Crane Shipping | Oversized Shipment from Italy in 1 Month

Author Name: Emma Hau – Marketing Analyst at FreightAmigo

Construction industry in Hong Kong is booming. This imposes pressing demand on construction materials and mechanical equipment. To ensure smooth operations on construction sites, a local contractor firm has appointed FreightAmigo last year to arrange a crane shipping solution from Italy to Hong Kong.

Crane Shipping – Case Study

A local contractor firm was interested in purchasing a new knuckle boom crane from Italy. The crane has a lifting capacity up to 7 tones, to facilitate efficient on-site construction materials handling and delivering. However, the crane itself weighs over 10 tones, with an extendable boom up to 30 meters. It was complicated for the Italian crane company to arrange crane shipping to Hong Kong, especially with disruption freight traffic amid the pandemic. Therefore, the contractor firm invited FreightAmigo to arrange this crane shipping with our door-to-door freight solution.

Crane arrived at Port!

Crane Shipping – Challenges in sea freight arrangement

Since the outbreak of Covid, port congestion, shortage of containers and labor are disrupting the operation of sea freight. Crane shipping is therefore a big challenge. FreightAmigo is a 1-stop supply chain e-marketplace, who manages to provide instant freight quotation, reliable freight solutions and real time tracking to our clients.

After receiving all the details about this crane shipping, including its dimension, requirement, our AI routing technology can therefore calculate the most efficient and reliable ITA-HKG sea freight options instantly. FreightAmigo arranged a 30-day sea freight journey for this crane shipping, while other sea freight solutions in the market can take up to 40-day.

Special packaging serivce before departure!

Crane Shipping – Oversized Shipment Packaging Service

The weight of this knuckle boom crane was over 10 tones. Even if we break it down into parts, the crane base alone is enormous. To ensure a smooth and safe crane shipping journey, FreightAmigo offered professional packaging service. With the use of strapping and pallets, we helped our client to tension the crane firmly inside the cargo throughout the journey.

Apart from packaging, services such as door-to-port transportation, custom clearance etc. were also under FreightAmigo’s control. Once our clients placed their order, they could trust FreightAmigo in handling all the procedures and document for crane shipping. Our clients could sit back and relax until the crane arrive at the destination.

Crane delivery to Hong Kong port

Upon the arrival, our client sent the crane straight to their sites to assist construction work. With extra machine, they can now enjoy higher flexibility and mobility in labor and machine arrangement in between construction sites. They are pleased with FreightAmigo’s 1-stop freight solutions, making crane shipping possible amid global supply chain disruption.

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