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Heavy goods and special transports

Precision coordination for large-scale tasks: individual studies and analyses, professional heavy goods transports including detailed route planning, and implementation of all authorization and permit procedures. As experts for heavy goods transports and project logistics, we see it as our job to take everything into consideration.

This includes ensuring that routes are determined in timely fashion, as well as taking care of customs and insurance matters. When it comes to securely packing oversized freight, you are in good hands with the experts at DB SCHENKERspecial. We offer the optimum comprehensive solution for any task.

  • National and international transports via truck, train, plane or ship
  • Combined road-rail transport
  • Route planning – including coordination with official bodies
  • Procurement of transport authorizations
  • Taking care of customs and insurance matters
  • Secure packing for transport

Benefit: Special equipment

  • Flatbed trucks
  • Special low loaders
  • Special tractor units
  • Lowerable ramp-platform vehicle
  • Cranes
  • Special forklifts and heavy goods forklifts
  • Hydraulic lifting platforms
  • Hydraulic jacks
  • Air cushion technology
  • Heavy-duty rollers
  • Electric stair climbers

Additional information

Our freight forwarding services are subject to the "German Freight Forwarders' Standard Terms and Conditions" (Allgemeine Deutsche Spediteurbedingungen, ADSp) in their most recent version. For heavy goods assignments, we work on the basis of the "Standard Business Terms and Conditions of the Federal Specialist Group for Heavy Loads and Crane Work" (Bundesfachgruppe Schwertransport und Kranarbeiten, BSK).

All DB Schenker locations work together closely for you – contact us via mail: de.sm.drs.special@dbschenker.com.

Schenker Deutschland AG has been certified as an “Authorised Economic Operator” (AEO - Authorised Economic Operator) of the European Union for “Customs Simplifications/Security and Safety” (AEO-F).

Our Special Transport Products

Special Transports

Company Removals

Company relocations and office moves - from a single source that has gained double expertise from countless special transports and relocation projects.

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In-plant Transports

The transfer of extremely heavy equipment and production facilities also requires an expert provider of logistics services.

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Clean Room Transport

When it comes to the transport and/or assembly under clean room conditions, you are also in good hands with DB SCHENKERspecial.

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Special Transports

Heavy/Special Transports

Precision coordination for large-scale tasks: individual studies and analyses, professional heavy goods transports including detailed route planning, and implementation of all authorization and permit procedures. As experts for heavy goods transports and project logistics, we see it as our job to take everything into consideration.

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Heavy Goods Storage

Warehouses are ten a penny - but where is one to put everything that is too heavy for standard high-bay warehouses? And how about things which could never be transported by a normal forklift?

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Special Equipment

Are you looking for special vehicles such as flatbed trucks, semi-flatbed trailers or swan-neck trailers with roll-on roll-off ramps? No problem for DB SCHENKERspecial.

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Packing

Whether you need to move production machinery, a highly sensitive piece of equipment or office equipment, we offer complete, customized packaging solutions from a single source.

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Giants on the move

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No job is too hard or too heavy for us - that’s the motto of the experts at Schenker Deutschland AG when it comes to getting extremely large or heavy freight to its destination. The latest challenge was to transport a cylinder weighing 141 tons to Canada.

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