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Project and heavy lift forwarding
For pieces that will not fit a container: route survey, equipment selection, lashing plan, abnormal load permits and delivery inside the project site.
What makes it a project
Cargo you cannot simply book space for
Once a piece is wider than a container, taller than the road allows, or heavy enough that not every crane can lift it, a booking will not solve it. Somebody has to work out which route it can actually travel, on what equipment, and under which permits.
The work starts with a drawing, not a rate. We take the exact dimensions and weight, the centre of gravity, the lifting points and the conditions at the delivery site; we check the route for bridge clearances, axle loading and turning radii; and then we tell you how the piece can be moved and what it will cost.
Sometimes the answer is that the piece has to be split at origin. Saying that before it is fabricated is far cheaper than discovering it at a roundabout.
The sequence
From feasibility study to site delivery
Feasibility study
Dimensions, weight, centre of gravity and lifting points checked against route limits and the equipment actually available.
Route survey
Bridge clearances, axle and bridge loading, turning radii and urban obstructions, right through to the last stage inside the site.
Equipment and lashing
Flat rack, open top, low bed, modular trailer or breakbulk — with a lashing plan and the loading calculations behind it.
Permits and escort
Abnormal load permits, coordination with the traffic police and escort on the stretches that require it.
In practice
The part that gets overlooked
On a project cargo, the ocean or road leg is usually the least risky part. What puts projects behind schedule is the last few metres: a gate that will not open, ground that will not carry the crane, or a foundation that is not ready.
So we check the delivery site before the cargo moves, and we set the arrival date against the site’s readiness rather than the other way round.
- The delivery site surveyed or documented before departure
- Arrival timed against foundation and crane readiness
- A photographed handover record on site
Project cargo
Pieces that will not fit a box
Self-propelled trailers, quayside movement
Steel pipe, stowed in the hold
Industrial equipment, permitted road movement
Heavy plant, roro shipment
Alongside, preparing to discharge
Common questions
About project cargo
Dimensions and weight for each piece separately, the centre of gravity and lifting points if known, a drawing or photograph, exact origin and delivery addresses, and your target window. With that we can give you a real number. Without it, anyone quoting is guessing.
It depends how far out of gauge. Up to a point the cargo travels on a flat rack paying for the adjacent slot. Beyond that it needs special equipment, permits and sometimes escort, and the cost steps up. Iranian port storage also carries a multiplier for out-of-gauge units.
Yes. These pieces are high in value and can take months to replace, so cover should be written against replacement value and delay exposure rather than the invoice figure alone. We settle that before the cargo moves.
Yes, and on project cargo it is usually the deciding leg. We plan backwards from the site: first how the piece gets in, then which port it should discharge at.
Let us look at your project cargo
Send the piece dimensions and weights, a drawing or photograph, and the delivery site. The initial route and equipment review costs nothing.
Related services
Sea Transport
Full container and groupage from any port in the world into Shahid Rajaee, Bandar Imam Khomeini, Bushehr, Assaluyeh and Khorramshahr — booked, documented and followed through to clearance.
View →Air Transport
For cargo that cannot wait for a vessel: space booked from the main origins into Imam Khomeini airport, quoted alongside the ocean option so you can compare.
View →Road Transport to CIS
From discharge at Shahid Rajaee to delivery in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan or Afghanistan — transit entry, road leg and permit discharge at the exit border.
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