The phrase "are preparing to ship" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that something is in the process of being packaged and sent out for delivery.
Example: "The products are preparing to ship and should be on their way by the end of the week."
Alternatives: "are getting ready to ship" or "are set to ship."
"We are prepared to ship gas and oil directly to the United States," Alexander Losyukov, Russia's ambassador to Japan, said Tuesday, alluding to the gas contract, which received official Russian approval last month.
Iran's deputy head of the Ports and Maritime Organization said Sunday that its ports are prepared to ship goods to Qatar. .
Modell's distribution center in the Bronx is preparing to ship to its 94 New York and New Jersey stores.
He moved deliberately and with care, as if he was preparing to ship them far away and knew they needed to arrive safely.
From a nearby field, Mr. Rosen appeared, weighed down by armloads of long-stemmed white roses he was preparing to ship to New York.
She said she once had to store a car without a license plate in her driveway while she was preparing to ship it to her children in Puerto Rico, and she got a letter from the city telling her she was in violation of a code and had to take the car out.
When Abraham Lincoln visited McClellan's army at Harrison's Landing, Va., where it was preparing to ship back to Union territory, an officer claimed the president picked up a corner of one of the Irish colors, kissed it and said, "God bless the Irish flag".
A senior American official on Saturday confirmed South Korean news reports that the North seemed to be preparing to ship an intercontinental ballistic missile toward a testing site on the waters between Korea and Japan, a sign that North Korea might be planning another long-range missile test.
Over the weekend, an American official confirmed South Korean news reports of indications that the North was preparing to ship an intercontinental ballistic missile toward a testing site on the Sea of Japan, a sign that the reclusive government of Kim Jong-il may be planning another launching.
