Heavy-lift contracts run on BIMCO HEAVYCON and HEAVYLIFTVOY; movements run on a six-stage milestone chain that is practice rather than standard. What the 2026 SOLAS rules add, and six questions to ask.
ISO 668 fixes the envelope and carriers publish the open-top and flat-rack figures. Where width, mass and the inland road leg each bite, what securing has to follow, and what to send before anybody quotes.
Pallets, crates, barrels, spools and dunnage are regulated packing in most markets. Six questions cover the exemption thresholds, the treatment codes, what the mark may contain, debarking, and what each destination counts.
A battery consignment is cleared by six documents with six different authors: the UN test summary, the IEC report, the sixteen-section datasheet, the mode-dated assessment, the declaration and the waybill description.
Six UN entries split loose cells from cells in equipment, a 30 per cent state-of-charge ceiling that became mandatory on 1 January 2026, cargo-aircraft-only limits, and what to settle with your operator before the carton is closed.
Pure batteries, dangerous-goods containers, oversized furniture, auto parts, solar and storage equipment, fit-out materials. We classify from the datasheet, prepare and lodge the declaration, and crate it ourselves or work from yours.