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Heavy Haul Shipping Rates: The True Cost of Moving Heavy Machinery

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The fear of cargo being lost, damaged, or otherwise compromised in transit is a common one. For shippers with international supply chains, these anxieties are intensified by unpredictable factors like war and geopolitical tensions, tariffs, piracy, natural disasters, and more.
Active construction jobsites are dynamic and busy places. With tight timelines and budgets, it’s vital that everything goes well…and often, they don’t. Multiple trades, weather, budget changes, supply chain issues, worker shortages and more keep things busy and evolving.
Freight shipping is a complex operation with a lot of variables. Basically, you are trusting some of your valuable assets to a carrier to load, transport and unload them at your final destination.

Even for the most experienced supply chain professionals, arranging and overseeing project logistics can be a massive undertaking. Regardless of its size, every project has tight timelines, multiple stakeholders to coordinate with and a budget to uphold.
Over-dimensional (OD) freight shipments require a lot from the companies that manage them. Among other things, permits must be acquired, a route must be planned and the correct transportation solution must be identified and arranged.

Assuming that a multi-truck project is priced in the same manner as a one-off shipment is one of the more common hangups logistics professionals encounter while sourcing project quotes.
Posted by Carl Verdon on Sep 25, 2024 3:31:08 PM
The fear of cargo being lost, damaged, or otherwise compromised in transit is a common one. For shippers with international supply chains, these anxieties are intensified by unpredictable factors like war and..
Posted by Michael Schooler on Sep 29, 2023 8:15:00 AM
Active construction jobsites are dynamic and busy places. With tight timelines and budgets, it’s vital that everything goes well…and often, they don’t. Multiple trades, weather, budget changes, supply..
Posted by John Sewell on Sep 6, 2023 11:08:00 AM
Freight shipping is a complex operation with a lot of variables. Basically, you are trusting some of your valuable assets to a carrier to load, transport and unload them at your final destination.
Posted by Aaron Winter on Oct 31, 2022 10:00:00 AM
Even for the most experienced supply chain professionals, arranging and overseeing project logistics can be a massive undertaking. Regardless of its size, every project has tight timelines, multiple..
Posted by Amy Studanski on Aug 29, 2022 10:00:00 AM
Over-dimensional (OD) freight shipments require a lot from the companies that manage them. Among other things, permits must be acquired, a route must be planned and the correct transportation solution must be..
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