Steel

Forwarding solutions for steel shipments Competence in steel shipping – Karl Gross is specialist in international shipments of steel and steel products Shipping different types of steel and steel products involves very special challenges when it comes to modes of transportation. Guarding cargo...

Warehousing

Warehousing Turn interim storage into a strategic advantage in your logistics – using our warehousing facilities and services. As part of our international logistics solutions, we offer you a comprehensive range of services in the warehousing sector at many important hubs of international sea and...

Belly freight or freighter?

Which transport options are available for international shipping via air freight and which points need to be paid attention to? There are generally two options for goods to be shipped via airfreight: transportation via passenger aircraft (belly freight/lower deck) or via cargo only aircraft...

Project logistics for process technologies

When a giant is in a hurry: Karl Gross organizes the shipment of a 23 meters long heat exchanger via container vessel Part of our project logistics portfolio at our Hamburg office is logistics solutions for shipping machinery and equipment for the oil, gas and petrochemical sector. These goods are...

How to ship if goods do not fit into a container?

Which ocean freight shipping methods are available for out-of-gauge cargo? Karl Gross is specialist for project cargo logistics. Organizing ocean freight shipping solutions for out-of-gauge cargo (cargo exceeding the size of a container) and overweight/heavy lift cargo is part of our daily work. In...

Cross-country: transports to China via container train

Cross-country: transports to China via container train Cross-country freight traffic of containerized cargo between Northern Europe and China via railway has evolved as a third shipping option over the past years – next to shipping via ocean freight and via air freight. As production centers in the...

Air Cargo Projects: Karl Gross ships urgently needed spare parts for a steel press to U.S.

How the Karl Gross air freight specialists created a transport solution for a tons weighing top urgent consignment It was freezing cold at the airport that day in January. “It felt like ten to twelve degrees below zero”, our air freight team members recall. They were supervising the loading...

A brewery moves to the USA

Oversized shipments: how to move a plant from Germany to the US Organizing and handling the transport of oversized shipments requires precise pre-planning. Each shipment has individual features which need to be taken into account. In preparation for the transport, central questions include how to...

A plant for softdrinks moves from Germany and Turkey to Vietnam

Our specialists for project logistics realize full service, import customs clearance and sequential delivery included One of Karl Gross’ customers is one of the world's leading machine and system builders in the area of system and process technology for the production, filling and packaging of...

On-site-logistics for industrial construction projects

In the right place at the right time: Karl Gross coordinates and plans the movement of goods on construction sites. Industrial plants made in Germany are in demand in many parts of the world. The transport to their destination such as a construction site, bears logistical challenges. Most of the...