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Moving the combine intact to Houston was estimated at about $20,000 because of its width, weight and permit requirements. Competing end-to-end logistics proposals were reported to be nearly $10,000 higher than Meridian's selected approach. Meridian scheduled a mechanical crew to remove the tracks and place them on the same trailer behind the combine. The mechanical work cost several thousand dollars, but the redesigned configuration reduced the inland trucking charge to approximately $7,000. Alexey inspected the machine at the dealership and coordinated the mechanical work and loading. The combine reached Houston on schedule, was prepared for Flat Rack export and shipped to San Antonio, Chile.
Meridian loaded the cart and corn header together, moved the container to Houston and coordinated ocean shipment to Puerto Cabello.
In early May 2026 a US transport company hired us to export a Case IH Axial-Flow combine to Bolivia. We received the machine at the Port of Houston, washed it, and obtained the fumigation certificate. The combine was then secured on a flat rack, and an NCB inspector certified the load plan, lashing points, weight, and dimensions. With US customs export approval in hand, it sailed to the Port of Iquique, Chile, where the owner took delivery for the final leg into Bolivia.
An Iraqi dealer independently purchased a Volvo L120E wheel loader at auction. Meridian coordinated the auction release and collected it by lowboy. Because the bucket and transport dimensions made Flat Rack and Ro-Ro alternatives costly, Meridian proposed dismantling the machine for a 40-foot High Cube container. The chassis, wheels, cab and bucket were secured as separate assemblies. The container was booked from New York to Mersin; the shipment was in transit at the documented record date.
The combine was trucked from an authorized dealer near Saskatoon to Vancouver. Because the terminal did not have space to hold a loaded Flat Rack in the usual way, the port approved a direct-loading procedure. A narrow time window governed the entire sequence: the truck, operating equipment, gate access, terminal team and vessel operation all had to align. A delay or equipment failure could have caused the unit to miss loading. The Flat Rack was transferred directly from the arriving truck into the vessel-loading sequence. The combine then moved to China for onward trucking to Kazakhstan.
This Vermeer T1255 leaves the factory in Pella, Iowa in pieces — the self-propelled tractor at 155,000 lb, its attachment at another 117,000 lb, and the water system on pallets. Every piece is a permitted superload on its own, so the road leg to Port Hueneme gets planned backwards from the sailing date: a week of state permits before a truck can roll, then ten days of transit across the country. Nothing this size sees a container. The machine is booked with a roll-on/roll-off carrier out of California to Shanghai, and travels overland from there to the customer in Uzbekistan.
This John Deere self-propelled sprayer shipped fully assembled — no major components removed — on a specialized flat rack, preserving the factory configuration and cutting the time needed to get the machine field-ready after arrival. Before loading, our crew built custom wooden support structures to hold the sprayer securely, then lashed it down with certified straps to international ocean-freight standards. The flat rack reached Constanta, Romania in 54 days.
We secured a Case IH 9120 combine and its detached tires on a Hapag-Lloyd flat rack using custom wood blocking and grade-43 chain binders for the voyage to Montevideo. At 18,000 kg, load distribution was critical — we calculated the center of gravity and positioned the machine to stay within the flat rack's weight limits across all four corners. The shipment reached Montevideo, Uruguay in 30 days.
We hauled a John Deere 9650 STS combine on an oversized lowboy trailer from Nebraska to the Port of Houston, with the dual rear wheels strapped alongside on the trailer deck. At the port the combine was transferred onto a flat rack and shipped to the Port of Gdynia, Poland, where the buyer's representative took delivery for the final leg into Ukraine.
We shipped these Shelbourne stripper headers to a farmer in Kostanay, Kazakhstan. The loading solution: custom stands bolt directly to the header frames, letting us stack the headers one on top of another inside the container, while brackets bolted to the container floor keep the load from shifting in transit. Total transit took 70 days.
The Ukrainian dealer acquired and accumulated a varied group of used combine parts, including a John Deere S680 engine, augers, elevator assemblies and structural brackets. Meridian inventoried, marked and photographed the components before arranging them inside a 40-foot High Cube container. The task was completed successfully and the container was transferred in Chicago, where Meridian's responsibility ended. From there, the container continued to the Port of Gdynia, Poland, for the dealer-arranged final leg into Ukraine.
We shipped a John Deere W260 self-propelled windrower to Egypt on a Hapag-Lloyd flat rack with custom wood bracing and heavy-duty tie-downs at port. The header was crated separately to protect its sections during the 35-day ocean transit to Alexandria.
Pictured here: a John Deere self-propelled sprayer being positioned onto a flat rack. The wooden support stands were built and staged in advance, which sped up loading and gave the machine a solid footing for the ocean leg. The sprayer was handed over to the customer at the Port of Constanta, Romania after a 55-day transit.
A bird's-eye drone shot captures John Deere corn headers being loaded into an open-top container at our Albion, Iowa packing facility. The crane lowers each header straight down through the open top, with a few inches of clearance to the container walls. The shipment sailed for Ukraine, where the buyer took delivery.
A John Deere S670 combine sits at the port yard in Savannah, GA awaiting flat rack placement. A port forklift stands ready for final positioning before lashing. The combine shipped to Odesa on a Hapag-Lloyd flat rack and arrived in 36 days with zero transport damage.
This John Deere combine was purchased for a parts salvage business near Kyiv. We removed the necessary assemblies and components and loaded the combine into the container — everything fit except the wheels and the grain hopper. The container shipped to Ukraine, where the buyer took delivery.
A Shelbourne Reynolds CVS32 stripper header is guided into a 40ft container at our packing facility. A second, identical header shipped in the same load — the two were stacked one on top of the other for the journey. The shipment reached Kostanay, Kazakhstan after an 80-day transit.
A Hagie self-propelled detasseler rides a lowboy trailer, with the spare puller units packed in a wooden crate. We delivered the machine to the Port of Galveston, where it shipped whole — no disassembly — via RoRo through Istanbul to Tuapse, Russia.
A port crane lowers a Case IH Precision Air 500DS seeder cart onto a lowboy trailer at the Port of Poti, guided by a dockworker. The shipment traveled from Montana through the Mediterranean into the Black Sea, reaching Poti in 70 days, then continued by truck to Novosibirsk in Siberia. The buyer paired the cart with a Case IH drill for the fall planting campaign — the drill itself shipped separately in two containers.
Ricardo unstraps a 36-row Kinze 3700 planter as it arrives by lowboy trailer at our packing facility. From there the planter was disassembled, packed into a 40ft container, and delivered to the farmer in Russia's Tambov region.
A driver picks up a John Deere combine in winter conditions for the haul to our packing shop. There the combine was disassembled and loaded into two 40ft containers. After arrival in Vladivostok, the machine was reassembled and put to work in Russia.
We loaded a John Deere 4044R compact utility tractor with front-end loader onto a gooseneck trailer alongside a smaller JD zero-turn mower, strapping both units with heavy-duty ratchet binders. The package was consolidated at our Albion facility before shipping in a 40ft high-cube container — the tractor's ROPS was folded and the loader arms positioned for optimal space use. The shipment reached Almaty via Aktau port in 84 days.
A John Deere HydraFlex draper header rides a lowboy trailer to our warehouse, its reel locked in the travel position. The header shipped to Ukraine via the Port of Gdansk, with a total transit of 59 days.
A Shelbourne Reynolds XCV36 stripper header rides our branded Meridian Freight trailer from Colorado to our packing facility. Our in-house fleet handles the critical first mile — we load, strap, and haul equipment ourselves instead of trusting third-party carriers with the most damage-prone leg. Two identical headers then shipped in a container to Novosibirsk, Russia.
A Toyota forklift guides a John Deere 925F platform header onto a trailer at our packing facility, with workers directing the operator for precise placement. The header's reel was disassembled and the dividers removed; it shipped in a single 40ft container together with three more headers. The load reached Odesa — 36 days of it at sea via the Mediterranean route — arriving in time for the soybean harvest.
A MacDon D60 draper header rides a gooseneck trailer under overcast skies toward our packing shop in Iowa. There it was disassembled, packed into a container, and delivered to a farmer in Omsk, Russia.
A 32-row Kinze 3600 planter is towed on its own transport wheels through snowy fields to our packing shop. Winter pickups demand extra care — we verified the seed meters were emptied, the drive chains lubricated, and the row sections locked down. The planter was loaded into a 40ft container and delivered via Novorossiysk to Tikhoretsk, Russia.
In 2018, Meridian Freight organized the shipment of granite from Alicante, Spain, to the Port of Novorossiysk for a private farmer. The client selected the granite supplier, while Meridian Freight coordinated directly with the producer to arrange loading into two 20-foot containers. The company managed the international freight and coordinated payments for both the granite and its transportation.
In 2017, a CAT C18 engine from a Caterpillar MT865 tractor was sent to the United States for a complete remanufacturing. Meridian Freight arranged the consolidated international freight from Novorossiysk, received the engine in Houston and moved it to the specialized repair facility in Denver. After the rebuild, Meridian Freight coordinated repacking and return transportation to the owner through the Port of Novorossiysk.
Meridian Freight sourced and purchased a John Deere 9650 STS combine from AHW in Illinois for a private farming operation. The combine underwent an equipment inspection before export. Meridian Freight then coordinated inland transportation to the Port of Savannah, Flat Rack loading, the marine survey and ocean freight to the Port of Novorossiysk.
A John Deere 9650 STS combine was purchased from Sloan Implement for a private farming operation. Meridian Freight coordinated equipment selection, inspection, inland transportation to the Port of Savannah, loading and ocean freight to the Port of Novorossiysk.
Meridian Freight purchased a John Deere 9760 STS combine at an online auction for a private farming operation. The client followed the auction remotely and directed the bidding strategy, while Meridian Freight placed bids on the client's behalf. After the purchase, Meridian Freight coordinated collection, inland transportation, export preparation, Flat Rack loading and ocean freight through Savannah to Novorossiysk.
In 2014, a John Deere 9860 STS combine was purchased at an auction in Winner, South Dakota, for a large agricultural equipment dealer in Northern Ukraine. Meridian Freight arranged transportation within the United States, loading at the Port of Savannah and ocean freight to the Port of Odesa.
In 2014, Meridian Freight purchased a John Deere 9860 STS combine at an online auction for a large agricultural equipment dealer in Northern Ukraine. A client representative followed the auction and directed the bidding strategy, while Meridian Freight placed bids on the client's behalf. The combine was purchased in Illinois and moved to the Port of Houston, where it was loaded onto a Flat Rack for ocean freight to the Port of Odesa.
Meridian Freight purchased a John Deere 9870 STS combine from Randall Brothers in Holgate, Ohio, for an agricultural equipment dealer in Ukraine. The combine was transported by lowboy trailer to the Port of Savannah, loaded onto a Flat Rack and shipped by ocean freight to the Port of Odesa, where it was released to the client.
In 2018, Meridian Freight consolidated two Case IH 2020 headers, two John Deere 930 headers and one Case IH 4900 cultivator. The client selected the equipment through U.S. online listings, while Meridian Freight collected the units from the sellers and moved them to its packing facility. The equipment was prepared and loaded into a 40-foot Hard Top Open Top container, then routed through Chicago and the Port of New York for ocean freight to the Port of Odesa.
In 2019, Meridian Freight purchased three John Deere 980 cultivators from local farmers for a large agricultural equipment dealer in Ukraine. The cultivators were collected and taken to the packing facility, where they were disassembled, prepared for export and loaded into a container. The container moved through Chicago and the Port of New York to the Port of Odesa.
In 2014, Meridian Freight purchased a John Deere 9610 combine at an auction in Illinois for a large agricultural equipment dealer in Ukraine. Meridian Freight arranged inland transportation to the Port of Savannah, where the combine was loaded onto a Flat Rack for ocean freight to the Port of Odesa.
In 2014, Meridian Freight purchased a John Deere 9610 combine at an auction near Assumption, Illinois, for a large agricultural equipment dealer in Ukraine. The client's representative monitored the auction and directed the bidding while Meridian Freight placed the bids. After the purchase, the combine was moved by truck to the Port of Savannah, loaded onto a Flat Rack and shipped to the Port of Odesa.
In 2014, Meridian Freight purchased a 30-foot Great Plains mechanical no-till drill from an equipment dealer in Ohio for an agricultural equipment dealer in Ukraine. Meridian Freight transported the drill using its own equipment to the packing facility, where the machine was disassembled, prepared for export and loaded into a container. The container then moved through Chicago and the Port of New York to the Port of Odesa.
In 2014, Meridian Freight purchased a CLAAS Lexion 480 combine at an auction near Minneapolis, Minnesota, for an agricultural equipment dealer in Ukraine. Meridian Freight managed inland transportation to the Port of Savannah, Flat Rack loading and ocean freight to the Port of Odesa.
In 2014, Meridian Freight organized the purchase and shipment of four John Deere 925 headers and one John Deere 980 cultivator. The headers were purchased from local farmers and the cultivator at auction. Meridian Freight handled acquisition, delivery to the packing facility, disassembly, export preparation, freight booking and loading into a 40-foot Open Top container. The container was routed through Chicago and the Port of New York to the Port of Odesa, where it was released to the client's representatives.
In 2014, Meridian Freight prepared and loaded four John Deere 925F headers, one John Deere 960 cultivator and one John Deere 980 cultivator into a single 40-foot Open Top container at its packing facility. The container was transported through the Port of New York and shipped to the Port of Odesa for an agricultural equipment dealer in Ukraine.
In 2014, Meridian Freight prepared a consolidated equipment shipment for an agricultural equipment dealer in Ukraine. Four headers, two John Deere cultivators and one John Deere 7000 planter with a liquid fertilizer system were loaded into one 40-foot Open Top container. The headers included a Case IH 2020 and two John Deere 925 units. The container moved through Chicago and New York to Odesa.
In 2016, Meridian Freight purchased a CLAAS Lexion 570R combine at auction for an agricultural equipment dealer in Ukraine. Meridian Freight coordinated inland transportation from Illinois to the Port of Savannah, where the combine was loaded onto a Flat Rack and shipped by ocean freight to the Port of Odesa.
In 2016, Meridian Freight purchased a John Deere 9610 combine at an auction in Indiana for an agricultural equipment dealer in Ukraine. The combine was transported to the Port of Savannah, loaded onto a Flat Rack and shipped to the Port of Odesa.
In 2015, Meridian Freight purchased a John Deere 9750 STS combine at auction for an agricultural equipment dealer in Ukraine. Meridian Freight handled transportation to the Port of Savannah, where the combine was loaded and secured on a Flat Rack and documented in a marine survey report. Meridian Freight then coordinated ocean freight to the Port of Odesa and release to the client.
In 2015, Meridian Freight purchased a CLAAS Lexion 480 combine at an auction in the United States for an agricultural equipment dealer in Ukraine. The combine was moved from Wisconsin to the Port of Savannah, loaded onto a Flat Rack and shipped to the Port of Odesa.
In 2019, Meridian Freight sourced Duport liquid fertilizer application equipment for a private farmer in Russia's Krasnodar Region. The equipment included a Duport PTW 5600 L and a Duport Liquiliser Injector SW 80-32, available directly from the Duport factory in the Netherlands. The factory disassembled and prepared the equipment for container loading, while Meridian Freight coordinated the purchase, transportation and ocean freight to the Port of Novorossiysk.
In 2019, Meridian Freight purchased a John Deere 4940 self-propelled sprayer for a farming operation in Ukraine. It was transported to the Savannah port area, loaded and secured on a Hapag-Lloyd Flat Rack, and inspected by the National Cargo Bureau. During transshipment in Piraeus, Greece, damage to the securing system was discovered and formally documented. Meridian Freight organized new supports and complete re-securing and re-lashing before the shipment continued to Odesa.
In 2019, Meridian Freight purchased a John Deere S680 combine from a John Deere dealer in Indiana for a farming operation in Ukraine. The dealer inspected the combine before shipment. Meridian Freight then coordinated inland transportation to the Port of Savannah, Flat Rack loading and ocean freight to the Port of Odesa, where the equipment was released to the client.
Meridian Freight organized the purchase, consolidation and shipment of two Caterpillar loaders and a BMW X5 for a client in Irkutsk. The Caterpillar 262B and 272C were purchased at auction; the BMW X5 was purchased from a BMW dealer in Dallas and moved to the packing facility. All three vehicles were positioned and secured in one 40-foot High Cube container. Meridian Freight arranged freight to the Port of Novorossiysk, where the client collected the container for transport to the client's warehouse in Irkutsk.
In 2016, Meridian Freight purchased a new 30-foot Bentley boat manufactured in Georgia for a private client in Ukraine. The boat was prepared for international transportation, wrapped in protective film and moved to the Port of Savannah. At the port, Meridian Freight coordinated loading into a 40-foot Hard Top Open Top container and arranged ocean freight to the Port of Odesa.
In 2016, Meridian Freight purchased a John Deere 9600 combine at auction for a large farming operation in Ukraine. Meridian Freight coordinated inland transportation to the Port of Savannah, where the combine was loaded and secured on a Flat Rack. Ocean freight was then arranged to the Port of Odesa.
In 2017, Meridian Freight organized a United States trip for a delegation of Ukrainian farmers visiting agricultural equipment dealers. During a visit to Sloan Implement in Illinois, the group selected a John Deere 9610 combine. Meridian Freight helped negotiate the price and transaction terms; the combine was purchased and moved to the port without delay. Meridian Freight coordinated transportation to Savannah, Flat Rack loading and ocean freight to Odesa.
In 2016, Meridian Freight purchased a John Deere 9760 STS combine from AHW in Illinois for a farming operation in Ukraine. The combine was transported to the Port of Savannah, loaded onto a Flat Rack and inspected by a marine surveyor before export. The survey report documented the combine's dimensions, weight, loading condition and other shipment details. Meridian Freight then coordinated ocean freight to the Port of Odesa, where the combine was released to the client.
A three-person Meridian crew spent four days disassembling and preparing the equipment at the company's packing facility. The cargo required a deliberate loading sequence. Heavy cultivator and harrow frames could not be placed against the seed drill without risking damage to its more fragile assemblies. The team planned the position of each frame and component so the load remained stable while using the available container space. The equipment itself weighed slightly more than 20 metric tons, close to the planned cargo-weight limit for this container. A routine loading approach was therefore unsuitable: both weight distribution and separation between heavy and vulnerable components had to be controlled throughout the operation. Meridian completed the packing and delivered the sealed container to Chicago. The onward route continued through New York and Haifa to Odesa without reported delay, damage or route change.
Meridian sourced and purchased the four machines in consultation with the participating farms. The mixed shipment combined several heavy tillage frames with a 25-ft grain drill whose seed boxes were the most vulnerable parts of the load. A standard closed container was considered, but the heavy assemblies would have had to be stacked close to the roof. That arrangement would have made destination unloading difficult and increased the risk of damage. Meridian therefore selected an Open Top container and used a crane to control the placement of the equipment from above. The heavy frames were positioned below, while the grain drill and its more fragile seed boxes were kept at the top of the load. This sequence also allowed the receiving team in Primorsky Krai to lift the drill out by crane before unloading the heavier components. The equipment weighed approximately 20 metric tons. The container traveled by rail from Chicago across the Canadian border to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, then by ocean service through Busan to Vladivostok. Approximate transit time was 55 days. Meridian's responsibility ended in Vladivostok. The farms completed unloading, reassembly and commissioning with their own teams. No delay, damage, missing component or route change was reported.
Meridian sourced the planter from a Michigan dealer, inspected it and brought it to the packing facility. Its 47 row units and dense network of pneumatic lines, hoses and wiring made this a four-day disassembly project. The team removed the row units and disconnected, organized and protected the associated hoses and electrical connections. Grain hoppers and other large assemblies were suspended and positioned with the smaller components around them. The principal frame was not cut. Instead, the machine was reduced to its transportable assemblies and packed so that approximately 95% of the container volume was used while preserving the frame's structural integrity. Meridian then coordinated the move through Long Beach and Busan to Vladivostok.
The parts supported machinery Meridian had shipped to the two farms several years earlier as part of an equipment program totaling approximately 30 containers. A John Deere dealer assembled and initially packed the new order, which also included Caterpillar D6 components. Because the shipment contained high-value parts and many separate line items, Meridian opened every box at its warehouse, identified and photographed the contents, and recorded the weight of each box, crate and pallet before repacking. This inventory and documentation process took approximately five days. The completed load filled nearly the entire container and included about ten palletized groups. Air freight for the consolidated order was considered at an estimated cost of approximately $18,000-$20,000. Container transportation was selected at a confirmed cost of about $5,500, producing a substantial gross transportation saving while keeping the main order together. One Caterpillar D6 required an urgent set of all 360 undercarriage bolts as well as a navigation system before the seasonal work could proceed. Alexey personally carried the urgent items in two cases weighing approximately 35 kilograms each. The cases were screened by X-ray, opened for inspection and released by the authorities. He reached Vladivostok and delivered the items directly to the farming operation within approximately three days. The main container moved through Long Beach and Busan to Vladivostok. Meridian's responsibility ended when the cargo was released to the client through the local temporary-storage warehouse. No delay, damage or route change was reported, and the parts were available for preparation of the equipment before the harvest season.
The three machines were purchased from private farmers rather than at auction. Alexey visited the farms, inspected the equipment and negotiated the transactions directly with the sellers. Each DMI 730 was approximately 18 ft wide in both working and road-transport configuration and weighed about 6.5 metric tons. Meridian used its own truck to tow the implements over rural Midwestern roads for several hundred miles to the packing facility, subject to the applicable routing requirements. Moving an implement this wide on a lowboy would first require partial disassembly and specialized loading. That alternative was estimated at approximately $6,000-$7,000 per machine. Direct towing cost about $1,500 per machine, producing estimated gross inland savings of approximately $13,500-$16,500 across all three units. At the facility, Meridian disassembled the rippers and marked related components with orange identification marks for reassembly. The three principal frames were positioned on edge along the container walls. Total equipment weight was approximately 19.5 metric tons. The container moved through Chicago, Long Beach and Busan to Vladivostok, where Meridian's responsibility ended. The customer reassembled and placed the machines in service without reported delay, damage, missing components or route change.
Meridian ordered two new grain carts directly from the manufacturer. The factory delivered fully assembled units so they could be commissioned and checked before export preparation. Three people spent four days dismantling the carts. Every bolted connection was removed, each section was numbered and labeled, and the components were compactly arranged on the carts' own frames before being wrapped and secured. The fully bolted export design was central to the solution. Many grain carts are fabricated with welded bodies, which are not designed for routine disassembly and later reassembly. Easy Trail's bolted configuration allowed the machines to be packed efficiently without cutting welded structural seams. Both units were loaded into a container and routed through Long Beach and Busan to Vladivostok. The comparison is a design distinction, not a judgment about other manufacturers or packing providers.
Meridian located and purchased the approximately 13-metric-ton land leveler for a private rice farm. Moving the complete machine from the Arkansas dealer to Meridian's facility for disassembly would have added approximately $3,000-$4,000 in inland transportation. Meridian instead negotiated with the selling dealer to dismantle and load the equipment at its own premises. An empty container was positioned from Memphis at the dealer's loading area, and the dealer followed Meridian's loading instructions before the sealed container returned to the Memphis terminal. The shipment included valuable Topcon precision-leveling equipment. Meridian also located a compatible used controller, arranged for the seller to test it and provide operating video, and packed it in the same container. The controller connected to the Topcon antenna and allowed the land-leveling system to be adjusted from the tractor cab. The container traveled from Memphis through Savannah to Novorossiysk in approximately 35-40 days. The dealer-site plan saved about $4,000 in inland cost. No delay, damage or route change was reported, and Meridian's responsibility ended at the Port of Novorossiysk. The customer subsequently commissioned the equipment and continued to operate it.
This follow-on project began approximately three months after the preceding land-leveler shipment for the same customer. Meridian sourced and purchased the Reynolds LSE 14 in Oklahoma after the farmer recognized the economic and operating value of obtaining specialized U.S. land-leveling equipment. The principal frame would not fit inside a standard closed container. A Flat Rack or MAFI shipment was available, and cutting the frame for later welding was also considered. Meridian rejected the cutting option because the strength and alignment of the restored welds could not be assured as confidently as retaining the original frame. Meridian located a comparatively uncommon 20-ft Open Top container supplied by Hapag-Lloyd and arranged crane loading in Houston. The upper part of the leveler extended approximately 5 ft, or 1.5 m, above the open roof. Compared with the Flat Rack or MAFI alternatives, the Open Top plan produced estimated gross savings of approximately $4,000-$5,000. For the Oklahoma-to-Houston road leg, Meridian matched the load with a licensed carrier returning toward its home market near Houston. The carrier's operating authority and the driver's commercial credentials were checked before dispatch. Using this available backhaul capacity saved an additional estimated $1,500-$2,000 compared with sending a dedicated local truck from Houston. Combined estimated gross savings were therefore approximately $5,500-$7,000. The shipment reached Novorossiysk without reported delay, damage or route change, and Meridian's responsibility ended at the port.
The Ukrainian dealer independently sourced and purchased the sprayer. Meridian collected it in Illinois and arranged the road move on a lowboy equipped with outriggers, which were required to support the machine's width. At the export facility, the sprayer's height and undercarriage geometry required substantial timber blocking and purpose-built support platforms. A crane placed the machine onto the Flat Rack, where the supports distributed the load and established the required transport position. Full containerization was considered, but it would have required more disassembly than the customer could reverse with the technical resources available at its site. Ro-Ro was also evaluated and was approximately $3,000-$4,000 more expensive than the selected Flat Rack solution. The shipment traveled through Savannah to Odesa in approximately 40 days. Meridian's responsibility ended at the Port of Odesa. No delay, damage or route change was reported, and the customer placed the sprayer in service.
The client independently purchased the combine in Illinois. Ro-Ro transportation was considered, but Meridian selected a 40-ft Flat Rack plan that reduced the estimated transportation cost by approximately $3,500. Before Meridian received the machine, the selling dealer had removed the unloading auger and secured it along the side of the combine to reduce the shipping dimensions. Meridian later determined that this work was not required for the selected Flat Rack arrangement, but the preparation had already been completed and the auger remained secured in that position for transport. Meridian loaded and lashed the combine on the Flat Rack and coordinated the route through Savannah to Odesa. Transit time was approximately 40 days. Meridian's responsibility ended at the Port of Odesa, and no delay, damage or route change was reported before the machine entered service.
The customer required full English-language commercial coordination for this specialized onion-harvesting machine. Meridian contacted the Idaho manufacturer, conducted the negotiations and established an agreed transaction structure under which the customer paid Meridian and Meridian paid the factory. The manufacturer built the harvester for the order. After production, Meridian positioned an empty container from Tacoma directly at the factory loading dock. The manufacturer loaded and secured its own machine inside the container, using its product knowledge to control the factory loading arrangement. The sealed container returned to Tacoma and traveled across the Pacific, continuing through the Asian and Indian Ocean routing network before reaching Odesa. The approximately 80-90-day transit reflected the long routing from the U.S. Pacific Northwest to the Black Sea. Meridian's responsibility ended at the Port of Odesa. The project was completed without reported delay or damage.
Meridian located the 2006 Kinze 3720 at a privately owned farm near its packing facility, inspected the available configuration and coordinated the purchase for the customer. The 36-row planter weighed approximately 12 metric tons. Shipping the assembled machine by Ro-Ro or Flat Rack was expected to add approximately $10,000-$15,000 to the transportation cost. Meridian instead developed a disassembly plan for a 40-ft High Cube container. Because the receiving farmer had not previously assembled this type of planter, the team identified and labeled the removed components and prepared assembly guidance. The principal frame had to be drawn into the container with very little clearance, leaving almost no margin for positioning error. The remaining components were organized around the secured frame. Grain boxes were stacked carefully, additional parts were placed in a box along the right side, and the main assemblies were restrained with transport webbing. The container traveled through Chicago and New York to Novorossiysk in approximately 45 days. Meridian's responsibility ended at the port. No delay, damage, missing component or route change was reported, and the customer reassembled and placed the planter in service.
New Orleans was the practical export gateway, but the route to the terminal passed through the center of the city. The approximately 12-ft-high sprayer traveled on a Flat Rack set on a lowboy, increasing the overall transport height. Meridian coordinated permits, a lead escort, a rear escort and police-managed traffic control. Bridge clearances and the approach to the port were reviewed because the combined height could not pass beneath every structure on a standard route. The sprayer reached the terminal and was shipped to Novorossiysk. During a 2020 visit to the farm, Meridian's team observed the machine still working in the field.
Meridian connected two existing farming customers and coordinated one consolidated shipment for their separate requirements. The John Deere 7200 was purchased for a farm in Central Russia, while the two AT3000 fertilizer applicators were intended for a farm in Krasnodar Region. The two AT3000 units used different opener configurations: one had disc openers and the other used shank-type openers. The customer required ground-driven mechanical pumps operated through the implement wheels. One applicator lacked the complete system, so Meridian purchased a new pump and the related drive equipment before export. The principal loading risk came from combining delicate planter components with the large, heavy applicator frames. Plastic parts could be crushed if the frames shifted or were stacked in the wrong sequence. Meridian first placed the vulnerable plastic components on racks near the container roof and protected them with carefully positioned wheels. Heavy frames were then arranged through the center and toward the door end of the container, together with the associated connections, hoses and wheels. The sequence preserved access for unloading and kept the approximately 18.5 metric tons of equipment distributed around the container's longitudinal centerline rather than concentrated to one side. Ro-Ro and Flat Rack transportation were considered, but consolidating all three machines in one container provided the more practical economic solution and allowed the sealed cargo to continue to the receiving farm without intermediate unpacking. Meridian's responsibility ended at the Port of Novorossiysk. The complete load continued to the Krasnodar farm, where it was unloaded and divided. The Central Russia customer collected the John Deere 7200, assembled it and placed it in service; the Krasnodar customer retained and commissioned both AT3000 applicators. No delay, damage or route change was reported.
Meridian located the used Kinze 2600 at a nearby dealer, purchased it for the customer and collected it with company equipment. The 24-row planter weighed approximately 9 metric tons. Its liquid fertilizer system had operated in a corrosive environment, and a number of fasteners had seized. The disassembly team used controlled localized heating where necessary to release the affected bolts and separate the assemblies without damaging the surrounding structure. Ro-Ro and Flat Rack shipment were available, but their cost was difficult to justify for this machine. Meridian dismantled the planter, positioned the fertilizer tanks and frame inside a standard container, and coordinated the route through Chicago and New York to Novorossiysk. Meridian advised the customer that the row-unit carriages on this Kinze 2600 configuration could not be repositioned easily to the 70 cm, or approximately 28 in, spacing commonly used for corn in Eastern Europe. The wheel-support structure obstructed the required carriage positions, and changing the spacing would have required substantial modification of the wheel assembly. The customer elected to proceed with the purchase after this limitation was explained. After delivery, the farm determined that altering the wheelbase or carriage positions was impractical and used the planter for soybeans, for which the existing row configuration was acceptable to its operating plan. Meridian's responsibility ended at the Port of Novorossiysk. No delay, damage or route change was reported, and the customer assembled and placed the planter in service.
Meridian purchased the tractor at auction in Minnesota and moved it to the packing facility. Its dimensions and weight made conventional container placement impractical. The team disassembled the machine and fabricated a steel rail system to guide, position and secure it inside the container. The custom structure enabled controlled loading while supporting the tractor for the ocean voyage. Meridian coordinated shipment to Novorossiysk, where the tractor was cleared and released. It was later acquired by a farm in Primorsky Krai and moved approximately 9,000 kilometers across Russia by rail; the customer reported that the tractor remained in service.
Meridian handled a second 2026 shipment of an identical Vermeer T1255 cutter attachment from Iowa to Port Hueneme for planned Ro-Ro movement to Shanghai. The 117,000-pound attachment required oversized and overweight permits and a terminal lift plan. Meridian obtained the manufacturer’s lifting data, coordinated the port engineering review and reserved a suitable crane. The attachment was transferred to a MAFI platform under the approved plan. Vessel departure and final delivery were still planned at that stage.
The dealer independently purchased a large assortment of used parts from U.S. agricultural dismantlers and salvage yards and delivered the components to Meridian's property. Meridian received and stored the cargo until the complete order was ready for consolidation. The principal challenge was fitting many irregular, heavy components into one container while maintaining stable weight distribution and a workable unloading sequence. Meridian developed a dense, three-dimensional arrangement similar to a Tetris layout, using the available voids around the larger parts. The cargo weighed approximately 15 metric tons. Meridian loaded, secured and delivered the container to the Chicago terminal without reported delay, damage or route change during its scope. The client arranged all transportation after Chicago. Meridian did not receive a damage claim or other complaint following handoff, but no independent final-delivery result is attributed.
Meridian coordinated the inland rail move to an Ontario export terminal and the planned ocean route to Gdansk. The final road leg from Poland to the dealer network in Ukraine followed the ocean arrival.
The Ukrainian dealer independently sourced the three headers and three augers and delivered them to Meridian. Containerization was required for this project; the operational question was how to combine equipment of different lengths and shapes without creating damage or an impossible unloading sequence. Meridian nested one header inside another and constructed a second loading level above the lower machines. The approximately 30-ft John Deere 630F was positioned on the upper level with a deliberate offset to the right so the remaining components could fit around it. Two New Holland header augers and one Case IH header auger were then placed and secured alongside the header structure in a planned sequence. The team balanced the combined load, restrained the long components and preserved practical access for removing the equipment at destination. Meridian delivered the container to Chicago without reported delay, damage or route change during its documented scope. The client arranged the international and final legs, so no final-delivery result is attributed to Meridian.
The two used headers arrived without the manufacturer's stacking brackets normally fitted to dedicated connection points. Meridian sourced steel, cut and drilled the material, and welded a custom bracket set that allowed one header to be carried above the other without improvising attachment points on the equipment. After both units were lashed, the container moved with MSC through Poti. It continued by rail to Baku, crossed the Caspian Sea on a rail ferry to Aktau and proceeded toward Kostanay Region. Final unloading took place at the farm in Karabalyk, north of Kostanay. Zernovaya Industriya's Agbidai unit handled the operation with a crane and forklifts. The customer reported that the headers arrived without damage after an approximately 90-day multimodal route.
The dealer sourced and purchased the sprayer independently. Meridian prepared it for container transportation and coordinated the U.S. and ocean legs to Riga. Meridian did not perform the Riga-to-Kazakhstan road leg; the dealer engaged a separate carrier for that segment.
Meridian received a multi-unit crane shipment arriving from Hamburg and coordinated local delivery from the Port of Houston. The sections remained on Flat Racks for the short inland move. After unloading at the customer's site, Meridian returned the empty carrier equipment to the port.
Meridian collected the sprayer in Iowa, moved it to Savannah and coordinated its Flat Rack shipment to Poti. At Poti, the machine was transferred into the rail system for the onward Caspian route to Kazakhstan.
The dealer directed the auction purchases. Meridian fully disassembled and arranged the four cultivators for one container. The planned cargo weight reached approximately 28 metric tons before container tare. Meridian removed part of one cultivator rather than dispatch a container above the permitted operating weight. The compliant load then moved through Chicago to Gdynia.
At approximately 14-15 metric tons and with about 300 components removed or managed, the 4940 required substantially more preparation than smaller sprayers. The fuel tank was too wide to pass through the container in its operating orientation and sat beneath the cab. The team lifted off the cab with a telehandler, removed and reoriented the fuel tank, then reinstalled the cab for transport. Custom steel skids were fabricated so the main chassis could be drawn into the 40-ft high-cube container in a controlled manner. A three-person crew worked a 15-hour day as the scheduled truck waited. When the safe loading sequence could not be completed that evening, Meridian stopped the operation and rescheduled the truck rather than rush the final placement. Loading was completed in daylight the next day. A minor roof-component issue identified during loading was addressed by obtaining a replacement component and including it in the container before dispatch. The sealed shipment moved through Chicago and New York to Riga. No reassembly was performed there; the disassembled sprayer was transloaded to the dealer's European truck. The onward carrier later damaged the hood after Meridian's Riga scope had ended. Meridian nevertheless assisted the dealer after delivery with locating a replacement used hood for a future shipment.
Meridian received the dealer-purchased headers, prepared and disassembled them, and created a nested arrangement with one unit positioned above another. The complete load was secured in one container and routed through Poti for onward delivery to Kazakhstan.
The attachment measured 17.3 ft long, 10.0 ft wide and 10.5 ft high. At 117,000 lb, or approximately 53.1 metric tons, it required oversize permits and a specialized trailer for the move from Iowa to Galveston. Port handling was built around a one-hour crane window. The driver had to reach the assigned position on time so the attachment could be lifted from the trailer to a MAFI without disrupting the terminal's cargo sequence. The truck met the slot, the crane completed the transfer and the stevedore secured the attachment on the MAFI. Alexey then spent several hours at the terminal checking the serial number, lashing arrangement and documented securing points before vessel loading. Meridian coordinated the factory-to-port inland movement and the ocean segment to China within the project structure led by Lion Group.
After the dealer identified the machine, Meridian contacted the seller, inspected the combine and arranged transport to Houston. The combine moved on a 40-ft Flat Rack to Poti, where it was transferred to rail for the Caspian route to Kazakhstan.
Meridian and the farmer selected a Kinze 3700 planter and VSet vacuum-planting equipment. The export license application was then prepared, including a documented export authorization package. The container remained sealed under the approved transit plan after the carrier changed the planned Novorossiysk call. Meridian coordinated confirmation of the authorization during the Georgia transit process, and the load continued through Georgia and Azerbaijan to the farm. The planter was substantially reassembled and connected to a Kirovets tractor.
The dealer identified the windrower in Montana. Meridian completed the purchase, collected the machine and removed the assemblies needed to fit it into a container with other equipment. Meridian coordinated the shipment to Riga. The dealer handled the onward transloading and overland movement to Kazakhstan.
The dealer's U.S. representative sourced the cargo. Meridian collected parts from the supplier, received the headers in Albion, prepared and loaded the shipment, and delivered the container to Chicago.
Meridian received the Flat Racks at the Port of Houston and delivered the crane sections to a nearby customer site while they remained on carrier equipment. After the customer unloaded the sections, Meridian returned the empty Flat Racks to the port.
A standard Georgian rail platform could not carry both combines together. Meridian located a scarce extended platform and arranged the two machines on the same rail unit after their ocean arrival in Poti. The large wheels did not fit with the combines and traveled separately. Before allocating the separate wheel-transport cost, the single-platform design produced estimated gross savings of approximately $8,000-$9,000 compared with two standard platforms. Because the wheel cost served several consolidated machines, the precise net saving cannot be isolated. The documented outcome was still a reduction of several thousand dollars.
Meridian's local partners removed the wheels and positioned both sprayers on a single rail platform in Poti. Wheels from these and other machines in the same consolidation were packed separately in a container. Compared with two independent rail platforms, the arrangement generated estimated gross savings of about $6,000 before allocating the cost of the separate wheel container. Because that container served several machines, the exact net saving for these two sprayers cannot be isolated, but it remained several thousand dollars.
Meridian coordinated receipt of tower-crane sections at Norfolk, configured the lowboy movement and delivered them to a New York State construction site. The documented work covers the port-side transfer from carrier equipment to the trailer and the final site transfer from the lowboy.
The approximately 70-metric-ton unit required a lowboy and specialized handling for the move to Galveston. Meridian coordinated domestic trucking, export documentation, customs filing, port transfer to a MAFI and the ocean segment to China. Alexey attended the Galveston handling operation. The onward China-to-Kyrgyzstan segment was outside Meridian's scope.
The dealer purchased the equipment independently. Meridian received the cargo, disassembled and packed it, loaded the container and delivered it to Chicago.
Meridian removed the side wheels and prepared the combine for a Flat Rack move through Savannah. The ocean route continued via Piraeus to Odesa, where the cargo was released to the client.
The engines were later consolidated into a container for shipment to Gdansk and onward delivery to Ukraine.
Meridian combined four headers with boxed parts and disc-harrow components in one 40-ft Open Top container.
Four front wheels were loaded on the rear of the trailer and two rear wheels at the front. The non-folding grain tank increased the transport height and required additional permits for the road move to Savannah. The combine was then prepared for Flat Rack shipment to Poti and onward delivery to Kazakhstan.
Two headers were positioned in the lower loading arrangement and two above them. Meridian completed the packing and lashing, then delivered the container to the Chicago terminal.
Meridian arranged the mixed load in one 40-ft container.
SOC means Shipper-Owned Container: the box is owned by the shipper or customer rather than supplied temporarily by the ocean carrier. For this Ukrainian dealer's shipment, Meridian fabricated internal supports and platforms to create usable loading levels, distribute weight and protect the mixed equipment. The same SOC model can be particularly useful on Kazakhstan routes through Poti. Ownership avoids ocean-carrier container detention or demurrage for retaining the box, although port storage and other local charges can still apply. It also lets the customer choose truck or rail based on capacity, price and timing rather than a carrier's container-return plan. An SOC can move more quickly when the customer controls the inland handoff, and it remains a storage asset at the farm or dealership after delivery. Those benefits are project-specific and depend on the route, carrier acceptance and local rules.
The dealer brought both new and used parts to Meridian's site with the four headers. Meridian prepared and loaded the mixed cargo, then handed the container over at the Chicago terminal.
Meridian nested and secured four Flex headers in a single 40-ft container and delivered the unit to Chicago. The dealer controlled the ocean and final legs after handoff.
In 2026, Meridian loaded a 25-foot Case IH 2020 header and used agricultural parts onto a lowboy and transported them to its packing facility. The equipment was scheduled for disassembly and export preparation after arrival.
Meridian moved the combine from Marshalltown to Savannah, transferred it to a Flat Rack and coordinated ocean shipment to Poti. At Poti, the machine was placed into the rail network for delivery to the dealer in Kazakhstan.
Several machines reached Poti within the same operating window. Meridian coordinated their placement across enclosed railcars and open platforms so the available rail capacity was used as fully as practical. Coordinated allocation across the train reduced unused space and lowered the dealer's total onward transportation cost.
It shows employees Roberto and Ricardo dismantling one of the largest and heaviest cultivators produced in the Wil-Rich X5 line, supported by a CAT TL943 telehandler and a Toyota forklift. Meridian legally purchased the cultivator at Pocahontas Machinery Auction in Pocahontas, Iowa, with the client's participation. A standard intact shipment was not commercially practical. The frame was too large for a conventional container, while Flat Rack or Ro-Ro alternatives did not provide an efficient solution for this project. Meridian coordinated the dismantling plan with the client's technical team and completed four specifically selected engineering cuts. The cuts were limited to agreed locations so the machine could be restored after delivery. Two employees spent two full days on disassembly, followed by several additional hours for container loading. The approximately 6-metric-ton cultivator moved through Chicago and New York to Gdansk. Meridian's responsibility ended at Gdansk, after which the dealer arranged transportation into Ukraine. The machine was reassembled and returned to operating condition.
The folded cultivator was approximately 15-16 ft wide, with working tools extending beyond the main frame. Meridian selected an appropriate rural route and moved the machine approximately 320 miles at controlled agricultural-equipment speeds. Meridian legally purchased the Tiger-Mate II for the dealer. It was later combined with two John Deere 980 cultivators in one container. All three machines had rear spring-harrow assemblies, creating a large number of steel frames, shanks, wheels and fasteners that had to be separated and positioned deliberately. The loading plan placed long heavy frames along the container walls, the densest cultivator components near the center, lighter wheels toward the forward section and boxed fasteners near the doors. This layout was designed to keep the cargo mass balanced rather than allowing either end of the container to become disproportionately heavy. The equipment inside the container weighed approximately 19,900 kilograms. Transit through New York to Gdansk took about 28 days without a reported delay or damage within Meridian's scope. The dealer completed onward delivery, assembly and sale in Ukraine.
The dealer purchased the header through a BigIron auction representative and delivered it to Meridian's facility. Meridian's assignment was limited to the technical disassembly, packing and transfer of the loaded container in Chicago. The header required deeper disassembly than the more common 30-ft Flex headers. The side panels and multiple auger-related elements were removed so the complete machine could fit within a standard 40-foot High Cube container. The header remained on a transport cart during the work so the crew could reach both sides safely and position removed components in sequence. Deep disassembly occupied one full day. Loading took approximately three hours on the second day. Responsibility ended when Meridian delivered the packed container in Chicago; the dealer controlled the onward shipment to Ukraine.
Meridian acquired the windrower and matching header in Canada. The equipment was loaded onto a lowboy, cleared across the Canada-US border through Meridian's customs agent and delivered to the company's packing facility. The machine was dismantled and placed in a 40-foot High Cube container for routing through New York and Klaipeda to Kazakhstan. This was a controlled, routine containerization project rather than a cost-comparison case: no special delay, damage or loading complication was reported. The equipment reached Kazakhstan, was reassembled and entered service.
Meridian handled this container movement from Puerto Rico to Houston as part of its warehouse-to-warehouse service. Containers on this service commonly carry vehicles, automotive parts, household goods and other approved general cargo. Meridian’s role covered container coordination, ocean movement and transfer between the originating and receiving warehouses.
The dealer purchased the sprayer in Illinois. Ro-Ro and Flat Rack transportation were available, but the project schedule allowed the machine to be dismantled and later reassembled. Meridian therefore proposed a 40-foot High Cube container solution expected to save approximately $5,000 against an alternative third-party transport quotation. The boom sections were secured in the upper left and right corners of the container. Other heavy assemblies were positioned around the central chassis so the 14.5-metric-ton equipment load remained stable and the long boom structures were protected from direct contact with the main frame. Meridian's responsibility ended in Klaipeda. The dealer controlled the truck transfer and onward movement to Kazakhstan. The sprayer was subsequently assembled and placed in service. Conditions occurring after the Klaipeda handoff were outside Meridian's transportation scope.
Meridian found the 1998 cultivator for a Ukrainian dealer and collected it from a seller in Wisconsin. At approximately 16-17 ft wide in transport configuration, the machine was better suited to controlled towing on suitable secondary roads than to a permitted lowboy movement. The cultivator traveled approximately 230 miles to the packing facility on its own running gear. This first-mile method saved an estimated $2,000-$3,000 compared with lowboy transport. Meridian then dismantled the machine, loaded it into a container and coordinated the move through New York to Gdansk. Meridian's responsibility ended in Gdansk. The equipment was later delivered and sold in Ukraine.
The dealer independently purchased the four headers, including equipment acquired through BigIron, and delivered them to Meridian's facility. Meridian's scope was limited to disassembly and packing. The CLAAS headers required nearly two days of detailed work. Their side panels, brackets and other width-critical elements were removed before the two lower headers could be nested. Meridian then built an internal deck from lumber and OSB panels above the lower tier. The Case IH 2020 and John Deere 925F were placed on the upper tier and secured with heavy-duty straps. The arrangement was designed to prevent the four machines from shifting toward one another while still allowing the complete group to fit in a single 40-foot High Cube container. Meridian's responsibility ended when the loaded container was handed over at the warehouse. The dealer arranged the international shipment to Ukraine.
The dealer purchased the principal equipment and parts; Meridian handled the inbound movement and the complete consolidation plan. The shipment combined delicate plastic components with heavy steel toolbars and machinery sections. The far end of the container was reserved for vulnerable plastic parts. Dense steel components were placed nearer the center for balance, while lighter packages, fastener boxes and Precision Planting cartons were positioned toward the doors. The single 40-foot High Cube also carried new and used Kinze parts, KZValve components, Precision Planting products and Unverferth toolbars. Meridian built internal platforms to separate cargo groups and use the available volume without allowing the heavy assemblies to bear against the plastic parts. The equipment load weighed approximately 12 metric tons. Consolidating the mixed order into one container produced an estimated gross logistics saving of about $10,000. Meridian's responsibility ended in Chicago; the dealer controlled the onward shipment, and Meridian did not supervise final assembly.
The farmer purchased the Case IH 9120 independently at Mowrey Auction in Milford, Illinois, and retained Meridian Freight for transportation. Meridian collected the combine, moved it to Houston and coordinated the export preparation. In Houston, the machine was washed and documented with the applicable USDA cleaning certificate. The combine was then lifted onto a 40-foot Flat Rack, lashed for ocean movement and shipped to Montevideo. The total transportation period was approximately 35 days, with no reported delay or damage during Meridian's scope. Responsibility ended in Montevideo. Those inland operations were arranged by the farmer rather than by Meridian. The combine was received in the same reported condition in which it had been purchased and was placed in operation.
Meridian purchased two John Deere 930F Flex headers from a local Indiana dealer and positioned them one above the other on a gooseneck trailer. The support and tie-down arrangement allowed both units to travel on the same collection trip without direct loading damage. Collecting both headers together avoided a second trip and saved approximately $2,000 in first-mile transport. At the warehouse they were combined with additional headers in a 40-foot High Cube container and routed through New York to Klaipeda. Meridian's responsibility ended in Klaipeda. The client arranged the transload and onward movement to Kazakhstan, where the headers were successfully received.
The dealer legally purchased the 2004 Case IH 730C from a local Minnesota seller. At approximately 18 ft wide and 6.5 metric tons, the machine required a slow, carefully selected route rather than normal highway transport. Meridian towed the ripper approximately 250 miles on its own running gear using a company GMC truck. Speed was generally limited to about 30-35 mph, and replacement highway tires traveled with the driver so a damaged tire could be changed without leaving the implement stranded. A lowboy alternative was estimated to cost approximately $2,000 more. After arrival, Meridian immediately dismantled the ripper and packed it into a container for transportation through New York to Istanbul. Responsibility ended in Istanbul. Final assembly was not monitored, but no complaint was reported to Meridian.
Meridian purchased the MacDon M155 from a Canadian dealer in the Saskatoon area and arranged truck delivery to the packing facility. A Meridian-appointed customs agent completed the Canada-US border formalities. The machine was dismantled for a 40-foot High Cube container. The removed conditioning roll, which forms part of the windrower's crop-conditioning system, was secured in the upper right corner so it remained separated from the chassis and other heavy components. A complete Flat Rack move was considered, but containerization saved an estimated $5,000-$6,000. It also supported an intact-container route through a difficult transfer corridor. MSC carried the container to Poti, where it was placed on rail without stripping the cargo. The same sealed load continued to Baku, crossed the Caspian Sea by ferry to Aktau and proceeded by rail to the dealer's base. Meridian remained responsible through final delivery to the dealer. The route took approximately 30 days and was completed without reported delay, damage or handling problem.
The dealer purchased the new parts and assembled the mixed order for export. Meridian received approximately 10 metric tons of cargo with an estimated value of about $100,000. The team completed a piece-by-piece inventory, photographed the contents and sorted the shipment in one working day. Long used components, including a CLAAS LEXION unloading auger and elevator augers, were integrated with cartons and crates so the container volume could be used efficiently. Meridian's responsibility ended in Chicago. The dealer arranged the international movement to Ukraine and later confirmed successful delivery without a damage claim.
In 2025, Meridian packed a container of mixed agricultural equipment spare parts.
The BLU-JET AT6010 was a large, heavy applicator with a frame weighing more than 6 metric tons. Meridian normally evaluates direct towing for implements of this type, but the customer required a faster move to the packing facility. Meridian therefore selected a lowboy for the Illinois pickup. This urgent option cost approximately $2,000 more than towing the implement on its own wheels, but it protected the overall project schedule and allowed the equipment to enter the packing queue without waiting for a slower rural-road move. The applicator was dismantled, loaded into a 40-foot container and transported to Istanbul. Meridian's responsibility ended there. Final assembly was outside the company's scope and was not monitored.
Meridian purchased a 1999 forestry machine in Alabama for a Chilean dealer and arranged lowboy transportation to Houston. A Meridian partner washed the machine and supported the applicable USDA cleaning documentation; chemical treatment was also completed. The machine was secured on a 40-foot Flat Rack and shipped to San Antonio, Chile, in approximately 40 days. Meridian’s responsibility ended at the port, and the customer arranged the inland haul.
The dealer acquired three different crop-handling attachments and additional boxed parts. Meridian planned the loading sequence so the machines with different frame geometries could share one 40-foot High Cube without preventing safe removal at destination. The cargo weighed approximately 11 metric tons. Meridian completed the loading and delivered the container in Chicago, where its responsibility ended. No delay, damage or complaint was reported within Meridian's scope, and the dealer confirmed a successful outcome.
Two units were nested on the lower level and two were secured on an internal upper deck. The dealer acquired the equipment. Meridian coordinated the packed container through New York to Riga and handed it to the client's onward carrier there. The precise gross saving was not separated from the broader shipment costs, so no dollar figure is stated.
The dealer purchased four John Deere 930F Flex headers. Meridian nested the headers inside one 40-foot High Cube and used the upper portion of the load to include the associated transport cart rather than shipping it separately. The container moved to Poti and was placed on a rail platform for the onward journey to Kokshetau. Meridian remained responsible through delivery to the dealer rather than ending its work at the port. Combining the four headers and the cart produced an estimated gross saving of approximately $5,000. The shipment was unloaded without reported damage.
Four employees prepared four John Deere 930F Flex headers over approximately two days. Once the dismantled units were staged in loading order, placing and securing all four in a container took about 30 minutes. Approximately 20 containers were dispatched during the peak period. Each carried about 12 metric tons of equipment. Containers were rotated continuously through the warehouse so the next set of prepared headers could be loaded without interrupting the packing line. The pictured program moved through New York to Klaipeda, where Meridian's responsibility ended. The dealer transferred the headers to Eurotrucks for final transportation to Kazakhstan. No unresolved complaint remained from the program.
Both items were collected in one trip for a Kazakhstan dealer and brought to the company's packing facility. At the warehouse, the header and cart were dismantled as required, combined with other cargo and loaded into an export container. The exact auction location, model year and international handoff point were not confirmed for this individual record.
Meridian nested the 30-ft Case IH 2020 inside the John Deere 930F and built an upper support deck for the John Deere 630F. Boxed spare parts were placed in otherwise unusable voids around the main structures. The equipment weighed approximately 10 metric tons. The dealer purchased the cargo, and Meridian's responsibility ended with the loaded-container handoff in Chicago. The dealer completed the international transportation and reported delivery without damage. Because the commercial benefit came from several linked factors - shared pickup, nesting, deck construction and use of residual space - the project record does not assign a single dollar value to the saving.
Two headers were nested on the container floor. Meridian then built an internal deck and positioned the remaining two units on the upper level. Fasteners and loose components were boxed and secured alongside the main structures. Preparation and loading occupied approximately three days. The resulting equipment load weighed about 9.5 metric tons. Meridian handed the container over in Chicago, and the dealer later completed delivery successfully.
Meridian purchased the headers for the Kazakhstan dealer. One driver collected a header from a Nebraska farmer, made an approximately 200-mile detour to collect a second unit from a dealer and transported both together on a gooseneck. Two additional headers arrived from Indiana for the final four-unit container. The combined Nebraska pickup saved approximately $1,500 and delivered both headers to the packing facility at the same time. All four were then packed into one container and routed through New York to Klaipeda. Meridian's responsibility ended in Klaipeda. The onward shipment reached Kazakhstan successfully under the dealer's transportation arrangements.
The dealer purchased two John Deere 635F Flex headers and two CLAAS 530 headers. Meridian loaded the four machines on two levels and used the remaining protected spaces for compatible spare parts. The equipment load weighed approximately 11 metric tons. Meridian's responsibility ended in Chicago, and the dealer controlled the onward shipment to Ukraine.
It shows three John Deere 630F Flex headers loaded with three fertilizer tanks from a John Deere 7200 planter system and additional used parts. The plastic tanks were isolated along the side of the container so the heavier steel header components could not press against them. The dealer purchased the equipment, and Meridian loaded the group in a 40-foot High Cube. Meridian's responsibility ended in Chicago. No damage was reported within Meridian's scope.
Meridian employee Ricardo secured a John Deere 930F Flex header to the company trailer before departure from Kansas. The trailer traveled approximately 700 kilometers to Meridian’s warehouse, where the header was combined with other units in an export container. Meridian’s responsibility ended at the Riga handoff.
The combination was part of a larger 2025 program completed for one Kazakhstan dealer. Across the year, Meridian prepared and dispatched 20 containers carrying a total of 80 headers. The program used a repeatable four-header container arrangement and a standard route through New York to Klaipeda. The year-long program was not entirely exception-free: delays, damage events and claims arose across the series. Meridian coordinated each reported matter through resolution. Because savings varied by origin, pickup grouping and container composition, no aggregate savings figure is stated.
The dealer acquired the equipment as part of a broader planting-system order; the exact planter or tillage-platform model was not confirmed. The complete group was combined with other cargo in one container. Meridian's responsibility ended in Chicago, after which the dealer arranged the route to Ukraine through a Polish Baltic gateway. The shipment was subsequently reported as delivered successfully.
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