The BEST episodes of Shipping Wars

Every episode of Shipping Wars ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Shipping Wars!

A&E presents the new original real-life series “Shipping Wars,” which follows six independent shippers who have discovered that fortunes can be made transporting items that traditional carriers won’t touch.

Last Updated: 9/2/2024Network: A&EStatus: Ended
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Tavern on the Greenbacks
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8.21
130 votes

#1 - Tavern on the Greenbacks

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/31/2012

Roy heads back in to New York City when he outbids the other transporters for a job moving a catering food truck from the city's famous restaurant, Tavern on the Green. When he arrives and finds the truck in non-operational condition, Roy quickly becomes a mechanic and machine shop worker, but tensions rise when the buyer isn't willing to pay him for his extra work.

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Big Wine & Bigger Pine
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8.16
37 votes

#2 - Big Wine & Bigger Pine

Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/5/2014

A giant, but simple chair provides some oversized complications for Jarrett when it won't fit down the stairs. Marc lands a cool, cross country booze run, but things go sour once the wine heats up.

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Love is a Crazy Carnival Ride
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8.07
43 votes

#3 - Love is a Crazy Carnival Ride

Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/22/2014

Jessica finds herself asking a LOT of questions after she agrees to transport a seller's loved one named Bruce. Dusty hits the road with a giant cow skull that leaves him crawling through the desert heat.

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Monsters, Mannequins, and Mayhem
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8.03
37 votes

#4 - Monsters, Mannequins, and Mayhem

Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/22/2014

Todd and Tamera take on some Monsters in a move that proves to be anything but cinematic. Meanwhile, Dusty picks up some traveling companions of the strong, silent type. Can any of the transporters make it to their destinations with their sanity intact?

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Hummers and Bummers
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7.95
44 votes

#5 - Hummers and Bummers

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/15/2014

Jarrett, single-handedly almost ruins the west coast art scene when he hauls an odd sculpture to its various photo shoot locations in the Bay area. Meanwhile, on the east coast, Jessica's doing her best to destroy a large piece of Americana.

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Problems Set in Stone
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7.95
39 votes

#6 - Problems Set in Stone

Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/29/2014

Marc takes on an antique camper and Dusty transports a sculpture. But when Dusty picks up a side load and Marc makes a rookie mistake, they both find out they've signed on for a whole extra set of problems.

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Jack Pots & Cheap Shots
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7.93
46 votes

#7 - Jack Pots & Cheap Shots

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/14/2014

Roy rolls the dice shipping the world's largest drum set, while Chris and Robbie land a less-than-noteworthy Mobile Tattoo Parlor. But the real gamble comes when Chris challenges Roy to a bet and they both go all in to see who the better transporter is.

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Do No Bodily Harm
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7.92
39 votes

#8 - Do No Bodily Harm

Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/15/2014

A shipment of medical equipment takes a turn for the weird when Jenn learns her load is a LOT different than expected. Todd and Tamera discover the hardest part of their day is simply escaping the streets of the New York City. Can they keep their eye on the prize or will they lose lots of fans?

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Love at First Flight
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7.89
38 votes

#9 - Love at First Flight

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/14/2012

Jennifer tries to get a sensitive parrot to his owner before depression sets in and Roy run gets delayed after his truck breaks down.

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To the Moon and Back
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7.88
41 votes

#10 - To the Moon and Back

Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/29/2014

A giant dog toy has Todd and Tamera chasing their tails as they try to navigate trailer issues and engine trouble. Jenn moves heaven and earth to take some small moon rocks from Houston to Phoenix.

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Jennifer's Arch
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7.86
63 votes

#11 - Jennifer's Arch

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/31/2012

Jennifer may have taken her livestock specialty too far when she tops the transporters in an auction to ship a number of small animals. Between the smell, the constant feedings, and the never-ending squeals, it may be the last run Jennifer makes with so many critters. Jarrett outbids Marc in the competition to haul a go-kart in the shape of a miniature semi-tractor trailer.

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From Sphere to Infinity & Beyond
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7.83
36 votes

#12 - From Sphere to Infinity & Beyond

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/21/2012

Roy shows his softer side by offering to deliver a coin-operated ride to a boy who just lost his father. Chris and Robbie run into some legal troubles when they are pulled over in Arizona.

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Camel in Tow
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7.81
70 votes

#13 - Camel in Tow

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/24/2012

Jennifer uses her experience transporting livestock to win a camel shipment from Oklahoma to Vermont. Between getting lost, stopping to keep her cargo fed, and cleaning up the camel spit, Jennifer gets way behind schedule. But when her truck breaks down mid-run, the whole shipment is jeopardized.

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It's My Party & I'll Shoot You If I Want To
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7.75
44 votes

#14 - It's My Party & I'll Shoot You If I Want To

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/2014

A little girl's birthday dream playhouse, turns into a nightmare when Marc discovers in route, that the house has a squatter. And Roy deals with more security than he bargained for after he lands a top secret government run.

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Perfect like Roy
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7.75
44 votes

#15 - Perfect like Roy

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/1/2014

Jenn learns that Roy Garber's "perfect, just like me" was more than a catch-phrase when she's tasked with transporting a load that was once shipped by the legend... and it's a small world meanwhile, as Dusty feels the weight of making the deadline for a steel globe that's set to open a new ball park.

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Mud Bug Boogie
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7.74
31 votes

#16 - Mud Bug Boogie

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/28/2012

"Big Rig" Marc hits a violent hailstorm while transporting an enormous trolley bus that might just be over the height limit. Jennifer fights the scorching summer sun while she races to get 400 lbs. of live crawfish on ice to a restaurant opening in Austin, Texas.

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The King and His Axe
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7.71
42 votes

#17 - The King and His Axe

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/7/2012

Chris and Robbie transport two pieces of music history owned by "The King" himself. With a load that is slowing him down, Jarrett races against the clock to get to a restaurant opening in time.

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Stuck in the Vending Vortex
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7.71
31 votes

#18 - Stuck in the Vending Vortex

Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/5/2014

Jessica Samko wins a bizarre carnival type attraction, but things go fowl, when she lands a side load of baby swans. Meanwhile, a repurposed vending machine that dispenses relaxation messages is truly put to the test when Jarrett's tasked with hauling the art piece to Chicago.

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Wings, A Prayer, and a Know-It-All
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7.70
30 votes

#19 - Wings, A Prayer, and a Know-It-All

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/18/2012

Chris and Robbie do their first "motherload" -- a vintage DC-7 Airplane -- while Roy helps a community to rebuild their homes after the devastating Bastrop, Texas fires.

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Who Ya Gonna Call!?...Not Two Blondes and a Truck
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7.70
46 votes

#20 - Who Ya Gonna Call!?...Not Two Blondes and a Truck

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/3/2014

Roy's patience is tested when he ships an iconic piece of ghostly movie history, while Darwinian Theory is proven when the Two Blondes attempt a load of dinosaurs.

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Hernias and Hissy Fits
star
7.68
37 votes

#21 - Hernias and Hissy Fits

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/8/2014

Marc is weighed down by a load that might just be more than the Snortin’ Boar can tackle. Meanwhile, Dusty gets stuck hauling some very unique art sculptures.

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Not with a Whimper but a Bang
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7.67
33 votes

#22 - Not with a Whimper but a Bang

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/28/2012

"The Hotshot Couple" catch a bad flu en route to the pickup of a state-of-the-art nuclear bomb shelter and Chris butts heads with the seller on the loading of the oversized bunker. Jarrett wins his most expensive load of his career--an Indy 500 racecar. But Jarrett s big payday on the $675,000 car will only happen if he makes it across country in four days.

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Highway to the Stranger Zone
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7.60
77 votes

#23 - Highway to the Stranger Zone

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/10/2014

Things get spirited when Jenn realizes her load of antique dolls come with "passengers", and newcomer Dusty Davie ends up in a dog fight with a Russian era MIG fighter.

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Chicken Ship
star
7.59
34 votes

#24 - Chicken Ship

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/21/2012

Marc runs into some bad weather that takes a toll on an exposed, custom-built hot rod. Jarrett just barely squeezes three chicken coops into his trailer.

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Punk-Drunk Love
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7.59
41 votes

#25 - Punk-Drunk Love

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/8/2014

Jessica signs up to move a half-ton steampunk robot in a single day. Todd and Tamera realize that moonshine stills and porcelain plates don't mix well in the back of a trailer.

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