Project cargo and heavy machinery logistics in Ukraine

Project cargo and heavy machinery logistics, handled end to end

For over 15 years NOVALOG UKRAINE has moved project cargo and heavy machinery logistics to and from Ukraine for manufacturers, EPC contractors and industrial shippers across the USA, Europe and Asia. We are a fully licensed and bonded freight forwarder with our own container terminal in Odesa, which means the route survey, the permits, the chartering, the engineered lift and the customs clearance all sit with one accountable team — not a chain of subcontractors handing your transformer or modular unit between them.

Project cargo is what the trade calls the large, high-value, complex shipments that do not fit a standard container booking: heavy machinery, plant, modular units, transformers, industrial equipment and reconstruction materials. Each move is engineered from the ground up. The scope runs from route surveys and permits through engineered lifting and stowage to multimodal coordination, chartering and final on-site delivery — and in Ukraine, where wartime industrial relocation and reconstruction are moving plant and machinery at scale, getting that engineering right is what separates a delivered project from a stranded one.

Heavy machinery and out-of-gauge cargo, engineered to move

We handle the awkward loads standard ocean networks decline — out-of-gauge and heavy-lift cargo on flat racks, breakbulk plant, and modular units measured in metres rather than TEU. Because we run our own 3,799 m² terminal in Odesa with two 50-tonne gantry cranes, 380 V reefer power and secure storage, the lift, the lashing and the stowage are engineered and executed by people we control — not a third-party yard where accountability ends at the gate. Route surveys confirm clearances and lifting points before anything moves, and we arrange permits, escorts and engineered routing in-house.

We charter and route project cargo on the lanes our customers use most: from the United States (New York, Los Angeles, Houston and Savannah), from Europe (Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Genoa) and from Asia (Shanghai and Ningbo). Ukraine's Black Sea maritime corridor links the Greater Odesa ports — Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi — with Romania's Constanța and the Bosphorus, and we plan multimodal backups through rail, road and the Danube river ports of Reni and Izmail so a single disrupted sea call does not strand a high-value unit.

One team for survey, permits, chartering and delivery

Every project move with NOVALOG includes the parts that usually go wrong when they are split between vendors. Our nationally licensed, in-house customs broker clears import and export cargo. We arrange war-risk marine insurance on every voyage. And we coordinate the multimodal path — sea, rail, road and river — so your machinery reaches the job site on schedule. From the first survey to final on-site delivery, you deal with people who know your cargo and own the outcome.

Tell us your dimensions, weights, route and timeline, with your Incoterms (FOB, CFR, DAP or DDP), and we will come back with a survey-backed plan, all-in pricing and a realistic transit window within one business day.