Survey the route first
Height, width, weight and turning radius checked against the actual road, not the map. Bridges, overpasses and weight-restricted spans identified before anything is booked.
Specialized cargo · Project
It doesn't fit in a container. That's the easy part.
Oversized, heavy-lift, out-of-gauge and multi-piece project cargo. Route surveys, permits, lifting gear and the sequencing that decides whether any of it arrives in the right order.
OOG Out-of-gauge
FLAT RACK & breakbulk
PERMITS Route surveys
60+ Carrier network
The problem
Oversized cargo fails on the ground, not at sea.
The ocean leg is rarely what goes wrong. What goes wrong is a bridge clearance nobody measured, a permit that takes eleven days in a state you're crossing on day four, a crane booked for a delivery that arrives a week late, or three pieces of one machine landing on three different vessels.
Project cargo is a sequencing problem wearing a freight costume. Everything has to happen in an order, and one late permit reorders all of it.
What we do
Plan it backwards from the delivery.
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Permits on the critical path
State permits have lead times that vary and don't care about your schedule. We start them first and build the transport plan around when they land.
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Pick the equipment to the cargo
Flat rack, open top, breakbulk or roll-on depending on dimensions and what's realistic at both ports — not on what's cheapest to book.
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Keep the set together
Multi-piece consignments routed to arrive together where possible, and sequenced deliberately where not. You get the base before the superstructure.
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Coordinate the lift
Crane and rigging booked against the confirmed delivery window, with the contingency named in advance rather than improvised on the day.
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Clear the unusual stuff
Heavy machinery classification, partial shipments of a single unit, and duty treatment for equipment arriving in pieces — handled by a broker in the same building.
To scope it
What we need to quote a project.
- Dimensions and weight per piece — including the centre of gravity if known
- Number of pieces — and whether they're one unit or independent
- Origin and final site address — site, not nearest city
- Lifting points — and whether the cargo can be laid down
- Site access — road width, overhead lines, ground bearing
- Required on-site date — and what depends on it
Photographs and a general arrangement drawing shorten this conversation by about a week.
Bring us in before the equipment is bought.
The cheapest project moves are the ones where transport was considered at specification. Send dimensions and a delivery site and we'll tell you what's feasible and what it costs.