Oversized cargo

Every day, tens of thousands of vehicles operate on international highways. Occasionally, these vehicles includes convoys of trucks moving oversized, non-standard cargo like medical modules, components of petrochemical plants, and even homes.

While clientele of industrial project logistics providers place considerable importance on experience and the ability to execute complex shipments as required in the industrial sector, matters are further complicated by the Covid-19 outbreak that has impacted almost all industries. Even today, in spite of the severe restraints resulting from today’s global situation, the AsstrA Industrial Project Logistics (AIPL) team maintains daily dialogues with the company’s Customers.

The services sector is key to the entire UK economy, as it accounts for ¾ of the country’s GDP. The economy of the United Kingdom ranks 10th in the world in terms of GDP per capita at purchasing power parity.

Between their places of manufacture and end use, production line elements must often travel thousands of kilometers. In several such cases, the AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG corporate group team organized production line shipments from Asia to Poland. Janusz Bulinski, Head of the AsstrA Sea Freight Department in Gdansk, shares the details of these successful projects.

When it comes to logistics teamwork, it is important to focus upon a common goal and consistently work together to achieve results. That’s why the AsstrA corporate group emphasizes this approach both with Customers and internally. The AsstrA Industrial Project Logistics (AIPL) team in Italy cites it as a key to success.

Mankind has been building with concrete for 4,000 years, since the age of Mesopotamia. The material gained popularity in ancient Rome. To this day, the dome of the Pantheon remains the largest structure in the world made of unreinforced concrete.

What is the most expensive thing in the modern world? Gold? Diamonds? Or maybe – according to a Forbes’ ranking of valuable products – a rhino horn? In the transport and logistics industry, time is the most expensive commodity.

56 trucks, 3,000 kilometers, and only 2 months. For the AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG corporate group, autumn was full of ambitious projects.

For more than 10 years, AsstrA Heavy Lift specialists have provided comprehensive services involving the transport and logistics of oversized and heavy loads. A Client from the wood industry relied on AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG’s holistic services to help transport woodworking lines from Luxembourg to Ukraine. The AsstrA Heavy Lift Department coordinated the entire project. The delivery process took three months. During this time, 450 loads were shipped. The total weight of all loads amounted to nearly 8,000 tons.

Transports to and from China are becoming more and more popular among Clients of the AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG international transportation and logistics corporate group. Partners from various industries use AsstrA's holistic approach to handling cargo transportation to / from China. The corporate group offers comprehensive services including container bookings and road transport organized via the Gdańsk and Poznań branch offices, respectively. Janusz Buliński, Head of Sea Freight at AsstrA in Gdańsk, talks about the details of several projects the team has implemented.

Project logistics has become an integral part of AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG’s business. Several German-speaking companies regularly rely on the transport and logistics services provider for support in this area. The main destinations of these shipments are Russia, Central Asia, and China.

A 20-meter Moscow metro wagon. A 6-ton passenger plane engine. A 1,000-part city tram. All these vehicles’ components must go a long way before they can function together as a whole. Sometimes production starts with one piece in Japan and ends with final assembly in Austria.

From 21 to 23 May, the German city of Bremen will host the "heavy" logistics and transportation industry’s key annual event: Breakbulk Europe. Representatives of the entire industrial supply chain will come together in the Bremen Musicians’ hometown. Among them will be experts from the AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG corporate group.

Defining waste is easy. According to the Polish legal Act of 14 December 2012, waste is any substance or object whose holder is or will be disposing of it or has the obligation to do so. Removing waste, however, is not so easy.

The AsstrA international corporate group has successfully shipped equipment to be used in the construction of Central Asia’s largest solar power plant.

Within the framework of this project, the AsstrA corporate group transported equipment for the manufacture of plastic cards microchips from Zelenograd to Taipei.

4,000 kilometers, 84 tons of cargo, 5 types of vehicles, 50 days of transit time. AsstrA completed another international oversize cargo transportation project.

From March to August 2018, transport and logistics operator AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG transported crane parts, counterweights, crane maintenance equipment, and several self-propelled heavy and oversized cargo moving modules.

In August of this year, the AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG group of transport and logistics companies shipped a new 26-meter rail wagon to Germany, and then shipped similar cargo from Switzerland a few weeks later.

Transporting oversized cargo is a true test for a transport company: it requires competent knowledge of every aspect associated with logistics including engineering, the subtleties of customs clearance, and insuring goods.

The transport and logistics industry is one of the spheres where the ability to quickly and calmly adjust to the changes and find a solution even in a stalemate situation is not just an important, but a key business attribute.

Company rankings: to participate or not to participate? Many entrepreneurs ask this question every day. Some do not believe in disclosing company data to the public and some – like those at AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG – very much do!

At AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG, the Heavy Lift Division is responsible for the transportation of oversized and heavy cargoes. For more than ten years we have been rendering comprehensive transportation services using various transportation modes and combined delivery schemes. We deliver cargoes using our own fleet of trucks as well as rail, sea and river transport.

We talked with experts from the international transport and logistics group AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG about the carriers selection process.

Breakbulk Europe, the world’s biggest project cargo industry conference, will take place this year – for the first time in history – in Bremen, Germany, from the 29th to 31st of May.

"Delays at the European Union border, road inspections, bureaucracy – these complications are a regular part of transporting cargo from Poland to its east. Such factors have a negative impact on the predictability of the supply chain and the punctuality of cargo delivery. The driver needs a responsible and competent guide who will help him navigate all these challenges. And that’s what we do best," emphasizes Poland Country Manager Mariusz Borkowski.

This year the international logistics provider AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG welcomes the guests of the exhibition at its own stand E245 in the Hall of the 3rd International Exhibition Center «Crocus Expo»

AsstrA’s strategy for the next 3 years emphasizes key trade lanes. Geographical expansion is planned not only in Europe but also the CIS and the USA.

AsstrA’s new Romanian office offers professional services related to bulk, liquid, and oversized cargo.