Service area · Corpus Christi, TX
Pallets deliveredin Corpus Christi, TX.
Corpus Christi freight starts at the waterline. Tankers load crude along a ship channel deepened to 54 feet, while breakbulk docks, rail-served storage yards and plant gates on both shores of the bay pull steel, parts and supplies off I-37.
Dock date
In writing, on every quote.
Standard 48x40s often land in 0–2 business days.
Delivered, per pallet
$4.75–$10.50Recycled 48x40s per 53' truck
616How we supply it
An Atlanta broker, a yard near your dock.
Chesapeake Pallets is a pallet broker based in Atlanta. We don't run a yard in Corpus Christi. For each load we buy from an independent yard close to your dock that has your grade in stock, and the delivered price includes the freight. One account manager handles the quote, the paperwork and the invoice.
Where we deliver
Around Corpus Christi.
Docks sit along the Inner Harbor and the port's Rincon Industrial Area, on the west side in Annaville, Calallen and Robstown, in Flour Bluff on the southeast side, and across the bay in Portland, Gregory, Ingleside and Aransas Pass.
- Inner Harbor
- Rincon Industrial Area
- Robstown
- Calallen
- Annaville
- Flour Bluff
- Portland
- Gregory
- Ingleside
- Aransas Pass
- Sinton
- Taft
Served from our Atlanta office through vetted yards near Corpus Christi.
Corpus Christi at a glance
What Corpus Christi makes and moves.
The Port of Corpus Christi handled about 203 million tons in 2025, and the port's own commodity report puts crude oil far ahead of everything else, followed by refined petroleum, dry bulk, chemicals and grain. The port also ships liquefied natural gas overseas. Refineries in the city make jet fuel that supplies other parts of Texas. Naval Air Station Corpus Christi hosts the Army depot that overhauls helicopters, and across the bay in Ingleside a 500-acre yard builds and repairs offshore oil and gas platforms.
Very little of that tonnage rides on pallets, but nearly everything that keeps it moving does. Plant maintenance brings in valves, gaskets, pumps and bagged chemicals. Breakbulk docks stage pipe, flat steel and project crates in covered storage. Helicopter components moving to and from the depot need skids sized to the part. Buyers are spread out, from Robstown and Calallen on the west side to Portland, Ingleside and Aransas Pass across the water, so each order is planned around one dock rather than the whole metro.
Who buys pallets here
The docks that run on pallets in Corpus Christi.
- 01
Inner Harbor breakbulk storage
The port's breakbulk docks handle flat steel, steel pipe, wind turbine parts, super-sacks and project cargo, backed by roughly 300,000 square feet of covered storage on the north and south sides of the Inner Harbor. Stevedores and logistics firms working there use pallets and dunnage to stage, store and reship mixed cargo between vessel, rail and truck.
3PL & warehousing → - 02
Refinery and plant supply
Refineries along the ship channel and chemical plants around Portland and Ingleside run on spare parts, catalysts, lubricants and packaged additives. Supply houses and maintenance contractors serving them move cartons, pails and drums on 48x40s, and turnaround work brings short, heavy bursts of inbound freight to their docks.
Manufacturing → - 03
Army helicopter depot work
The Corpus Christi Army Depot, a tenant of Naval Air Station Corpus Christi since 1961, overhauls and repairs the Army's rotary-wing aircraft. Contractors and suppliers tied to that work handle heavy, odd-shaped components, so their shipping rooms lean on new lumber, block pallets and custom crates rather than worn recycled 48x40s.
Manufacturing → - 04
Aransas Pass shrimp boats
Shrimp boats sail from Conn Brown Harbor in Aransas Pass, a protected harbor given over mainly to shrimping, and the state historical association records packing plants built on that harbor once quick-freezing arrived. Iced and frozen seafood lives in cold, wet rooms, so buyers there want tight, sound pallets that stand up to meltwater and hose-downs.
Food & beverage →
- Warehousing and storage · NAICS 493
- 32establishments
- Food manufacturing · NAICS 311
- 26establishments
- Grocery wholesalers · NAICS 4244
- 30establishments
How freight moves
Ports, rail and interstates.
I-37 runs northwest from the Inner Harbor to San Antonio, and US 77, being rebuilt as I-69E, links the city with Victoria and Brownsville. SH 44 heads west toward Laredo and the border crossings there. US 181 now crosses the ship channel on the new cable-stayed Harbor Bridge, which opened in June 2025 with 205 feet of clearance for ships; demolition of the old arch began that November. The port's Bulk Terminal is served by three Class I railroads through a short line, and Foreign-Trade Zone #122 covers port property.
- I-37
- US 77 / I-69E
- SH 44
- US 181 Harbor Bridge
- Port of Corpus Christi
- Foreign-Trade Zone #122
Which pallet to order
The right grade for Corpus Christi.
Match the pallet to the job. Port warehouses and supply houses can run recycled GMA-style 48x40 stringers, Grade A when freight leaves for a customer and Grade B for yard storage. Anything crated for an overseas buyer through the port should ride HT pallets with the ISPM 15 mark. Heavy valves, pumps and helicopter components call for block pallets, which take forks from all four sides, or custom sizes built to the crate drawing. Seafood rooms do better on new or AAA stock with tight decks. Your account manager confirms the grade spec in writing.
Delivered prices
Price a load to 78401.
Full-truckload ranges with freight in. Your ZIP and count set the firm number on the call.
Grade B
$4.75–$6.75
per pallet, delivered
Repaired, sound, ready to load.
Grade A
$6.75–$8.75
per pallet, delivered
Three solid stringers. No plugs, no companions.
AAA
$8.50–$10.50
per pallet, delivered
Clean, uniform, no repairs.
Block
$6.25–$8.50
per pallet, delivered
Full 4-way entry on every side.
New
Quoted
to your spec
Fresh lumber, built to your spec.
Freight included — never a separate line.Heat-treated: +$1.00–$1.50/pallet.Full-truckload ranges as of Thursday, October 15.
Delivering to Texas. Your account manager narrows this to one number for 78401, same business day.
Delivered, freight included
$6.75–$8.75/pallet
- Load total
- $4,158–$5,390
- Trucks
- 1 × 53'
- On your dock
- Exact date on your quote — often 0–2 business days after your PO
Full truck — best per-pallet price.
Your first load runs as a no-contract test load.
Typical delivered ranges as of Thursday, October 15. Your account manager confirms a firm price on the call — same business day.
Straight answers
Buying pallets in Corpus Christi.
Do crates shipped out through the Port of Corpus Christi need heat-treated pallets?+
Can you deliver to port tenants in the Rincon Industrial Area and along the Inner Harbor?+
Does the Harbor Bridge project affect deliveries to Portland and Ingleside?+
What pallet should a shrimp packer in Aransas Pass order?+
What do pallets cost delivered to Corpus Christi, TX?+
When will a load reach Corpus Christi, TX?+
Your first Corpus Christi load, priced today.
One full truck, billed at the quoted price. Net 30, no contract. Your dock date in writing on every quote.