Service area · Shreveport, LA
Pallets deliveredin Shreveport, LA.
Shreveport and Bossier City sit where I-20 meets I-49, with the Port of Caddo-Bossier at the head of navigation on the Red River. Two Class I railroads, a rail line east to Meridian, Miss., and the timber country around them shape what crosses local docks.
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 Shreveport. 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 Shreveport.
Docks sit around the Port of Caddo-Bossier on the southeast side, along I-20 in Shreveport and Bossier City, near Shreveport Regional Airport southwest of downtown, and out in Haughton, Greenwood, Blanchard and Minden.
- Bossier City
- Port of Caddo-Bossier
- Haughton
- Greenwood
- Blanchard
- Benton
- Minden
- Stonewall
- Keithville
- Caddo Parish
- Bossier Parish
- Webster Parish
- DeSoto Parish
Served from our Atlanta office through vetted yards near Shreveport.
Shreveport at a glance
What Shreveport makes and moves.
Northwest Louisiana grows, cuts and ships. The North Louisiana Economic Partnership calls timber the region's leading agricultural crop and counts wood and paper among its target industries. Of the four factory groups it highlights, primary and fabricated metals employ the most people, 3,246 jobs at 44 establishments, ahead of chemicals and plastics. Haynesville Shale gas drilling ramped up sharply in 2022 before easing. A three-million-square-foot robotic fulfillment warehouse, poultry and beverage plants, and a long-established drug wholesaler round out the freight base.
That mix splits pallet buying between plain and heavy work. Fulfillment and wholesale floors use standard 48x40s by the trailer, and a cracked block can jam an automated line. Fabricators, machinery shops and the port's heavy-lift dock move weight that calls for block pallets or custom skids. Poultry and drink plants need square decks that survive coolers. And because Shreveport is a U.S. Customs port of entry with an active foreign-trade zone, some freight heads overseas on ISPM 15 wood.
Who buys pallets here
The docks that run on pallets in Shreveport.
- 01
Port of Caddo-Bossier tenants
The port's roughly 5,000-acre complex on the Red River has more than 25 miles of track with daily switching, a general cargo dock with bridge cranes, and a 90,000-square-foot covered warehouse beside rail-served hardstand. Tenants swap freight among barge, rail and truck, and staged goods need pallets that stack tall under cover.
3PL & warehousing → - 02
Robotic fulfillment floors
NLEP points to a three-million-square-foot fulfillment warehouse in the region run with robotics and AI. Consumer goods arrive there from vendors on 48x40 pallets, and automated conveyors, lifts and storage systems expect uniform footprints, intact bottom boards and no protruding nails or loose blocks.
Consumer goods → - 03
North Louisiana poultry and drinks
NLEP calls poultry Louisiana's largest food industry and notes that processors in its region keep reinvesting in their plants; beverage bottlers also appear among its major food employers. Boxed chicken and cased drinks headed to grocery and food-service DCs need Grade A or new pallets that hold up in coolers and on wet floors.
Food & beverage → - 04
Metal and machinery shops
Metal makers and fabricators, plus 34 machinery plants, give northwest Louisiana a heavy-goods base, along with builders of modular equipment structures. Steel parts, machines and enclosures ship dense and irregular, so these shops order block pallets or custom skids sized to each part and rated for the load.
Manufacturing →
- Warehousing and storage · NAICS 493
- 26establishments
- Food manufacturing · NAICS 311
- 24establishments
- Grocery wholesalers · NAICS 4244
- 32establishments564 jobs0.66× the US share of jobs
How freight moves
Ports, rail and interstates.
I-20 runs east–west through Shreveport and Bossier City toward Dallas and Monroe, and I-220 loops the north side. I-49 heads north to I-30 at Texarkana and south toward Lafayette, though a gap remains inside Shreveport. The Port of Caddo-Bossier anchors the Red River Waterway, a 212-mile, nine-foot channel with five locks down to Old River Lock on the Mississippi. A 320-mile rail line runs east to Meridian, Miss. For ocean containers, the nearest deep-water gateways are Gulf ports such as Port Houston and Port NOLA.
- I-20
- I-49
- I-220
- Port of Caddo-Bossier
- Red River Waterway
- Shreveport–Meridian rail line
- Shreveport Regional Airport
Which pallet to order
The right grade for Shreveport.
Fulfillment and wholesale buildings run on standard GMA-style 48x40s: recycled Grade B for internal moves, Grade A for anything going on to a retail customer. Poultry and beverage loads bound for grocery DCs need Grade A or new stock that won't split in a cooler. Metal fabricators, machinery shops and port project cargo belong on block pallets or custom skids built to the load. Export freight, whether it clears customs locally or rides a container to the Gulf, needs heat-treated (HT) pallets stamped under ISPM 15. Your account manager confirms the grade spec in writing.
Delivered prices
Price a load to 71101.
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 Louisiana. Your account manager narrows this to one number for 71101, 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 Shreveport.
Can you deliver to tenants at the Port of Caddo-Bossier?+
What pallet suits a Shreveport-area metal fabricator or machinery shop?+
Do you deliver across the Red River to Bossier City and Haughton?+
Do Shreveport exporters shipping by container need heat-treated pallets?+
What do pallets cost delivered to Shreveport, LA?+
When will a load reach Shreveport, LA?+
Your first Shreveport load, priced today.
One full truck, billed at the quoted price. Net 30, no contract. Your dock date in writing on every quote.