Shipping Heavy Equipment by Rail
Shipping heavy equipment by rail was once thought as too many moving parts to make it a viable solution. The alternative was shipping their freight using “hard to get” and always expensive over the road specialized equipment.
Times have changed and now and manufacturers, auctions, construction companies, and power generation companies are taking advantage of the heavy haul rail network. Trade organizations like (R.I.C.A). Rail Industry Clearance Association has done a tremendous amount of work to create solutions. They have made great efforts to solve problems that once arose from transporting large dimensional, excess weight, and just out of the ordinary shipments. Heavy equipment that can be shipped by truck before can be rigged to ship by rail. The process can be done so more cost effectively and safer now.
Importing and exporting large heavy equipment by rail from any major US port isn’t a problem either as every port in the US is serviced by one or more major rail roads. The port authorities are very well versed on how to handle heavy equipment coming into and out of their terminals. This continuity among providers has created a seamless transition.
Access America Transport has a working relationship with all North American Rail Roads and has established “volume generated private pricing”. Access America Transport can provide heavy haul customers interested in shipping heavy equipment by rail an advantage in service then going directly to the rail provider themselves.
Access America Transport can manage the entire multi modal process from finding a rail siding, hiring master riggers, utilize private pricing, and even coordinate Local Trucking when necessary.
