Car Transport - Boston, MA

Driven or Carried. Car transport offers diverse options to ship a car in order to accommodate the customers’ needs. Car transport not only works by loading a car unto a carrier, but there are also certified drivers that will drive your car from point A to point B. Short distances may not be such a problem for this option, as car will not be driven for too long. Although hiring a driver may be less expensive, this will put miles on your car, it will wear off your tires and expose your car to unfortunate accidents. Driven carriers offer much more protection to your car without adding the extra miles or wearing and tearing your vehicle.

 

Open or Closed.  The most common are open carriers, as these are less expensive to book and less expensive to maintain. Open carriers can haul up to 11 cars in a two floor platform. However, some customers have higher demands and need extra protection for their cars, therefore they book enclosed carriers. These carriers may also have 2 floors and can haul up to 9 cars at once. Cars are securely strapped to platform as well with tire straps or thick chains; only the whole carrier is covered with a canvas to protect cars from outside conditions.

 

RO-RO. Unfortunately not all car transportation is done on a road, sometimes cars need to be shipped to other countries overseas. For this type of transportation, service is done inside containers that are placed on a ship or most commonly on roll on-roll off platforms (RO-RO). When boat arrives to destination port, cars are rolled of one by one to their expecting owners. 

 

Door-to-Door or Terminal-to-Terminal. Many times customers are not available to be present when driver comes in or live in very secluded locations where driver cannot pull in to. For these cases, drivers unload cars into a terminal until owner can come and pick up the car, extra fees will be charged, yet car will be safely stored. A door to door service gives the customer a more convenient service and allows them to provide any address possible. In this case there must be someone present to give the car away and to receive it. Some companies however do not offer this service and require customers to drop off car at a terminal where they load their carriers. Delivery is done at another terminal where customer must go and pick up car as well.