Shipping Blowout Preventers (BOPs) Across the US and Overseas

Shipping Blowout Preventers Across the US and Overseas

A blowout preventer is the last line of well control, and it ships as a heavy, high-value, safety-critical unit. A large ram or annular BOP stack weighs tens of tons, carries API-certified components, and cannot arrive damaged. Texas International Freight ships blowout preventers across the US and overseas, with the heavy haul, protective packaging, and documentation a BOP demands. How is yours configured?

What a Blowout Preventer Is

A BOP seals and controls a well during drilling, with ram and annular types stacked into a unit that can stand many feet tall and weigh tens of tons. The certified rams, bonnets, and control systems make it heavy and sensitive, so handling has to protect both the sealing surfaces and the certification.

Preparing and Packaging a BOP

We protect the ring grooves and sealing faces, secure the rams and control lines, and crate or skid the unit against impact and moisture. Sound export packing and bracing keep the stack intact through road vibration and sea motion.

Domestic Heavy Haul

A BOP stack moves on a lowboy or multi-axle trailer sized to its weight and height, with oversize permits and escorts where the load calls for them. Our heavy haul trucking runs these moves as part of our wider oil and gas logistics.

International Shipping

Overseas, a BOP ships as breakbulk cargo on a flat rack, or in container equipment when the unit fits. The domestic haul to the port, the export filing, and the ocean booking run as one shipment, and air freight moves a critical unit when a rig cannot wait.

Documentation and Compliance

Oilfield equipment crosses borders under scrutiny. We prepare the commercial invoice, packing list, classification, and export filing, note the API certification records, and clear the cargo through our customs broker network. We run cross-border loads to Mexico and Canada.

Insurance and Tracking

A BOP carries serious value, so we cover it with cargo insurance matched to the declared value and track the shipment from pickup to the rig site.

Oilfield Equipment We Move Alongside

A BOP usually travels with the rest of the well-control and drilling package. We ship the drill pipe, cold-weather frac units, pipeline valves, and the rest of the drilling and oilfield equipment on the same project.

Working With Texas International Freight

You get one team for the haul, the crate, the booking, and the clearance. Send us the BOP configuration, weight, and destination, and we return a routing and a quote.