While not unique in its use of industry-standard equipment, Totran strives to provide its clients with a variety of combinations of modular equipment that are frequently unavailable elsewhere. This flexibility and creativity has enabled us to win contracts for large heavy-haul work and exciting upcoming projects.
Totran always provides a professional quoting process that will assist your team in making confident and timely decisions. Totran keeps you informed throughout the lifetime of the load, from access to the job site to clearance of load and delivery of load to the job site.
Totran always provides a professional quoting process that will assist your team in making confident and timely decisions.
Client Liaison
Totran keeps you informed throughout the lifetime of the load, from access to the job site to clearance of load and delivery of load to the job site.
Insurance
Quotations and rates are available upon request through Totran’s accredited brokers.
All loads are on Totran bills of lading, and the liability accepted on your bill of lading. Additional insurance is available depending on quotation at time of shipment.
Choice of Equipment
Totran provides specialist advice based on your load weights. See a list of some of our equipment.
Route Planning
Totran arranges all of the logistics for the job, including:
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- obstacle removal
- route surveys
- piloting
- safety cars
- traffic relief and nightly layovers
- mapping
- pitches
- turns
- build-outs
- weigh scale responsibility
- weight verification
Staffing and Responsibilities of Staff
The responsibilities of our staff include but are not limited to:
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- designated safety officers
- pilots and safety cars
- traffic signals
- weigh-ins
- designated pull-off/out points
Totran complies with our clients’ HSE requirements. Though Totran has an HSE policy, it is our commitment to enter our client premises with the appropriate safety equipment and to ensure our team follows our clients’, their clients’ and the site’s HSE policy.
If your firm has an HSE policy that vendors must comply with, we request a written copy prior to start-up.
Types of Load
Totran services both dimensional and multi-dimensional loads.
On-Board GPS – Load Tracking
Never lose track of your load with our GPS load tracking.
Permits
Totran applies for the appropriate permits for all loads and equipment, providing options and avoiding delays for our clients when possible.
Rigging
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- Rail to rail
- Barge to barge
- Yard storage if required
Contact us or use our online quote request to find out how our customized trailer configurations can accommodate your transport needs.
Our Customized Full Service Due to the complexities of our industry, we have simplified our processes and procedures and systematized our approach to achieve in order to habitually exceed our keynote quality targets. Totran has named this process “customized full service.”
Dedicated staff control the process and liaise with our clients to achieve consistently strong results that add value to our clients’ bottom line. Though Totran is able to offer customized full service for any industry and any job, our specialties are services for oil and gas, wind and other energy industries. We use high-quality and well-maintained tools and equipment, and make realistic assessments using our wealth of knowledge and experience as a team to ensure optimal efficiency.
Let us handle all aspects of your job, from the initial planning stages and choosing highly trained drivers to organizing transportation safety cars and arranging haulage insurance. Our customized full service transportation includes but is not limited to:
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- loading diagrams
- route planning
- transportation safety cars and personnel
- haulage insurance
- highly-experienced transport drivers
Need to ship internationally? With offices in Calgary, Alberta and Houston, Texas, we are experts in cross-border transport between Canada and the United States, and can expedite the transportation of your loads across international lines.
Mining Industry
Totran Transportation Services is an expert in heavy haul for the mining industry, and has gained a reputation as a highly safety-conscious company that pays attention to the details and is committed to customer services.
Wind Specialization
Totran Transport has been a leader in Western Canada since 2007 in wind industry transport. To carry our leadership into the future, Totran currently owns and continues to invest in multiple blade trailers, Schnabel’s and other specific wind-hauling equipment. Our equipment is prepared to haul wind blades and other components in excess of 350,000 lbs.
Oil & Gas Specialization
Totran specializes in heavy hauling for all sectors of the oil industry and has serviced and expedited the transport of oil and gas equipment since 2007. Through many successful projects in this industry, we have become known for our attention to detail when moving all types and sizes of equipment from drilling to production and refinement.