Realogistic completed freight forwarding services for oversized cooling towers, transporting them by road from Dalian to Shenzhen and then by sea to Port Klang, Malaysia

Realogistic handled an urgent transportation assignment: moving six cooling towers (three containers covered under one bill of lading) from Dalian to Shenzhen by road and then by sea to Port Klang, Malaysia. Faced with port congestion, a shortage of special frame containers, oversize road permits, and high-strength securing requirements, the team quickly reallocated resources, expedited road permits, and precisely controlled time nodes to complete loading, customs clearance, and delivery on schedule.

Assignment details

• Objective: Export under one bill of lading for three containers, total of six pieces, commodity: cooling towers

• Requirement: Complete the end-to-end process within a short timeframe from departure in Dalian to pickup in Shenzhen and cross-regional transport to Port Klang (Malaysia), ensuring proper securing and road permits for oversized cargo, and timely stuffing, release, and sea shipment to destination

  
  

Cargo information

• Commodity: Cooling towers

• Quantity and dimensions/weight: 6 pieces, total 3 containers (oversized cargo; unit dimensions 4.13 m × 3.61 m × 3.274 m)

• Special characteristics: A cooling tower is a large heat-exchange unit used to dissipate waste heat from industrial or HVAC systems to the air (and partially by evaporation), thereby reducing the temperature of circulating water or process equipment. They are typically large, robust structures containing the tower body, fill media, spray system, and collection basin.

  
  

Transport mode and route

• Multimodal transport: Road pickup (north to south) + ocean freight (Dalian to Port Klang)

• Transport stages: Northern origin, cross-region road transport – containerization and stuffing – ocean transport – destination port customs clearance and delivery

• Origin / consolidation point: Dalian (origin; northern supply)

• Destination port: Port Klang, Malaysia

• Transshipment and handling: Shenzhen served as the pickup/consolidation/fortification node to complete final stuffing and pre-shipment preparation

• Route highlights: Dalian → Shenzhen (road) → Port Klang (sea)

  
  

Operational challenges

• Tight logistics windows: port congestion required pickup from Dalian and onward delivery to Shenzhen with very limited time

• Scarcity of special containers and matching yard space: required securing matched yard slots and special frame containers in advance

• Oversize compliance and road permits: required application for cross-province road transport permits from north to south

• High strengthening requirements: oversized cargo demanded rigorous securing, lashing, and internal bracing

• Coupling of pickup schedule and vessel schedule: strict control of timing for pickup, securing, stuffing, customs clearance, release, and vessel sailing to avoid detention

  
  

Realogistic’s solutions

• Advance planning and resource coordination

  • Upon receiving the task on June 25, the team immediately contacted the carrier and relevant parties to lock in the best-matched yard slots and special container resources, ensuring prioritized space and transport lead time

• Early pickup scheduling and permit processing

  • Scheduled trucks and applied for road transport permits in advance to ensure compliance across the north-to-south transport corridor

• Timeline-driven seamless handover

  • Pickup on the afternoon of June 27 to ensure Dalian-to-Shenzhen transit completed within three days with buffer time retained

  • Arrived on site early on June 30; pre-positioned special containers to ensure immediate stuffing on cargo arrival

  • Performed securing and completed stuffing upon cargo arrival to ensure same-day container release, customs declaration, and clearance

• Voyage alignment and delivery rhythm

  • Achieved customs release early on July 1 and completed export clearance the same day

  • Vessel sailed as scheduled on July 3 and, after a five-day transit, arrived at the destination port for delivery

• Key execution points

  • Strict time-node management and resource coordination

  • Advanced site and equipment coordination (including special frame containers, strengthening materials, and lashing/bracing schemes)

  • Full compliance management (road permits, oversized transport regulations, customs release, etc.)

  • Risk alerts and contingency planning (rapid alternatives for yard congestion, backup yard space and trucking fleets)

    
    

By implementing these measures, realogistic successfully overcame multiple challenges and completed the cooling tower transport assignment on schedule.

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