Heavy lift. Out of gauge. Engineered.
Cranes. Transformers. Wind components. Refinery modules. Industrial reactors. SGK Global moves cargo other forwarders walk away from — with route surveys, multi-axle planning, and direct relationships with heavy-lift vessels and project carriers across Africa, MENA, South America, and the Caribbean.
Every step of a heavy-lift move, planned.
Heavy lift is engineering, not transport. We start with the route survey and work backwards from the discharge bolt-down.
Route surveys
Roads, bridges, overhead clearances, pavement load ratings. We don't book a move until the route is proven.
Multi-axle & SPMT
Self-propelled modular transporters, multi-axle dollies, hydraulic platform trailers. Configured per piece dimensions and weight.
Heavy-lift vessels
Direct carrier relationships across heavy-lift, project breakbulk, and RORO. We pick the right hook for the cargo.
Crane planning
Origin load-out and destination discharge crane studies. Lift plans signed off before vessel arrival.
Permits & escorts
State, federal and host-country permits. Pilot cars, police escorts, traffic management. The cargo only moves once everything is cleared.
Port & site handling
Direct port handling agreements at major destinations. Inland transport and on-site jacking and skidding to final placement.
Four phases. One engineer. One accountable team.
From the first call to the bolt-down, the same project lead owns the move.
Survey
Cargo specs, origin and destination route surveys, port assessments. Output: a planned route, not a guess.
Engineer
Carrier selection, trailer configuration, lift plans, permits, customs strategy, full cost plan.
Move
Load-out at origin, vessel sailing, discharge at destination. Real-time tracking. 24/7 desk on time-critical moves.
Place
Inland transport, on-site rigging, jacking and skidding to final position. Single point of accountability from booking to bolt-down.
The compliance stack that lets us move what others can't.
SGK Global holds every certification needed to handle commercial, federal, and project cargo across air and ocean modes — plus federal prime status that few mid-market forwarders can match.
Tell us what you need to move.
Piece dimensions, weights, origin, destination, target dates. We come back with a route, a vessel, a permit plan, and a price.
