Author Archives: Felix MATEI

With professional agents everywhere in the world, Med Truck International is reliable for its clients’ door to door shipments. Its services are based on some of the most comprehensive and efficient transport networks in the world.

Our advantages are:

  • Excellent transport solutions, combining good prices with rapid ness and full safety of the on-carriage;
  • The technical and commercial competence of our team;
  • Seriousness and promptness in carrying on the transports;
  • A complete database referring to restrictions, problems, external furniture which may occur during the transport, referring to roads, frontiers, relief or particularities of the cities, etc…
  • Sound knowledge of the Romanian transport specificities;
  • Fast finding the best solution for solving all problems related to the logistics or techniques of the on-carriage.

Med Truck International owns presently :

  • 2 trans containers dedicated for 20” & 40 “ containers , with head tractor 4×2 Volvo ,
  • 3 special trans containers 2 connect, meaning a train made of 2 platforms, enabling transport of 2 separate 20” containers at the same time up to 60 to wheight, with head tractors 6×2 DAF, 4×2 VOLVO,
  • special equipm 3 axles semi & extendable, with a 4×2 head tractor Volvo, suitable for:
    • small construction machines, up to max weight 30 t ;
    • industrial parts &pieces , max length 12 m, max weight 30t;
    • 1 special equip. 3 axles double extendable platform , with a 6x 4 head tractor Volvo, suitable for :
      • various parts of windmill turbines , such as blades or tower component parts up to a max length of 40 m, max weight of 15 t;
      • all kind of tubes , pipes , beams, girders , to a max length 40 m;
      • tanks, cylinders, vents up to a max diameter of 2,70 m , max weight of 30 t;
  • special equip. 4 axles semi & extendable with hydraulic ramps, with a 6×2 head tractor DAF, suitable for :
    • constructions machines, especially on trucks, up to a width of 3,10 m and a weight of 45 t;
    • various parts of windmill turbines, such as hus, spinners , power units, trafos , etc , to a max weight of 55 t;
  • special equip. 6 axles semi & extendable, with a head tractor 6×4 Scania, suitable for:\
    • various parts of windmills, such as nacelles, hubs , up to a max length of 30 m and a max weight of 70 t;
    • industrial forged and casted parts, such as navy shafts, mould steel units, etc, to a max weight of 70 t;
    • construction machines , up to a max width of 3 m and max weight of 60 t ;
    • beer tanks, various reservoirs, up to a max diameter of 7 m, max weight of 60 t ;
  • 1 special equip. modular trailer 10 axles Scheurle brand new, with a head tractor MAN 8×4 /41.680 top of the scale, suitable for:
    • construction machines , up to a max width of 4 m, up to a max weight of 100 t ;
    • various parts of windmill turbines, such as nacelles, power units , components of towers , up to a max length of 22 m, up to a max weight of 120 t ;
    • industry trafos up to a max weight of 140 t ;
    • industrial parts for navy and chemical industry, up to a length of 20 m and a weight of 140 t ;

What is Heavy Lift ?

Definition

The transportation, handling and installation of heavy items which are indivisible, and of weights generally accepted to be in the range of 1 ton to over 1000 tons and of widths/heights of more than 100 meters that are too large to fit into normal containers or onto conventional transporters. These oversized items are transported from one place to another (sometimes across country borders) then lifted or installed into place. Characteristic for heavy lift goods is the absence of standardization which requires an individual transport planning.

Typical Items
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. Recent notable lifts have included several of >2000 short tons in the de-commissioning of the North West Hutton oil field in the (British sector of) the North Sea.

Transport
To transport heavy lift items special trucks or trailers (flatbeds) are used, which are especially suitable therefor due to their large loading area and capacities. For air transports special large-volume and strong cargo aircrafts like the Antonov An-225 are employed which can move up to 250 tons of freight. On inland waters barges are often used. Transports at sea carry out special heavy lift vessels which often possess won cranes for loading and discharging cargo. Transportation of heavy lift items ranks among the most challenging and complex services in logistics and is handled by specialized companies.

What is Cargo consolidation ?

Cargo consolidation service provided by a freight forwarder in which several smaller shipments are assembled and shipped together to avail of better freightrates and security of cargo. Also called assembly service, cargo consolidation, or freight consolidation.

What is FTL, FCL , LCL ,LTL?

When you’re starting to deal with shipping large orders out from warehouses but aren’t yet running a dedicated transportation team with your own semis to courier your goods around the country, you’re going to be faced with a lot of different options as far as that shipping is concerned. If you have 3PL providers (third party logistics) handling your warehousing, order fulfillment, and shipping, then you might hear a variety of suggestions from them on the options that you have as far as delivering your shipments. One that you will surely hear suggested, especially if you are in that middle range of not quite filling full semi loads with your shipments to any particular location, will be to consider shipping LTL.

Whenever you’re dealing with full semis for transportation needs there are going to be two terms that you hear a great deal: FTL, and LTL. FTL stands for full truck load. This would be when you have enough of a shipment to occupy a whole truck, or close enough to it, to completely hire it from the transportation company with no other company allowed to ship goods on board.

On the other hand, LTL stands for less than truck load. This is the shipping option that most small to medium sized companies will employ, and is when you will only rent a portion of a truck load, with the remainder of the trailer divvied up amongst other companies who are shipping to a destination similar to your own.

There are some real advantages to shipping LTL. The most obvious of these is the considerable savings in cost that it can bring you. Because you are only renting a portion of the truck, and because the courier company is going to make more money (LTL is more profitable than FTL for them) they can afford to reduce the overall cost somewhat to each person that is shipping on the truck. In addition if you’re not going to use an entire FTL shipment and can’t fill the trailer right to capacity, you will find that you’re still going to be paying for that room, something that can really on a pound per pound basis make LTL shipping a great deal more cost effective. The only advantage to shipping FTL instead is if you have a very specific order that you need deliveries completed in, as you will have more flexibility when you have rented the whole truck.

What is Consolidation ?

Combining several smaller shipments into a full container load or a large shipment to avail of better freightrates. Also called groupage.

What is FCL ?

Standard (twenty or forty-foot) container that is stuffed (loaded) and un-stuffed (stripped) under the risk andaccount of the shipper or consignee. In general, a FCL container attracts lower freight rates than an equivalentweight of loose (break bulk) cargo. Also called full trailer load (FTL).

Our Road Transport Services include :

  • Full Truck Load
  • Less than Truck Load
  • Semi-trailer
  • Semi-trailer truck
    A semi-trailer truck, also known as tractor-trailer or  articulated truck or articulated lorry, often abbreviated to artic, is an articulated vehicle consisting of a towing engine (called tractor , prime , tractor unit or truck), and a semi-trailer (plus possible additional trailers) that carries the freight.
  • Tractor unit
    A tractor unit, traction unit, road tractor or prime mover is a heavy-duty vehicle, usually with a large diesel engine and several axles. The tractor unit serves as a method of moving trailers (most often semi-trailers). Trailers can be swapped between tractor units quickly so the unit does not stand idle whilst the load is unloaded or loaded, unlike a rigid, and is not restricted to one type of goods as trailer types can be swapped e.g. Bulk tipper to a box van. The tractor-trailer combination also means that a load can be shared across many axles, yet be more maneuverable than an equivalently sized rigid truck (see trucks). The tractor unit couples to the trailer using some sort of mechanical lock system, usually a fifth wheel. A tractor unit is primarily designated a freight vehicle and is most common in the heavy goods vehicle class of vehicles although smaller van based tractor units do exist.
  • Trailer
  • Vehicle recovery
    Vehicle recovery is the recovery of any vehicle to another place, generally speaking with a commercial vehicle known as a recovery vehicle, tow truck or spectacle lift.

Our Rail Transport Services include

  • Block train, single-car and intermodal transport
  • Hazardous goods and oversized shipments
  • Services to and from the Commonwealth of Independent States, central Asia and southeastern Europe
  • Special services, including supplying raw materials to manufacturers, rail-connected consolidation hubs for retailers, and complete management of major industrial projects

Our Seafreight Services include :

  • Barge
  • FCL (Full Container Load)
  • LCL (Less than Container Load)
  • 20’/40’
  • 20’/40’HC
  • 20’/40’OT
  • 20’/40’ FR
  • 20’/40’ Platform
  • NCC (Non Containerized Cargo) – machine parts, generators, turbines, windmill parts and voluminous cargo such as paper rolls and other forestry products

Our Air Transport Services :

  • Now – the fastest route your cargo can take with immediate confirmation of orders
  • Priority – typical transit time of 1 to 2 days from departure airport to destination airport
  • Standard – typical transit time of 3 to 4 days from departure airport to destination airport
  • Economy – typical transit time of 5 to 6 days from departure airport to destination airport

Med Truck International provides a full range of services as follows: shipping agency services, forwarding, brokerage, cargo survey, Customs clearance facilities, project cargo and heavy lifts.

Project Cargo Dept. is a division of MTI that provides specialized cargo transportation services to shippers of heavy and over dimensional equipment and integrated project logistics management for engineering, procurement and construction companies servicing energy, mining, chemical, petrochemical, pipeline, infrastructure and other sectors.

The construction of industrial plants and large infrastructure projects as well as the manufacturing of oversized equipment and modules present highly challenging and complex transport logistics problems that often involve the transportation of very heavy and oversized loads.

Based on our worldwide organization and our air and ocean freight transportation capabilities, we offer integrated turnkey project forwarding and logistics management services to various industries on a global scale. We develop transportation solutions that are tailor-made for each project and allow fast and secure shipment of plant parts as well as bulky and oversized goods for a great variety of projects.

Our services are especially suited for companies involved in constructing refineries, and petrochemical plants, mining emplacements or extensions, wind power plants and many other types of industrial plants. In addition, we have specialized solutions for suppliers of other heavy and oversized equipment and modules.

We add value to your business by providing reliable industry-specific expertise, a global network, and the market leverage from the MTI. We manage complex and challenging projects by establishing dedicated project teams assigned and deployed in response to your needs.

  • Our project handling capabilities include:
  • Site survey / feasibility studies (routes, weather, political climate)
  • Full / part charter party’s (air charters, time/ voyage charters)
  • Multi-modal transport (rail, tug & barge, heavy lift)
  • Special equipment transport (flat racks, open tops, platforms, artificial tween deck solution)
  • Freight negotiation (COA negotiation, long term rate validities)
  • Administration (customs clearance, trade documentation)
  • Today, our project cargo clients come from diverse sectors such as oil & gas, pulp & paper, automotive, construction, power & energy as well as aid cargo.