Transport Services for Business
Dealer trades, auction pickups, fleet moves and employee relocations, run by one coordinator nationwide
Business Vehicle Logistics With One Point of Contact
Since 2012, dealerships, auction buyers, fleet managers, rental and leasing operators, and corporate relocation teams have used Ship A Car, Inc. to keep vehicles moving on a schedule they can promise to someone else. We are a licensed and insured broker, not a carrier: we choose the right truck from a vetted network for each unit and each lane, book it, and stay accountable from the pickup inspection to the delivery signature.
One Coordinator, Every Lane
One coordinator owns your account end to end: carrier selection, scheduling, inspection reports, exceptions, and delivery confirmation, whether you send us one dealer trade this month or a lane that runs every week. Dealers, auction buyers, fleet managers, relocation teams, rental operators, and body shops all need the same four things: a firm price, a real pickup window, a clean inspection record, and a person who answers when something changes.
Business Services
Dealer to dealer transfers, auction and salvage pickups, fleet relocation and corporate moves, each with one point of contact and consistent carrier standards. Every business move is handled the same way: a firm price per unit and per lane, a real pickup window set around your hours, a bill of lading signed at your gate as the inspection record, and no deposit until a carrier is assigned. Tell us your volume and lanes, and we will build a schedule that fits.
What Business Customers Ship Most
Dealer to dealer car shipping is the core of the business book: trades, transfers between stores and sold units delivered to a buyer, picked up inside lot hours with paperwork that matches the deal jacket. Auction, eBay and salvage car shipping handles the release form, the gate pass and the winch or forklift loading a non running unit needs, booked the day the sale closes so storage fees never start.
Fleet vehicle transport moves single units and multi car loads between branches, upfitters and remarketing points on a schedule your operations team can plan around, and corporate relocation car shipping moves an employee’s vehicles door to door with the dates lined up to the household move. Repeat lanes are priced as lanes, and multi car loads on one lane cost less per unit than the same cars booked separately.
If you are weighing equipment rather than cars, the freight desk at (866) 452-3657 handles box trucks, vans, forklifts and trailers, and our guides to box truck vs cargo van, how to ship an engine and who the consignor and consignee are on a freight bill answer the questions that come up first.
Who Ships With Us
Franchise and independent dealers moving trades, demo units, and sold vehicles between stores or to a customer two states away. Buyers clearing units from physical and online auctions before storage fees start. Fleet managers rotating vehicles between branches, sending units to an upfitter and back, or remarketing them at the end of a cycle. Human resources and mobility teams moving an employee’s personal cars alongside a household relocation. Rental and leasing companies rebalancing inventory between markets. Body shops and upfitters returning finished work. The vehicles differ, but the requirement is the same.
Four Business Services
Dealer to dealer car shipping covers trades, transfers between stores, and sold units delivered to a buyer, with pickup inside your lot hours and paperwork that matches your deal jacket. Auction, eBay, and salvage car shipping handles release paperwork, gate passes, and the winch or forklift loading that non running units need, before the yard’s free storage runs out. Fleet vehicle transport moves single units and multi car loads between branches, upfitters, and remarketing points on a schedule your operations team can plan around. Corporate relocation car shipping moves an employee’s vehicles door to door and coordinates the dates with the household move.
How Business Pricing Works
A business move is priced per unit and per lane, the same way a private move is, with the difference that repeat lanes let us hold consistent carriers and consistent pricing across the year rather than re-quoting every unit from zero. Open carriers move the great majority of dealer and fleet inventory; enclosed transport costs roughly a third more and is worth it for high value units, fresh paint, and vehicles going to a customer who expects a covered delivery. Inoperable units add a winch or forklift fee. Multi car loads on one lane are cheaper per unit than the same cars booked separately, so batching a week’s transfers usually pays. No deposit is taken on any order until a carrier has been assigned to it, and that rule does not change for volume accounts. If you need a reference before you call, the car shipping cost guide explains what moves a rate up or down.
What a Business Move Looks Like
You send the vehicle list, the two addresses, and the dates; the VIN, the year, make, and model, whether each unit runs, and any lift kit, oversize tires, or roof equipment that changes the trailer space. Your coordinator prices the lane, confirms the pickup window, and assigns a vetted carrier. At pickup the driver and your lot staff walk the vehicle, note its condition on the bill of lading, and both sign; that document is your inspection record. In transit you have the coordinator, not a call center, and you hear about a delay before you have to ask. At delivery the receiving party inspects against the same bill of lading before signing. If a receiving location has gate hours, a guard shack, or a low clearance, tell us at booking so the driver plans the approach rather than discovering it at the gate.
Inoperable, Salvage, and Auction Units
Auction and salvage moves fail on paperwork more often than on trucks. The driver needs the release form, the buyer number or gate pass, and the lot location before arrival, and most yards will not load without them. Non running units need a carrier with a winch, and units that cannot roll or steer need forklift loading at the yard, which the yard controls and schedules. Storage fees at salvage auctions start quickly, so the booking has to be made the day the sale closes, not the week after. Salvage titles, missing keys, and airbags that have deployed do not stop a move, but the coordinator has to know about them, because they change which carrier can take the unit and how it is secured. Tell us everything the auction listing tells you.
Equipment, Trucks, and Trailers
Businesses also ship things that are not cars. Box trucks, cargo vans, and cutaway chassis ride on flatbed or step deck trailers, forklifts and lifts need a trailer matched to their weight, and anything over 8 feet 6 inches wide or 13 feet 6 inches tall becomes a permitted load. That work runs through our freight desk on a separate line, (866) 452-3657, and the equipment shipping page explains how those moves are planned. If you are not sure which desk a vehicle belongs to, a coordinator will tell you on the first call.
Why Companies Keep the Lane With Us
Every carrier in the network is checked for active federal authority, cargo insurance, and safety record before it is dispatched to your vehicles, and carriers stay on a lane only while they keep to that standard. Your coordinator knows your locations, your gate hours, and who signs at each end, so the second move is easier than the first and the twentieth is routine. The company is family owned and operated in Coral Springs, Florida, holds an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau, and is licensed under U.S. DOT No. 2303542 and MC No. 784930. Those details matter to a purchasing department, and they are on the about us page for the file.
Common Questions About Business Vehicle Transport
Do you offer volume pricing? Repeat lanes are priced as lanes rather than as individual units, which keeps the rate consistent across the year, and multi car loads on one lane cost less per unit than the same cars booked separately. Send the lanes and rough monthly counts and your coordinator will price them.
Can you pick up from a dealership during lot hours only? Yes. Pickup and delivery windows are set around your hours, and the driver calls ahead so your lot staff are ready with the keys and the paperwork.
Who signs the bill of lading at a business location? Any adult you authorize: a porter, a service manager, a receiving clerk. Name that person at booking so the driver knows who to ask for, and make sure they inspect the vehicle before they sign at delivery.
Do you handle the auction release paperwork? The buyer supplies the release and gate pass; your coordinator makes sure the driver has them before arrival and coordinates the yard’s loading schedule for non running units.
Can I ship vehicles and equipment on one order? The auto desk and the freight desk price and dispatch separately because they use different carriers, but one coordinator can hold both bookings and line up the dates for you.
Is my inventory insured in transit? The assigned carrier’s cargo insurance covers the vehicle in transit, and we verify that policy is active before dispatch. Damage noted at delivery on the bill of lading is what a claim is paid on, which is why the delivery inspection matters.
Get a Quote
For cars, pickups, vans, and SUVs, the instant quote calculator prices a lane in seconds, or call (866) 821-4555 to reach a transport coordinator and set up a repeat lane. For trucks, trailers, and equipment, the freight line is (866) 452-3657. If you would rather send a vehicle list than call, the contact page reaches a coordinator directly. No deposit is taken until your carrier is assigned.
