Services
Shipping services for machinery and project cargo
From the truck at the seller’s yard to the ship and the destination site. Each service page sets out the limits, rules and sources that decide how a piece ships.
Ocean Freight
A machine crosses the ocean in one of four ways: inside a container if it passes a 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) wide door, on a flat rack if it is wider or taller, on a RoRo ship if it drives or rides a roll trailer, or as breakbulk when it is beyond all three.
View all Ocean Freight servicesAir Freight
Air freight takes parts and machines in days instead of weeks: a 777F freighter carries up to 118 US tons (107 t), and an AN-124 charter takes single pieces in a 119 ft 9 in (36.5 m) by 21 ft (6.4 m) cabin up to 132 US tons (120 t).
View all Air Freight servicesInland Transport
Machinery reaches the port by truck, rail or barge. A truck runs without permits up to 80,000 lb gross and 102 in wide, railroads clear larger loads route by route, and a deck barge takes pieces too heavy for any road.
View all Inland Transport servicesSpecialized Services
Before a machine ships it is filed with U.S. Customs, cleaned to the destination’s standard, drained and secured to the hazardous materials rules, and blocked and lashed to the carrier’s figures. These services cover each step.
View all Specialized Services services- Customs Brokerage
- Permitting & Route Surveys
- Warehouse & Transload
- Cargo Lashing & Securing
- Rigging & Lifting Services
- USDA Washing & Inspection
- EPA/DOT/CARB Compliance
- IMO Dangerous Goods Handling
- Cargo Surveys & Condition Reports
- Export Cargo Fumigation
- Disassembly, Crating & Containerization
- Machinery Skidding & Base Fabrication
- Specialized Container Loading & Securing
Project Cargo
A project shipment moves many pieces of a plant or fleet to one site on one schedule: each piece goes by the cheapest method that takes it, from containers to heavy-lift ships that lift up to 2,205 US tons (2,000 t), under one plan for permits, export filing and delivery.
View all Project Cargo servicesHeavy Lift
Pieces too heavy for a flat rack go on a roll trailer up to 154 US tons (140 t), on a heavy-lift ship whose two cranes lift up to 2,205 US tons (2,000 t) together, or by barge to the ship when no road route takes them.
View all Heavy Lift servicesBreakbulk
Breakbulk is cargo lifted aboard piece by piece rather than in a container or on a roll trailer: the choice when a piece weighs more than a flat rack takes on its footprint or a roll trailer carries, up to 2,205 US tons (2,000 t) with a heavy-lift ship’s own cranes.
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