Shipping racks that protect your product from dock to dock
Custom-built. Stackable. Returnable.
Shipping racks engineered around your parts, your trailer configuration, and the handling your product takes between facilities. Morrison builds them to survive the trip and come back ready for the next one.
When your parts change, your rack should too
A shipping rack has one job. Get your product from point A to point B without damage. That means the rack has to match the part geometry, handle the transit forces, stack safely in a trailer, and survive enough round trips to justify the investment.
Morrison has been engineering shipping racks for over 20 years for some of the most demanding supply chains in the country. Honda named us Supplier of the Year in 2010 for a reason. We build shipping racks around the specific product you are moving. Part weight and surface sensitivity drive the design, while stacking configuration, trailer cube, and return logistics shape the build. Every rack is engineered for the trip your product actually takes.
What Morrison designs shipping racks around
Protect the product through every handoff
Loading docks, trailer floors, forklifts, cross-docks. Your parts get handled at every stop. Morrison engineers shipping racks with dunnage, containment, and part orientation designed to prevent damage at each one.Maximize every trailer load
Empty space in a trailer is money wasted. Morrison designs shipping racks around your trailer dimensions and stacking configuration so you move more product per shipment and cut freight costs per unit.Survive thousands of round trips
A shipping rack that bends, cracks, or loses its stacking geometry after a few hundred cycles is not a rack. It is a recurring expense. Morrison builds for the full program life your operation requires.Come back flat when empty
Collapsible and nestable configurations reduce return freight costs and free up trailer cube on the backhaul. Morrison engineers the empty state of the rack with the same attention as the loaded state.
Stack rack configurations
Automotive Racks
Custom automotive racks built around part protection, plant handling, and production flow.
Shipping Racks
Custom shipping racks built for secure transport, part protection, and repeatable handling.
Custom Stack Racks
Stack racks engineered around your footprint, load, and operational requirements.
Heavy-duty stack racks
High-capacity stack racks built for demanding loads, repeated handling, and long-term use.
Collapsible Shipping Racks
Built for dense storage when loaded and reduced cube when empty.Where custom shipping racks make the difference
Plant to plant delivery
Parts moving between your facilities or to your customer's dock need racks engineered for the specific route, trailer, and handling at both ends.Returnable packaging programs
Replace disposable packaging with shipping racks built to survive thousands of round trips. Lower cost per cycle, less waste, better part protection.Surface-sensitive components
Painted, polished, or finished parts that cannot touch each other in transit. Morrison engineers dunnage and part separation into every rack.Automotive supply chain
JIT delivery sequences, OEM rack specs, and zero-defect arrival requirements. Morrison has been building for automotive shipping programs for over 20 years.Cross-dock and third-party logistics
Racks that get handled by teams who did not load them. Morrison builds shipping racks that protect the product regardless of who is moving them.High-volume production shipments
When you are shipping hundreds or thousands of the same part, the rack has to stack tight, load fast, and protect every unit identically across the full shipment.
Shipping racks that fail cost you more than the part.
A damaged shipment is not just a replacement cost. It is a production delay, a customer complaint, and a freight claim that takes weeks to resolve.
Most shipping damage is not a carrier problem—it is a packaging problem. Parts shift in transit, stack incorrectly, or get loaded onto racks that were never designed for the weight or geometry of that specific component.
That is why Morrison engineers shipping racks around the part first—geometry, load weight, transit conditions, and return logistics—so your parts arrive the way they left.
A damaged shipment is not just a replacement cost. It is a stopped line, a Tier 1 complaint, and a freight claim that takes weeks to resolve—while your customer is already looking for a backup supplier.
Most shipping damage is not a carrier problem. It is a rack problem. Parts shift because the dunnage was not designed for that geometry. Racks fail because they were never rated for that load cycle. Lines go down because someone spec'd a standard size for a non-standard part.
That is why Morrison engineers shipping racks around the part first—geometry, load weight, forklift access, transit conditions, and return logistics—so the rack works every time it leaves the dock, every time it hits the floor, and every time it comes back empty.
From concept to delivery
Every shipping rack has to do more than survive transit. It has to protect your parts, fit the trailer, handle repeated loading cycles, and return empty without taking up your floor.
Application review
We review part geometry, weight, transit conditions, handling methods, and return logistics.Rack concept and layout
We develop a rack concept around part protection, forklift or manual access, stackability, and trailer utilization.Engineering and refinement
Our team finalizes structure, capacity, dunnage details, and real-world transit requirements.Full production
We build in-house and deliver shipping racks ready for immediate use in your production or logistics operation.
Why Morrison is a better fit
Some shipping rack suppliers sell standard sizes and leave the tradeoffs to you. Morrison is a better fit when the problem is not standard.
Morrison Industries has been designing and building custom steel returnable shipping racks for over 25 years—with deep roots in automotive, where part protection, repeatability, and return logistics are non-negotiable. That experience translates directly to any operation where a generic rack is not going to cut it.
That might mean unusual part geometry. Urethane or HDPE dunnage requirements. Repeated forklift handling across multiple plants. Transit conditions that disposable packaging cannot handle long-term.
Morrison builds over 50,000 racks per year out of their facility in Tennessee, with precision engineering and custom fabrication in-house.