Abstract: An apparatus for transporting and storing frangible material, such as glass plates and the like and including a storage console including two generally vertically disposed frames spaced longitudinally away from one another, each of the frames defining a pair of vertically spaced channel-like guideways, with each of the guideways being provided with a compressible deformable element defining a series of plate edge receiving recesses, a pair of elongated upright stanchion members movable to and from a position causing the compressible elements to compressingly engage the edges of a series of plates received within the recesses, whereby to support, constrain and suspend the plates in a unified mass, and a pallet-like base and optional shroud for enclosing the constrained plates and providing for convenient transport and storage thereof.