CSS – Freightplus now handles High and Heavy RoRo/Break bulk cargo – regardless if it is single cargo or part of a project movement. Cargo can be easily loaded on specialized vessels and stowed on high and heavy decks. Lorries, trucks, trailers, busses, excavators or big moveable machinery is the basis of the CSS – Freightplus Global Cargo movements door to door worldwide!
As part of CSS’s diversification and product development plans CSS is delighted to advise in line with our Business Development ambitions the new partnership with a well reputed company Freightplus who is a well known service provider and a specialist in the world market.
Together with Freightplus, CSS has embarked on yet another journey in order to service and add value to the Global Shipping and logistics market-offering specialist shipping services for new and used construction equipment. The leverage of the combined networks and varied expertise will be a driving force to provide end to end services in the identified market segment and to provide total unified logistics and freight for new and used construction equipment.
With the association and carefully selected global partners Freightplus and CSS will be positioned as one of the only few project forwarders specializing in the international movement of heavy machinery.
In fact, moving heavy machinery across the world is what we now do, shipping new and used mining machinery, construction equipment , earthmoving machines, exploration and drilling equipment and agricultural machinery, every day of every week.
Whether our customers are shipping a Caterpillar dozer, a Hitachi excavator, a Komatsu dump truck or a Tadano crane, the well trained experienced crew know exactly what is required to transport heavy equipment in the safest and most economical shipping configuration.
CSS and Freight Plus will maintain an extensive technical database with machinery specifications of nearly all major earthmoving, construction and mining plant and equipment. This means customers will not have the hassle of having to provide technical drawings or machinery spec’s whenever they are shipping machinery internationally.
Our operations now boasts average industry experience exceeding 15 years per person. A third of our crew each has more than 20 years experience, much of that time directly involved with shipping heavy equipment, using scheduled RORO services, break bulk and container vessels and dedicated charters for larger parcels.
Whether it’s CSS or one of our competitors, we strongly recommend the use heavy lift specialists when moving valuable heavy machinery and other challenging cargoes, internationally.
Customers can talk to CSS and Freightplus representatives, face to face, at any time of the day or night for good advice about shipping mining equipment, construction machinery or earthmoving machines, transporting drill rigs, relocating a drag line, decommissioning a mine, relocating a manufacturing plant, repositioning military equipment, importing farm machinery, exporting generators or moving over dimensional cargo.
Customers can be advised that with the geographical spread of our offices, by land-line, mobile phone, email messaging, ensuring that the inquires can be responded to efficiently in a timely fashion.
As well as shipping heavy machinery around the world, Freightplus provides a number of ancillary services. At origin, before shipment, our comprehensive range of services includes –
- Pre-purchase, technical machinery appraisal – covering a wide range of used heavy equipment
- Dismantling and reassembly of heavy machinery
- Steam cleaning to Australian quarantine standards for used machinery
- Steam cleaning to New Zealand quarantine standards for used machinery
- Steam cleaning to USA quarantine standards for used machinery
- Mechanical support prior to shipment
- Supervision of ship loading
- Full range of Customs services, including documentation and formalities for export
- Preparation of Carnets
- Chamber of Commerce representation
- Payment facilitation between buyer and seller (Escrow services)
- SGS inspections
- Marine insurance
- Marine surveys
- Comprehensive service ex job-site
There is much more to transporting massive machines from site to site than booking space on a ship.
As well as capably shipping heavy machinery between any two ports in the world, CSS and Freightplus now also provides comprehensive support services.
When your cargo arrives at its destination port, CSS and partners can help with a number of ancillary services;
- Coordination of necessary documentation and export licenses
- Payment facilitation between buyer and seller
- Post-shipment condition appraisal – covering a wide range of used heavy equipment
- Dismantling and reassembly of heavy machinery
- Steam cleaning to Australian quarantine standards for used machinery
- Steam cleaning to New Zealand quarantine standards for used machinery
- Steam cleaning to USA quarantine standards for used machinery
- Mechanical support during all stages of shipment
- Supervision of vessel discharge
- Crane services, with doggers and riggers
- Container devanning
- Fumigation
- Full range of Customs services for import
- Full range of quarantine compliance services
- Processing of transport permits
- Customs tariff concession applications
- Duty drawbacks
- Duty audits
- Greenhouse gases compliance and reporting
- Marine Insurance claims
- Comprehensive job-site delivery
- Pre-sale refurbishment