Energy, oil, gas, renewables and project logistics
Project sites are rarely convenient. We source freighters that can reach the airport that matters, take the payload and door dimensions required and coordinate with the ground move to site.
Submit a requirement any time — no account needed · first response usually within 60 minutes · 24/7 for AOG and time-critical. Optional: business account for status tracking
Project cargo, briefly
Energy and project cargo charter serves drilling, power, mining and renewables sites: turbine sections, generators, pumps, cable drums and camp equipment, often into airports with limited freighter handling. Ground capability at destination is assessed before the aircraft is chosen.
Scope of service
Runway, apron and ground equipment reviewed against aircraft selection.
Why project moves need sourcing depth
Runway, apron and ground equipment reviewed against aircraft selection.
IL-76, Antonov and main-deck wide-body freighters for over-dimensional units.
Positioning, refuelling and technical stops sequenced into the mission.
Direct to operator
In air cargo charter it is common for a requirement to travel through several intermediaries before it reaches the aircraft operator. Each layer adds its own commission to the same flight. We work directly with operators, so the quote you see carries one commercial layer.
Typical chain
With Cargo Charter Network
The requirement is not passed sideways to other brokers who each need to earn on the same lift.
We are remunerated by the operator. Our involvement does not add a separate fee to your charter price.
Payload, dimensions, ready date and airport constraints reach the operator unchanged, instead of being relayed through several desks.
Because we source across operators ourselves, you see the realistic market for that routing rather than whatever one intermediary could reach.
Availability, pricing and acceptance always remain with the operating carrier. Where a requirement can only be served through a partner, we say so before you decide.
How we work
Cargo Charter Network does not operate aircraft and employs no flight crew. Every flight is performed by a licensed operator we source, compare and coordinate.
Operators are checked for AOC validity, insurance, aircraft configuration and route authority for the specific mission before a price is put in front of you.
The same person handles sourcing, contract, permits, handling and flight watch, so there is no handover gap between quote and arrival.
We do not quote capacity that has not been checked with an operator, and we do not confirm acceptance of restricted commodities before the operator has accepted them in writing.
What we need to quote
Operational detail
On project cargo the airport choice usually costs or saves more than the aircraft choice. We evaluate alternates against road feasibility.
Multi-piece modules are sequenced so site assembly is not blocked by a single late component.
Fuel availability, ground equipment, night capability and permits at remote fields are verified before a schedule is published.
Project cargo enquiry
Dimensions, weight and lifting points of the single heaviest piece decide which aircraft can take the job.
Nose-loading, ramp-loading and outsize capacity are sourced against your piece list and site access.
How to submit a requirement
You send the requirement straight to the desk — no account needed. We work it against operators immediately and come back with compared options.
Route, ready date, weight, dimensions, commodity and handling notes — no account, a few minutes.
Availability, payload and route permissions are checked directly with operators.
Compared operator options with payload, slots, handling and timeline — one accountable contact.
For status tracking and document exchange in the portal. Account verification is usually the same business day.
No supplier identities, margins or internal sourcing data are shared. Requirement data is treated confidentially.
Aircraft
Availability is subject to route, payload, permits and operator acceptance.
Capacity structures
The same requirement can be bought as a whole aircraft, as a share of one, as reserved space on a running rotation or as leased capacity with crew. The structure decides the price far more than the aircraft type does.
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One shipment fills a deck, or timing and commodity rule out sharing
You control the schedule, the loading plan and the routing.
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Volume fills part of a deck and the ready date tolerates consolidation
Cost is shared across shippers inside one build-up window.
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Recurring volume on a lane that already has a rotation
A fixed allocation per flight, committed for a defined period.
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Capacity is needed for weeks or months, not for one flight
Aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance leased against guaranteed block hours.
Fuel, ATC, airport charges, handling and de-icing sit outside an ACMI rate. On charter they are inside the quoted price unless stated otherwise.
Around the flight
A charter is only as good as the ground scope attached to it. These items are quoted and coordinated as part of the mission, not left to the shipper.
Export and import entries, transit procedures, temporary export for repair, preferential origin papers and the broker interface at both ends.
Pallet and container build-up, load spreading, lashing plans and guidance where packaging would fail an operator acceptance check.
Pre-carriage, on-carriage, air-ride equipment where needed, low-loaders and permitted road routes for outsize crates.
Overflight, landing and cabotage permits, airport slots, night curfew handling and diplomatic clearances where they apply.
Cool storage, active or passive units, cool dollies, data loggers and shock or tilt indicators read at each handover.
Loading supervision, attendants for live cargo, security escorts and sealed handovers for high-value consignments.
Project windows
Energy and project cargo is planned around installation windows, vessel schedules and site access — the aircraft is the last variable.
Regions handled most often
Share the site access plan — offload equipment at destination decides feasibility as often as the aircraft does.
Energy and project cargo by air
Energy and project charters are usually constrained by the destination rather than the cargo: short or unpaved runways, limited loading equipment, restricted fuel and few handling options.
That is why aircraft selection, airport survey and the ground plan are done together. An aircraft that can lift the piece but cannot be turned around at the field is not a solution.
Large projects move in a sequence: survey and tooling first, main components next, spares and consumables around the erection schedule. We plan the rotations against the site programme instead of quoting flights in isolation.
Permits, customs and local transport are prepared ahead of the first arrival, which is where most project delays actually occur.
Questions
Answers from daily desk work: payload, ready date, permits and cost drivers.
See all questionsYes, with aircraft types suited to that infrastructure, subject to a performance and airport assessment.
Yes. Rotations are sequenced against the site erection programme with permits and ground transport prepared in advance.
We coordinate handling, loading equipment and fuel where local capability is limited, in some cases flying equipment in with the mission.
Outsize energy equipment usually needs two to four weeks for permits, route surveys and aircraft positioning. Ad-hoc missions are possible sooner, but overflight and landing clearances for An-124 class aircraft into remote fields are the pacing item, not the aircraft itself.
Dimensioned drawings per piece, weights and centre of gravity, lifting points, packing description and any export licence or end-user documentation. With that set we can confirm loadability and produce a firm price rather than an indication.
Talk to the desk
AOG and time-critical requirements can be raised by phone or email at any time — no account required.
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Send the requirement and the desk will come back with sourced options, or call now if it is time-critical.
