploded and then burst an adjacent pipeline which also ignited.
There is a cleanup underway with about 800 vessels. It is reported that they hope to have the clean up completed by July 24th. At this point in time, due to heavy winds and rains, the 800 vessels have exited the area until the weather improves.
Both Chinas oil and grain markets are affected by the closure of this port.
Pack n send monitors ports throughout the world. When we ship cargo and freight, we watch water ways and ports that are affected by both closures and personnel strikes.
For information on packing, crating shipping and freighting, please contact pack n send at 713 266 1450. We offer both domestic and international shipping.