Most Cargo Is Not Special
General Cargo Packing in Dubai
Most freight is not fragile, not oversized and not regulated. It just needs to arrive intact, stack sensibly and not cost more to ship than it should. That is a real job, and doing it badly is expensive in ways that never show up as a claim - wasted container space, damage written off as normal, cargo that cannot be stacked. Done in our own warehouses, usually on goods already stored there.
What Is Included
Preparing Ordinary Freight
Straightforward work that decides how well a consignment travels.
- Cartoning and boxing loose goods
- Shrink wrapping and strapping
- Palletising to stackable units
- Consolidating multiple consignments
- Corner and edge protection
- Marking and labelling for transit
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Get a Packing Quote Call +971 4 239 7107What Bad Packing Actually Costs
Poorly packed general cargo rarely produces a dramatic failure. It produces a steady, invisible cost.
Freight paid on air
Volumetric charging means badly packed cargo pays for empty space on every shipment, indefinitely.
Damage treated as normal
A predictable percentage of breakage gets absorbed as a cost of doing business when it is really a packing decision.
Slow, expensive handling
Loose cargo is handled by hand at both ends. Palletised cargo moves in one forklift action - see palletising and repacking.
Cargo that cannot stack
Unstackable consignments waste the height of a container and a warehouse, which shows up in both freight and storage bills.
Consolidated before shipping
Cargo arriving from several suppliers can be combined into single units before it ships, which reduces both handling and the number of pieces anyone has to account for at the far end.
Packed where it is stored
Goods already in one of our Dubai warehouses are packed where they sit, which avoids two extra movements and the damage risk that comes with them.
Packed for the Mode
Different Journeys, Different Answers
The same goods are packed differently depending on how they travel.
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Sea freight
Longer transit, more handling and moisture, so packing is more robust and moisture is considered.
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Road within the UAE and GCC
Fewer handlings but more vibration, and border handling on cross-border loads.
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Consolidated shipments
Cargo sharing a vehicle or container with other shippers needs to protect itself from its neighbours.
Why Cannata
Packed by People Who Ship It
A packer who never sees the container has no reason to care whether your cargo stacks.
Materials in stock
Cartons, wrap, strapping and protection held on site rather than ordered per job.
Packed for the space
Consignments built with the container or trailer in mind, so you are not paying freight on air.
Shipped by the same team
Packing runs into our own transport and clearance rather than ending at a handover.
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Give us the route and the cargo and we will come back with a rate, usually within one working day.
Our FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
What customers ask about general packing.
