Transportation of bulky and oversized cargo,
Delivery of oversized and bulky cargo, transportation conditions.
If you need to transport bulky and bulky goods, the delivery of which by conventional vehicles is much more difficult than, say, by sea, due to limited capabilities, then this task is quite solvable due to low-bed semi-trailers specially prepared for this type of cargo transportation. Extensive experience in organizing international transportation of oversized and bulky cargo, coupled with a wide selection of vehicles in the fleet of our partners, allows our freight forwarding company to organize the delivery of your cargo from different countries of Europe, Russia, Romania at the highest level. Of course, we undertake the preparation of the necessary documentation and the coordination of the cargo delivery route with the road services and law enforcement agencies (if necessary). To order this type of transportation, send an application ON-LINE.
Features of transportation of bulk and oversized cargo.
Oversized cargo is called cargo of non-standard sizes: heavy, long, bulky cargo is distinguished. Bulk cargo may not be so heavy, but large in size – the organization of their transportation is associated with certain difficulties and has its own specifics. First of all, this concerns transport – transport intended for the transport of most types of cargo is not suitable for transporting oversized and bulky cargo.
– What type of transport is most suitable for international transportation of oversized cargo?
Let’s try to answer this question in a complex way: after all, the choice of a method for transporting oversized cargo depends on many factors. So, if you need to deliver, say, a batch of construction equipment from the United States to Russia, Ukraine or Moldova, at the first stage, you cannot do without sea transport to transport cargo across the ocean. This is the simplest and cheapest mode of transport, besides it has a large capacity and carrying capacity. For comparison, the same air transport will cost much more and has certain restrictions on the size and weight of the goods transported – thus, air transport is the least suitable for transporting oversized cargo.
In any case, sea transportation solves only half of the problem, for the further delivery of oversized cargo through Europe to its destination, one cannot do without rail or road transport – the two main ways to transport large oversized cargo. When transporting oversized cargo from Europe to the CIS countries by rail, you need to keep in mind the difference between the width of the European and post-Soviet railway gauges.
When crossing the EU-CIS border, it will take some time to change the wheels or the entire rolling stock. When completing the delivery of oversized cargo to its destination, it is hardly possible to do without motor transport – the most mobile, efficient and most affordable way to transport large oversized cargo. Thus, the most effective is the use of combined, multimodal transportation of oversized and bulky cargo.
If you need transportation of oversized cargo across the EU-CIS region – which is the main field of professional activity of our transport company, then in principle it can be stated that transportation of oversized cargo is carried out either by rail platforms and gondola cars, or on low loader trailers. It is impossible not to take into account such a factor as the specificity of transported oversized cargo – the purpose of their application. Let’s think about where and why oversized transportation is used for the most part. In construction, heavy industry and metallurgy, agriculture, mining and oil industry, in major repair work. If we exclude the option of purchasing building materials and special equipment abroad, then for the most part these are domestic transportation over short distances.
Factors that significantly affect the cost of transporting oversized cargo.
What distinguishes the transportation of oversized cargo from other types of transportation? The fact is that often the preparation for the transportation of oversized cargo requires the expenditure of additional human resources. This is not about simple loading and unloading operations carried out in any other transportation. Before transporting oversized cargo, it is not enough just to study the delivery route; information is needed on the condition of bridges, the height of the tunnels located on the way. If necessary, in some sections, the road surface and bridge structures are strengthened, created withspecial fastening tools for oversized cargo. Keep in mind that it is even possible to dismantle power lines and limit the supply of other resources, suspension of traffic. Each of the listed elements requires human resources and all this, of course, is reflected in the final cost of cargo transportation. This also includes the issuance of special permits for the transportation of oversized and bulky goods.
