About Us
About Meridian Freight Inc.
Since 2013, we've completed about 1,000 export projects, moving heavy equipment from the USA and Canada to ports in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. We handle the entire chain — pickup, dismantling, packing, documentation, and ocean freight — so international buyers don't have to coordinate multiple vendors.
Meridian Freight Inc. is a machinery export and freight forwarding company founded in 2013, located in Agoura Hills, California, with machinery packed and loaded for export at our packing facility in Albion, Iowa, and licensed by the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission as an Ocean Transportation Intermediary (license 024914NF). We move used agricultural and construction machinery and John Deere parts from the United States and Canada to buyers in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.
From the USA and Canada to ports worldwide
Since 2013 we've shipped heavy equipment for international buyers: about 1,000 completed projects so far, for farms and job sites in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Machinery that ships in a container is packed and loaded at our main packing facility in Albion, Iowa, or at one of our partner packing yards across the US and Canada.
We work directly with Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, and CMA CGM, hold our own FMC license, and answer buyers in Ukrainian, Russian, Spanish, Kazakh, and English. One company, one invoice — pickup, dismantling, packing, documentation, and ocean freight.
Founder
Alexey Rybnikov is the CEO and founder of Meridian Freight Inc., which has shipped heavy equipment for international buyers since 2013: about 1,000 completed export projects so far. Alexey Rybnikov is the named author of the shipping guides on this site. Meridian Freight Inc. is licensed by the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission as an Ocean Transportation Intermediary (license 024914NF).
~1,000
projects completed
5.0
Google rating
FMC
licensed & bonded
13
years in business
Customer Reviews
Rated 5.0 by the people we ship for
Real reviews from our Google business listings — the Iowa packing facility and the California office. Every one is public and verifiable at the source.
M-Farm
Packing facility — Albion, Iowa
Meridian Freight Inc.
Office — Agoura Hills, California
“Best service! Highly recommended, the prices are the most reasonable out there.”
“Low rates. Good service. My friend who lived in Phoenix, AZ moved to Russia. Meridian loaded and delivered her container right to the destination.”
“Fast and high quality.”
Why Choose Us
Our Commitments
These are not marketing claims — they're how we operate on every shipment.
Credentials
Licensed for ocean, registered for air, trained to accept dangerous goods
The license, registrations and training behind our ocean and air work, and the body that issued each one.
FMC Ocean Transportation Intermediary (OTI) license
Federal Maritime Commission
- License no.
- 024914NF
IATA/CNS cargo agent code
Cargo Network Services (CNS), IATA's U.S. subsidiary
- Agent code
- 01108380000
TSA Indirect Air Carrier (IAC)
U.S. Transportation Security Administration
- IAC no.
- WE2412005
Valid through December 13, 2027
Dangerous goods by air, IATA DGR 7.3
Accepting dangerous goods consignments, recurrent training
DG Air Training Centre, WiseTech Academy (an IATA-approved CBTA training center)
Holder: Svitlana Gudkova, freight operations
Our air desk holds current IATA dangerous goods acceptance training (DGR 7.3), so we can check shipments with batteries, engines or other regulated items before they reach the airline.
- Certificate no.
- 8238-202610-1713209
Valid through October 31, 2028
Dangerous goods by air, IATA DGR 7.3
Accepting dangerous goods consignments, recurrent training
DG Air Training Centre, WiseTech Academy (an IATA-approved CBTA training center)
Holder: Alexey Rybnikov
IATA issued a digital award for this course. The course is designed to meet the training requirements of US DOT 49 CFR Part 172, Subpart H.
Verify the award at www.iata.org/training-authenticate- Certificate no.
- 8238-202610-1738780
Valid through October 31, 2028
Where We Operate
Our main packing facility is in Iowa — central enough to keep inland freight costs low. Partner packing yards and port warehouses across the US and Canada give us coverage wherever your equipment is.
Partner Facilities
- Fargo area
- Los Angeles area
- Houston area
- Baltimore area
- Norfolk/Hampton Roads area
- Charleston area
- Savannah area
- New York/New Jersey area
- Miami area
- Prince Rupert area
- Vancouver area
- Saskatoon area
- Winnipeg area
- Montreal area
Selected shipments from our project archive
- John Deere S680 - Dealer Purchase and Export(2019, Ukraine)
- Three DMI 730 Deep Rippers - Direct Towing and Container Export(2018, Russia)
- John Deere S670 - Houston to Kazakhstan via Poti(2026, Kazakhstan)
- John Deere 9600 - Auction Purchase and Export(2016, Ukraine)
- Easy Trail Grain Carts - Bolted Export Design(2019, Russia)
- Two John Deere S670 Combines - One Extended Rail Platform(2026, Kazakhstan)
- John Deere 9610 - Purchase During a Farmers Delegation Visit(2017, Ukraine)
- John Deere S670 - Marshalltown to Kazakhstan(2026, Kazakhstan)
- John Deere 9760 STS - Dealer Purchase and Surveyed Export(2016, Ukraine)
- John Deere 930F and Header Cart - Single-Trip Auction Pickup(2025, Kazakhstan)
- Four Cultivators - Legal-Weight Adjustment Before Export(2026, Ukraine)
- Four John Deere 930F Headers - Nebraska and Indiana Collection Plan(2025, Kazakhstan)
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