Specialized Transportation Solutions for the Seattle region

Specialized transportation services from Omega Morgan are unmatched in safety, reliability, and care. We treat your cargo as if it were our own and save you time and money while we’re at it. If you’re looking for world-class transportation solutions, our Seattle team is at your service.

Seattle Heavy Haul Trucking

Omega Morgan’s heavy haul trucking solutions have a reputation in Seattle and beyond for being reliable and innovative. As your strategic partner from the word “go,” we perform route surveys, eliminate delays, and determine the safest, most efficient way to transport your oversized loads.

Heavy Lift and Transport

Innovative heavy lift services are often a part of Omega Morgan’s specialized transportation projects. By utilizing our Seattle crews’ experienced engineering capabilities, rigging expertise, and comprehensive equipment, we deliver the best of both heavy lift and transport services to provide the complete solution. Learn more about our heavy lift capabilities.

Teamwork: The Key to Success for Seattle Heavy Equipment Transportation

From Omega Morgan’s crews in the field to our administrative team supporting every project behind the scenes, teamwork and collaboration are the keys to safe, successful specialized transportation projects in Seattle and beyond.

We invest in highly-skilled engineers with the experience and ingenuity to analyze the details of every heavy equipment transportation services project and design plans to safely meet every lifting, rigging, logistic, and transportation challenge.

Seattle customers trust our world-class heavy equipment transportation teams to move almost anything, helping us earn our reputation for reliability under the most challenging conditions as Omega Morgan continues “Doing the Impossible Daily.”

What We Offer

Omega Morgan’s Seattle specialized transportation team has years of experience delivering a wide range of synergistic services for our Seattle customers. Whether utilized individually or as part of a turnkey solution, our comprehensive services include:

  • Heavy Transportation
  • Heavy Lift & Rigging
  • Engineered Transportation Plans
  • Route Surveys and Feasibility Studies
  • Dedicated Project Management
  • Project Cargo Logistics
  • Barge Service Logistics
  • Engineered Sea Fastening and Ballast Plans

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Case Studies: Specialized Transportation Services

With a history of engineering expertise and experienced teams of logistic and field professionals, Omega Morgan is known around the world for innovative and successful specialized transportation solutions. Here are a few of the noteworthy projects we have performed. If you have any additional questions about our specialized transportation capabilities or have questions pertaining to your next project, please contact us.

Out with the old: Transporting a new transformer to Moscow, ID

Industry Power Distribution

Equipment Used Six-Line Self Propelled Kamag Platform Trailer, Omega Morgan Dual Lane High Frame Trailer, 2000 Western Star Tridrive 550Cat, 2016 Kenworth T800 Tridrive

Description After a transformer failed at a Moscow, ID, substation, Omega Morgan’s specialized transportation team provided OTR heavy hauling for removal and delivery of a new unit. Overcoming permitting requirements, railcar delays, and engineering concerns, our crew developed an innovative solution to deliver the transformer safely and efficiently.

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Multi-Service Solution: Transporting a 255,000-pound transformer from the Port of Tacoma to Central Point, OR

Industry Power Distribution

Equipment Used 125-Ton Dual Lane Perimeter Deck Trailer and 400-Ton Slide Gear System

Description Our customer—a logistics and freight forwarding company—had been hired to deliver a 255,000-pound transformer from overseas to a pad in Central Point, OR. Our expert specialized transportation team, with support from machinery moving and logistics, transported the transformer from the Port of Tacoma to the pad safely and efficiently.

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In It for the Long Haul: Transporting Over-Dimensional Loads from the Port of Longview to Hillsboro, OR

Industry Technology

Equipment Used 125 and 150-ton dual-lane trailers, sixteen lines of dual-lane platform trailer

Description Nearing the end of their Hillsboro expansion, a technology company needed four over-dimensional loads transported from the Port of Longview to their new location. After ten months of planning, Omega Morgan’s Portland specialized transportation team delivered the loads on time and under budget.

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From Ship to Rail to Pad: Transporting a 474,500-pound transformer from the Port of Portland to Albany, OR

Industry Power

Equipment Used six-line Kamag brand SPMT, 10-line platform trailer, 2002 Peterbilt Tri Drive tractor, 12k reach forklift, jack and slide gear.

Description When an international logistics company needed OTR transportation for a massive transformer, Omega Morgan’s Portland specialized transportation team came to the rescue. Our expert team delivered a multi-step heavy haul solution from the Port of Portland to a railcar and finally to the waiting pad—and all before the holiday deadline.

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A Timely Haul: Transporting Wind Energy Components from the Port of Vancouver to Arlington, OR

Industry Wind Power/Renewable Energy

Equipment Used Aspen and Temisko model double Schnabel

Description When a transport and logistics company faced a shrinking timeline to transport wind energy components from the Port of Vancouver to a distribution center in Arlington, OR, they called in Omega Morgan’s experienced specialized transportation team. Our crew overcame nearby construction challenges and start delays to deliver 82 components in under two months.

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Special Delivery: Transporting 4 adsorber vessels from the Port of Vancouver

Industry Industrial engineering / Manufacturing

Equipment Used 4-axle tractor, (2) specialized transportation tank trailers

Description 4 adsorber vessels needed to get from the Port of Vancouver to our yard in North Plains, OR. Enter our specialized transportation crew and our specialized tank trailers, ready for two nights of safe and efficient transportation.

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Passing an Impasse: Transporting a Transformer to Anaconda, Montana

Industry Electrical Power Generation

Equipment Used Kenworth C500 Tractor, High Frame Trailer, Kenworth T800 Tri-Drive Tractor, 6-Line Self-Propelled Line Trailer, Jack and Slide System

Description A rail and rigging company needed to get a transformer to a site in Anaconda, Montana. The only catch? The load was too tall for the route, making it impassable. Enter our specialized transportation team, ready to figure out an expert solution to this transportation challenge.

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Making History: Transporting Massive Turbine Runners to Remote British Columbia

Industry Hydroelectric energy

Equipment Used 12 Dolly Dual Lane Trailer, Custom-Built Truss Tubes and Widening Beams, Custom-Built Reusable Restraint System, Jack & Slide System

Description Omega Morgan’s Canadian specialized transportation crews faced one of their biggest challenges yet: transporting two loads with 770,000 pounds worth of equipment each for an historic hydroelectric infrastructure project. The trip took them into a remote part of British Columbia, and involved many hazards - but this is where our specialized transportation crews shine.

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A Groundbreaking Transportation Solution for Wind Components

Industry Renewable Energy

Equipment Used (2) 220T Crawler Cranes, (2) 110T Crawler Cranes, Blade trailers, Shuttle line-trailers, Reach lifts, Fork lifts, Double Schnabel, Single Schnabel

Description When jammed transportation routes put a renewable energy customer in a real bind, our specialized transportations crews helped create a solution to transport the components from the Ports of Longview and Vancouver to Alberta, Canada--the first of its kind to be done in the Pacific Northwest.

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From Tacoma to Dakota: Loading and Transporting a Tail Gas Drum

Industry Logistics

Equipment Used (1) 100-Ton Dual Lane Loader trailer, (2) 130-ton mobile cranes: Grove 6300L-1 and Leibherr 1160

Description A logistics company called on Omega Morgan’s specialized transportation crew to assist with an important last minute project--transporting a tail gas drum from the Seattle, WA area to a refinery in Dickinson, North Dakota.

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Keeping pace and keeping safe: transporting components for a new wind farm

Industry Wind Energy

Equipment Used (2) double Schnabel trailers, (1) single Schnabel trailer, (1) 13-axle perimeter trailer

Description Omega Morgan’s specialized transportation crews hauled tower sections for 38 new wind turbines from Longview, WA to Vail, WA.

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Specialized Transportation and Installation of Hot Isostatic Press in Albany, OR

Industry Fabricated Metal Products

Equipment Used 150 ton dual lane transporter, 160 ton dual lane transporter, 125 ton dual lane transporter, (2) 550T cranes

Description Omega Morgan completed the transportation and installation of one of the largest Hot Isostatic Presses in the world in Albany, OR. Our Portland-based specialized transportation, machinery moving and millwright crews were able to make this massively-sized project into one single, efficient mobilization.

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Transporting a 158,000 Pound Transformer and Slide Gear System at 500 PSF

Industry Public Utilities

Equipment Used 100 ton Dual Lane Loader trailer with (2) Tri-Tri tractors

Description Omega Morgan supported the Wildish Building Company when they took on a project to upgrade an existing powerhouse. Wildish Building Company needed to remove two transformers and then install two new larger transformers. The project also required the removal and replacement of a powerhouse deck, and, in order to comply with the limited deck loading, Omega Morgan had to design and build a runway to distribute a 158,000 pound transformer and slide gear system load to 500 PSF.

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Moving 22ft Ozone Tanks on a Strict Time Limit

Industry Construction

Equipment Used 11 axle perimeter deck trailer with low-profile rails, 7 axle perimeter deck tank trailer, pair of 4 axle tractors to pull

Description With only five weeks notice, Omega Morgan did the seemingly impossible: transporting (3) 22-foot wide ozone tanks over 39 miles of mostly rural land in Oregon. With narrow roads and many utilities and wires framing the route, this project definitely earned its SC&RA Hauling Job of the Year award!

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Going Heavy for a Transformer Transport Near Portland, Oregon

Industry Electrical

Equipment Used (2) 72-foot trailers, Kenworth C500 semi, (2) Kenworth T800 semis

Description Omega Morgan’s specialized transportation team moved a 460,000 pound transformer nearly 50 miles, using a transport the length of a football field with a total weight of almost one million pounds...

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Specialized Transportation: Moving a Tunnel Boring Machine in Seattle

Industry Heavy Civil

Equipment Used 3 dual lane trailers with low-profile rails

Description Transported (3) TBM components from Husky Stadium to JCM Northlink’s tunnel access site in downtown Seattle. All (3) hauls were made twice in (2) nights with limited hours using Omega Morgan’s dual lane trailers. The trailers were equipped with modified low-profile rails to ensure clearance under the low trolley lines and pedestrian bridges.

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Fight A.L.S. Tank Barge Transportation Case Study

Industry Marine

Equipment Used Hydraulic skidding system, (32) hydraulic jacks & power pack

Description We were asked to assist creating and executing the transport of the Fight A.L.S. tank barge from our customer’s build way to a dry dock where the barge could be prepared for its eventual launch. In this tank barge transportation case study we discuss the unique challenges and solutions for this project and how it was successfully completed.

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