Heavy lift

Characteristic for heavy-lift goods is the absence of standardization, which requires individual transport planning.

Mode Of Transport Typical heavy-lift cargo includes generators, turbines, reactors, boilers, towers, casting, heaters, presses, locomotives, boats, satellites, military personnel and equipment.

In the offshore industry, parts of oil rigs and production platforms are also lifted; some of these are also removed at the end of an installation's working life.

[citation needed] Typical cargo consist of Road transport of heavy and oversized load is called heavy haulage specialized equipment is used to haul these load, which are only employed for heavy-duty work.

Railroads are not connected to airports and ports directly, ultimately the cargo has to be transmitted to road transport to reach the final destination.

Heavy lift ship transporting oil platform in Shetland
Heat exchanger being handled by mobile cranes for project cargo transportation
Siemens Transformer being loaded onto an Antonov AN-225 cargo plane at Zagreb airport .
Oversize cargo being transported on a deck barge in Antwerp