FAQ
What counts as OOG in Kazakhstan, which permits you need, lowboy vs tandem, and what to send for a quote.
OOG is a load or combination that will not fit the length, width, height or axle limits for the road section. It is not “a big container”: a standard 40-foot box on an ordinary trailer usually stays in gauge. Working market cues: width over 2.55 m, height over 4 m from the road, excess combination length or axle load. The exact threshold is the rule on that section and the vehicle type — the scheme starts from the fact, not a per-kilometre rate.
OOG needs national special permits in each transit country and, as a rule, a route approval: overpasses, bridges, ferry, access into site. For Kazakhstan that is a heavy and oversized haul permit; further along the corridor each of China, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Iran and Turkey has its own regime. There is no single “Middle Corridor permit”. Issue time often outlasts the highway kilometres.
A lowboy / трал (often extendable) takes length and a low load height: vessels, steel, equipment under a clearance cap. A tandem adds axles when concentrated weight will not pass a bridge, a ferry ramp or the last mile. Fleet: 45 t / 5-axle трал, 90 t / 10-axle трал, 145 m³ tandem. We match the combination to the cargo, not “whichever truck is free”.
There is no quote without parameters. Send length, width, height, mass, origin and destination, known axle limits and timing. From that we match the combination, permits and a ferry if the route uses one. The request form collects the same fields. Phones +7 701 444 93 27 and +7 701 888 83 97, email info@gateway-logistics.kz.
A request with dimensions, mass and points. Then a scheme: combination, lashing, route. Special permits and approvals in the transit countries. Loading to the scheme. The haul with in-transit control, a ferry and an escort if they are required. Delivery on site. This is road OOG on Eurasian corridors, not LCL boxes.
When the gauge or the national rule requires an escort — not on every run “for gravitas”. The call comes after the route scheme: width, length, section, ferry. If an escort is not required, we do not add one.
Turnkey
Not “a truck and a driver”. Special permits, route, lashing, escort where required, and in-transit control through delivery.
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National permits in each transit country. There is no single corridor-wide permit.
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Survey and approval: overpasses, bridges, ferry, turning and the last mile into site.
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A lashing and loading scheme from the real dimensions and mass, not a generic strap.
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Escort where the gauge or the national rule requires it — not by default on every run.
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Combination status, ferry queue, deviations. The shipper does not learn about a stall after the fact.
How a haul runs
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Request: dimensions, mass, points
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Scheme and combination
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Permits and route
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Loading and lashing
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Haul and control
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Delivery on site