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Power Plant Installation

PROJECT CARGO LOGISTICS THAT DELIVERS ON YOUR PROMISES

SPECIALISED SOLUTIONS FOR WORLDWIDE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

We Understand the Complexity of Project Cargo Logistics

Managing multi-million dollar installations across continents demands logistics partners who understand the stakes. Your project timelines, client relationships, and reputation depend on flawless execution.

With over 50 years' of technical excellence and highly specialised project logistics expertise, our heavy-lift and project cargo team will find creative and innovative solutions for each project. 

Project Cargo Lashing

        Multimodal Coordination

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  • Seamless integration of ocean, barge and oversized road freight.

  • On site coordination and project management of specialist heavy lift operations, reducing risk and improving visibility.

  • Specialist shipbroking, barge and deep sea vessel chartering services.

  • Emergency logistics response within 1 hour for last minute and out of hours recovery.

  • Real-time shipment tracking with proactive alerts.

  • Dedicated project cargo and project logistics specialists with a deep understanding of industry requirements.

 

        Heavy Lift Expertise

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  • Proven heavy lift capabilities and restricted site implementation.

  • Risk assessments, method statements and H+S compliance documentation and management.

  • Photos and technical reporting, including specialist surveyor reports.

  • Coordination and on site management of stevedores, marine surveyors, rigging teams and operatives.

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        Route Surveys and Permits

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  • Local authority, police escorts, and regulatory approvals. 

  • End-to-end visibility and escort vehicles providing real-time shipment status.

  • Road closure and street furniture applications.

  • Access to specialised equipment and modular trailers.

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        Cost Optimization & Financial Efficiency

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  • Logistics cost reduction through intelligent routing, consolidation and innovative use of existing infrastructure.

  • Worldwide and cost effective service stability and liner options offered for breakbulk and conventional shipments.

  • Strategic transportation and logistics analyses to optimise cost versus speed requirements.

  • Technical excellence  in customs and AEO accreditation reduces customs delays and issues at the frontiers. 

  • Financial risk management and wide ranging options available to reduce risk of late fees and liquidated damages.

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Proven Track Record in Project Cargo

We have been helping businesses to deliver plant, heavy materials and components to Global Markets for over 45 years.
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Our specialist knowledge of the sector will save time and money, and ensures successful implementation of your projects every time.  

Comprehensive Project Cargo Solutions

Dedicated Project Management

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Senior project managers with years' of experience in plant and equipment logistics oversee every shipment phase. You receive regular milestone reporting that can be designed to fit in with your client billing cycles, with single-point accountability throughout.

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Multi-Modal Transport Orchestration

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Complete coordination of specialized ocean vessels, port infrastructure, inland barges, and oversized road transport. We maintain relationships with heavy-lift specialists globally to ensure equipment availability when you need it.

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​Route Design

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Our team carries out comprehensive route surveys and engineering studies, securing permits across a range of local authorities around the world. We find safe and secure routes to some of the planets hardest to reach places.​

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Export Packing and Customs Expertise​

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Specialised export packing for sensitive plant and components, combined with expert customs brokerage across the globe. Our one-stop provision simplifies documentation for equipment and plant, enabling smooth transit through frontiers, saving time and money.​

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Risk Mitigation

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Detailed risk mitigation planning for each transport leg and point of handling by experienced heavy-lift and project cargo cargo professionals. We identify potential failure points and create contingency plans before issues arise.

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Flexible Payment Strategies

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Payments structured around project milestones to improve cash flow. Third party technical reports complied to help assure safe passage of the project at every stage. Updates and information to integrate with key project deliverables enabling prompt client billing.

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Our Project Logistics Process

A structured approach that brings certainty to complex challenges:
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1. Tender Support
Innovative and creative transport planning to help strengthen technical bids.
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2. Route Securitisation
Rigorous analysis of route infrastructure and equipment availability well in advance to enable secure on-time movement.
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3. Collaboration
Before and during the movement specialist vessels, road vehicles, lifting equipment, port stevedores and rigging teams are carefully coordinated. 

4. Monitoring
Real-time tracking, technical surveys, milestone reporting, and on-site support allows proactive management of variations and unexpected issues.

5. Delivery
Site attendance for critical handling operations to ensure safe handover to installation teams.

Mike, Project Director, Birmingham

"The complexity of shipping 180-ton turbine components to a remote Indonesian site required a logistics partner who truly understood project cargo."

Derek, Incinerator Design Engineer, Tamworth

"Using a container vessel to ship heavy components for our Singapore project provided predictability beyond any other transport proposal provided. The service received in the end was beyond compare"

David, Parts Manufacturer, Derby

"Our first conversation revealed they understood our challenges better than we'd articulated them ourselves. They'd handled similar 200-ton transformer shipments to remote South American sites and knew exactly which specialized carriers had the right equipment."
AEO Certified
IATA Membership
ISO UKAS

MIES International Limited • Registered in England No.1261687 •Registered Office: Unit C, Norman Court, Ivanhoe Business park, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, LE65 2UZ. BIFA Member No 953 | AEO Certification No UKAEOC00096/09. Acting as agents only. All business of the company is transacted strictly in accordance with the current version of the British International Freight Association Standard Trading Conditions (BIFA STC). For any bookings confirmed on, or after 1 January 2026, the company will operate under the 2025 Edition of the BIFA STC. For any bookings confirmed on, or before 31 December 2025, these will be processed under the previous version of the BIFA STC (dated 2021). Copies of both versions of the STC, and documents explaining the key changes are available on request. Please note these conditions contain limitations and exclusions.

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MIES Is an Employee-Owned Company

MIES International

Expertise Incorporated

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