Dismantling and Shipping

Because many buyers want to dismantle, load and ship the purchased machinery to their plant, it is important that buyers understand the costs associated with these services. To assist buyers in estimating these costs, Textile Mill Direct provides buyers with the names of two machinery "rigging" companies from the seller's state or province.

Textile Mill Direct tries to provide its buyers with "rigging" companies that have worked on the seller's machinery before or have experience in "rigging" textile machinery. If buyers already have relationships with other "rigging companies", buyers should contact those companies first.

Upon receiving dismantling and loading quotes for the machinery, buyers need to identify shipping, or "freight-forwarding" companies in their country or the seller's country. "Freight-forwarding" companies will provide quotes to ship the containers of loaded machinery back to the buyer's home port.

Depending on the size and complexity of the "rigging" operation, buyers should consider the cost of allocating an employee's time to manage the project. Most "rigging" projects can be remotely managed from the buyer's location. However, some large projects do require on-site visits.

Because of their familiarity with the machinery and the production process, plant engineers are good choices to manage these projects. By calculating the costs of dismantling, loading and shipping the machinery, a buyer can arrive at an accurate offer price for the machinery.