Global economy has grown very rapidly in the last 30-40 years. Due to the tendency of investment funds and businesses to move beyond domestic and national markets to other markets around the globe and technological progress in manufacturing, transportation and other sectors, global demand for the oversized cargo shipping has gone up drastically.

Middle East has long been a positive spot when it concerns sales of heavy equipment. One of the countries contributing to rising demand is U.A.E. It is a small country rich with gas and oil; due to the fact that oil prices have been growing constantly, there is a lot of capital available in the country, and government has been utilizing the funds to invest in infrastructure, develop real estate and better economy. Due to these facts, demand for large cargo forwarding to United Arab Emirates has gone up markedly.

A lot of full service shipping firms that offer international vehicle transport also offer transportation services of oversized & heavy equipment. Majority of these operators are located in United States and have extensive networks of representatives and freight forwarders that are able to arrange large machinery moving to Arab Emirates

Services offered are pick up via tractor trailer, US Customs clearance and delivery to all main ports in United Arab Emirates. Transportation is taken care by ocean carrier ships and may be arranged in ocean containers and by Ro-Ro carrier ships.

US manufacturers like Caterpillar have been steady suppliers of heavy equipment to the region. Most of the time deliveries are heavy and complex to ship. Large machinery moving to Jebel Ali requires certain kind containers to secure them on the vessels and to make sure they get to the destination without being damaged.