project logistics

Swift Logistics refers to shipment of cargo that requires specialised handling or consideration, such as specialised vehicles, equipment, or personnel. Our project logistics team is the expert of handling heavy and oversized items such as engines, structures and goods that require special security, arrangement, and coordination. These goods are usually not suitable to be shipped at regular sea and air freight schedule or utilise regular land transportation vehicles. 

Among other services involved oil, gas and petrochemical, power generation, defence, and government sectors. As a registered multimodal transport operator (MTO) with the Ministry of Finance (MOF), we also handled shipment of cargo on behalf of government agencies and departments. Our cargo shipment is using more than one mode of transportations, depending on the project’s requirements.

Our project logistics services falls Into two categories:

Heavy and/or oversized items, usually
comprising large machine, equipment and structures

Time, packing, security and delivery

Transportation of heavy and/or oversized items requires special handling and may involve combinations of the following services:

Heavy lifting
equipment

Specialised personnel
for cargo rigging

Chartering ships or aircraft to
transport the cargo, if required

Heavy transportation
vehicles

Conducting route
site surveys

Booking cargo
space

Swift Logistics also provides project logistics services to the oil, gas and petrochemical, power generation, defence and government sectors. We are registered as a multimodal transport operator (MTO) with the Ministry of Finance for the shipment of cargo on behalf of government agencies and departments. As a licensed MTO, we manage the shipment of the cargo using more than one mode of transportation, depending on the project’s requirements.

This may include all or a combination of scheduled or chartered sea freight, scheduled or chartered air freight, and land transportation including the use of heavy transportation vehicles. As many of our project logistics projects are related to the oil, gas and petrochemical industry in Malaysia, we are licenced with Petronas under the Petroleum Act 1974. 

Swift’s project management functions including liaising with the customer, dealing with government, customs, regulatory, port and other authorities, booking cargo space on regularly scheduled ships and aircraft (where required), and chartering ships and aircraft (where required).