Heavy goods transportation

The coordination of involved transport vehicles from one center is a characteristic feature of the multimodal transportation. Thereby, the process of goods delivery is optimized at the expense of the following conditions: specific character and the length of the route, nature and the volume of goods, special requirements towards goods’ transportation, fulfillment of customs and borderline formalities.

If you need to ship the oversized cargo over a long distance, it is often simply impossible by choosing only one means of transport. That is why the transportation of the oversized cargo is organized in the following way:

• Air carriage is characterized by the delivery of cargo within the shortest time. Such a shipment is an optimal option for perishable and valued goods while the speed of delivery is a decisive factor. Carriage by air makes the delivery of goods possible within days. However, it has a drawback that is, as a rule, the highest price assuming the weight of the cargo unit.
• One can say that carriage by road is an optimal option of delivery in terms of price and timing. Such a carriage is the most in demand. Furthermore, it satisfies the needs of the majority of transport companies’ clients that provide international freight transportation. As a rule, the delivery by truck is present in all the logistic schemes, organized on a basis “from door-to-door”.
• Carriage by sea is the cheapest option of cargo delivery over long distances. Therewith, the cost of delivery plays a key role while the transit time is not of such an importance. Carriage by sea is the most favorable way of cargo delivery from Europe and countries of Southeast Asia. However, such deliveries are optimized for shiploads, which is more than what one truck is able to contain. If you need to carry a small-scale cargo by sea, then the delivery of consolidated goods will be a good option.
• Carriage by rail is the most profitable in terms of delivery over considerable distances by land. The size of the batch does not play a significant role here. As with carriage by sea, the speed of carriage by rail is not fast because of a stage-by-stage delivery from one railway center to another one. Block trains that are entirely being formed according to the declared consignment make the only exception. The difficulty of a railway carriage implementation is, first of all, connected with the time, necessary for the coordination of the transportation especially if it concerns out-of-gauge cargo. Also, we would refer a limited duration of the carriage rate validity that is necessary to be prolonged as well as possible delays concerning provision of a rolling equipment at the agreed shipment point to the weaknesses.