Auxiliary Services

As products vary in shape and function, services do too. BIGTrans auxiliary services are there to provide value added benefits to our clientele.

We complement the standard services provided by the various carriers utilized to physically move your goods from A to B with a wide array of services thus providing a complete shipping package tailor made to the customer’s requirements.

Services we provide :

• Packing and crating
• Complete array of cargo and project insurance services
• Warehousing (bonded or non-bonded facilities)
• Marine survey services
• Project dismantling
• Used container sourcing
• Container leasing
• Cargo inspections
• Client in-house shipping management
• Stevedoring and related services
• Short and long term craneage contracts (on-shore and off-shore)
• Assistance with consular documentation

Logistics Services

Transportation is a key element to the success of a project. Without the professional and dedicated services of a shipping company responsible for the safe transportation of high value equipment to sometimes remote locations, years of planning and big investments may substantially delay your return on investment.

We at BIGTrans have realized the special sometimes complex challenges of project forwarding and have accumulated over the years the know-how and expertise required to accommodate the most challenging tasks.

Services we provide :

• Shipping management for moving of entire industrial facilities
• Shipping cost budgeting
• Oversized and heavy-lift haulage in virtually every country
• Heavy-lift shipping; part or full charter for both sea- and airfreight
• Project consolidation
• Barging services
• Customs clearances
• Port Handling
• Road  haulage with over-dimensional and specialized equipment
• Infrastructure survey services
• Infrastructure reinforcements for super heavy lifts
• Up to foundation transports for heavy-lifts
• Procurement of necessary transportation permits
• On-site supervision
• Back office functions (L/C handling, invoicing, etc)
• Purchase Order (PO) related reporting (status reports)
• Turnkey transportation, consultation and management

Forwarding Services

Be it handling an urgent consignment of spare parts for one client or arranging a vessel load of machinery for another, BIGTrans would fill that need, and in the process Bigtrans take total responsibility of the freight logistics and all documentation.

In all shipping disciplines for both Import and Export, BIGTrans provides a comprehensive array of services. Backed by an extensive global network of partners we provide total transportation solutions from and to virtually any point in the world.

Services we provide (for both import and export) :

• International sea freight with container (FCL & LCL), conventional and break bulk carriers
• International air freight for general cargo and full charter
• Consolidation and NVOCC
• Road haulage both domestic and international
• Customs brokerage
• Inter-modal transportation
• Sea & air services
• Comprehensive back office documentation services
• Door-to-door services
• Warehousing and storage
• Controlled temperature shipments
• Hazardous cargo shipments (up to DG class 7)