BeKa Holdings LLC transports heavy equipment to all fifty states, including Hawaii and Alaska.
BeKa Holdings LLC offers a wide range of transportation services, including air, ocean, rail, and road transportation. We work with clients to find the most efficient and cost-effective transportation solutions for their specific needs.
Yes, we offer customs brokerage services to help clients navigate the complex process of importing and exporting goods across international borders.
Yes, we offer expedited shipping services for clients who need their goods delivered quickly. Our team will work with clients to find the fastest and most efficient shipping solution for their specific needs.
No. But our carriers carry $100k+ insurance policies. It is not as expensive as losing your equipment with no compensation. If you haven’t insured the cargo beyond the minimum, you will hate yourself if something should happen. It is very important to insure yourself against any risk. Specialized freight brokerages, like BeKa Holdings, LLC work with insurance companies and are often able to achieve a better rate for you than what you might be able to secure on your own.
With the changing of the season upon us, we are already feeling the colder weather and soon the snow will be in air. If it isn’t already for some areas of the country. So, you may be asking yourself, how will the cold weather affect my transportation of equipment?
The main thing that can be affected by weather is that your transit time can be longer than normal or even delayed by days. If your shipment requires oversize permits for transport during the winter season, keep in mind that the amount of time a permitted load can be on the road is reduced due to less daylight hours. Oversize loads can only travel during daylight hours. With the shorter days in the winter season, it can take a few extra days for delivery. Also with permitted loads, they must abide by each States rules regarding when it is safe to travel due to weather and road conditions. An oversize load can be shut down for hours or days if the roads are snow/ice packed and the State issues a no travel ban on permitted loads.
Loading and unloading of the equipment can be quite difficult in the winter weather and could take longer to perform. The equipment may not start or frozen up and not move. Winter weather can make the easiest tasks into very difficult and time consuming projects. For example, tarping is fairly easy in the summer months when the tarp is nice and warm. However, to put a tarp on a load in the cold winter temperatures, that is a different story. The tarp may be so cold that it is frozen to itself if it wasn’t properly rolled back up the last time it was used.
Safety is the number one concern!! There is not a shipment of any kind that is worth a Driver to risk their lives or the lives of anybody that is out sharing the roads with them in order to make a specific delivery time.
So keep in mind these things when you are looking to book a shipment with anybody. Mother Nature may have other things in mind and may not cooperate!
We have a client that buys several pieces of equipment over the year and buys the majority of them online. He unfortunately has been a victim of scams no matter how careful he has been. During one transaction, he had what he thought was a valid paid invoice from an equipment company. But when we, as his transporter called the equipment company to set up pick up time, they did not have the equipment we were wanting to pick up and had no record of the sale. When we forwarded on the paid invoice to them from our client, it turns out it wasn’t even their invoice, but had their name, address and contact information on it. It turns out the scammers made up their own paid invoice using the equipment company’s information.
We have compiled a list of tips to help you as a buyer to avoid these types of scams and have a good experience in your online equipment buying.
In today’s world, scammers are a real threat in all industries. We all need to do our due diligence to protect ourselves and our companies.
Most of the equipment bought to be shipped overseas is bought seen only through pictures. Afterwards, the customer realizes the piece is bigger than thought and will not fit in a High cube, Dry or Open top container. There are other options to consider. One choice is to have the equipment dismantled and shipped in separate containers. This choice will require re-assembling when upon arrival at the port. If dismantling is not an option, then other options could be shipping in one piece via Flat Rack, Roll on/Roll off (RO/RO), Lift on/Lift off (LOLO) and break bulk. Weight vs. measurements will affect the charges and port and terminal fees differ. Call our office for help in determining the best shipping method
Any carrier can deliver to US Ports as long as the driver has a TWIC card or has a port escort available to escort them into the port. Be sure you use a company that you can trust for rates and availability. You would not want them to be late on the delivery and miss the next ship out. Also be sure they are knowledgeable about whether equipment needs to be washed or cleaned before entering the port. This could be a costly delay. BeKa Holdings, LLC can arrange for transport to and from any domestic locations using one of our reliable, dependable trucking partners.
Absolutely! BeKa Holdings LLC ships internationally to a vast majority of countries across the world. Unfortunately, we do not currently offer to ship to Antarctica. However, if you're located anywhere else, you're in luck - you can place an order and have it shipped directly to your desired location.
The cost of using a transportation and logistics company varies depending on factors such as the type of service, distance, volume, weight, and speed of delivery. It's important to get a detailed quote before making a decision.
BeKa Holdings LLC's mailing Address is: 511 N Main Ave Hartford SD 57033
BeKa Holdings LLC's physical office address is: 115 N Main Ave Hartford SD 57033
To prepare your heavy equipment for transportation, you should clean it thoroughly, remove all mud and any loose or fragile components, secure any loose parts, and drain any fluids. You should also provide the transportation and logistics company with the equipment's dimensions and weight, as well as any special handling instructions.
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In today’s marketplace, a person can live hundreds or even thousands of miles away from the piece of machinery or equipment they may be wanting to purchase and may involve crossing the Borders in order to have the equipment delivered to your location. Exporting heavy equipment can be challenging because of both export and import regulations that must be followed. The transport can be very expensive and should be figured into the price of the equipment itself when making that purchase decision.
When you have made that purchase, the first thing a buyer should do is find a transport company that knows and understands the difficulties of the transporting internationally. They will be able to give an estimated cost of moving the equipment safely and legally. They should also be able to recommend a Custom’s Broker that can prepare all of the paperwork needed to cross the Border with the equipment.
When all the logistics of moving the equipment is figured out, you will want to make sure that the equipment is washed clean and ready to be looked at by the Custom’s Officer at the Port or the International Port of Crossing. Your transport company should be able to help you find a company that will do this for a reasonable cost. Equipment that is dirty and greasy can be turned away or denied Custom Clearance for export or import. Also be sure that a clean copy of the Bill of Sale, Bill of Lading, AES Manifest is given to your transport company and that they have their PARS/PAPS as needed. If the paperwork is not done correctly or unavailable, there could be issues at the Border that can cause delays and may incur extra costs.
BeKa Holdings, LLC is very knowledgeable in International Shipping and can help in transporting your equipment. Give us a call and we will be happy to answer any other questions
With today’s technology advancement, there is a trend of having more online auctions available to buy that one piece of equipment that is needed for your operations or business. You can now sit at the luxury of your home, office or even vehicle and bid at an online auction. Like any bidder, you have a budget to buy this equipment. But, does that budget include the cost of transportation to you? Did you get an accurate estimate from a broker or carrier, who understands that there may be hidden costs that goes into transporting oversize or overweight equipment? There are many more details to take into consideration when transporting heavy equipment.
To clarify what is a “legal” load of equipment, the load has to be:
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If any of your dimensions are over these, then you have an oversize load. There will be additional costs to consider besides just the costs of the carrier’s truck and trailer. At minimum there will be the costs for the permits in each State that will be traveled through. Depending on the size of the dimensions and each State law, you may need an escort or two. The above are just the basic extra costs for any heavy haul load. But here are some other points you need to consider that can easily add extra costs to your transport bill that is sometimes overlooked.
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There are many platforms like U-Ship, Veritread and Citizen Shipper that you can list your equipment on in order to get and estimate on transport. Each of these platforms have their own “rate estimators” that they provide for their clients that is supposed to give you a general idea of the cost of transport. Unfortunately, when it comes to oversize, overweight loads, it is not accurate because it does not take into consideration the extra costs of the things listed above. While their estimators are good for a legal load for a flatbed or van trailer, it cannot figure out the real and current market rates for the extra services needed to ship heavy equipment. We are here to help you with your transportation needs! Please give us a call at 605-528-2352. We can truly be the “missing piece to your transportation needs”.
Since we have reliable partners and service providers at most ports, BeKa Holdings can take care of having the flat racks loaded for you. It is important to use someone that you and your transporter both trust to handle the shipment. Not everyone knows the intricacies of managing larger, sometimes oddly shaped cargo.
Most people from outside the industry measure differently versus those of us inside the industry! Mistakes can easily be made because an exhaust pipe wasn’t unscrewed on a bulldozer or mirrors were not folded in on a bus. It is always better to measure the widest, tallest and longest part of the item. Don’t forget to give the most accurate weight of the cargo. The more accurate on your weights and measures, the more accurate your shipping rate will be with no surprises down the road from inaccurate information.
Weather, port congestion, labor, mechanical issues, etc. affect your overseas shipment. While much of this is out of our control, there are some things that are within our control. Paperwork is one of them! Be sure you are working with companies that know the current customs laws for the countries you are shipping to and avoid delays. With over 30 years in the transportation industry, BeKa Holdings have a proven track record of assisting our clients with the required documents when shipping any type of equipment all over the world.
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