Project and heavy lift cargo
This type of cargo needs special transportation modes hence its name – “project cargo” or sometimes “heavy lift cargo”.
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Project cargo broadly refers to the global transportation of big, bulky, heavy and high-value equipment and parts intended for a given project. It can include shipments of different components that require disassembly for purposes of shipment and reassembly following a delivery.
This type of cargo needs special transportation modes hence its name – “project cargo” or sometimes “heavy lift cargo”.
Furthermore, this sort of cargo tends to have a specific time-frame or specified delivery date that makes these shipments some of the most complex and detailed projects in the entire logistics industry.
Our dedicated and experienced team at Portico leave no room for error.
We can ensure professional terminal handling, storage and transportation of small, medium and large cargo at our modern facility, based at Portsmouth International Port.
Watch Portico handle a mega project cargo move.
125 tonne
We’re used to handling loads of all shapes and sizes.
Portico’s cranes are capable of 125 tonne lifts, and working in tandem this rises to 250 tonnes.
90 mins
We’re right next to the UK motorway network too, meaning your cargo can be on the road in next to no time – ideal for just-in-time project management.
Our terminal is just 90 minutes
by road to central London.
2.5 hrs
Birmingham can be reached in around 2.5 hours, which makes us ideally placed for HS2 contractors looking to bring in oversized cargo for the construction of Britain’s new high-speed line.
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