All aboard the Mar-Train

Mar-Train Heavy Haulage Ltd. specialises in providing all manner of heavy haulage and awkward load solutions in Ireland, the UK and Europe. The award-winning company operates a state-of-the-art bespoke fleet of tractor units and trailers, ensuring that even the most demanding jobs can be completed promptly, professionally and safely.

Two Mar-Train trucks en route to their destination

Mar-Train Heavy Haulage Ltd. has long been a highly-respected name throughout Ireland. Recently, its glowing reputation is also spreading through the UK and mainland Europe.
The company was established over three decades ago to provide an island-wide plant haulage service. But, since 1993, Mar-Train has expanded rapidly to meet the requirements of a niche in the market, specialising in the haulage of heavy and/or abnormal loads (including wind farms). This expansion has seen the company fleet grow dramatically to 23 tractor units and over 70 trailers.
Tractor units range from 6x2 38 tonne vehicles to 8x4 200 tonners. Thus, Mar-Train has the capacity to provide a vehicle to suit any job. The fresh and beautifully-maintained fleet of tractor units are mainly Volvo, many of them bespoke or customised to enable them to meet the particular demands placed on heavy haulage vehicles.

Sonya and Tim working hard in the office

As for the vast, flexible fleet of trailers, the Co. Down based heavy haulage specialist, operates 40-foot flats, flat tops, blade carriers, step frames, low loaders, modular and semi-modular equipment, and clamp systems. Mar-Train can provide everything from a 40-foot flat to a triple-extendable flat capable of extending up to 52 metres.
Mar-Train Heavy Haulage was the first haulage company in Northern Ireland to invest in modular equipment. Such progressive capital investment has enabled Mar-Train to establish itself at the forefront of the wind farm transportation sector. In the last five year, the company has been involved in haulage on over 25 windmill projects throughout Ireland and the UK.

Sam McKee looking after a query

The company plays a major roll also in the transportation of plant machinery, providing local delivery for CAT and cross-channel transport for JCB, Komatsu and Daewoo. Meanwhile, work for one of their largest clients – Powerscreen International in Dungannon – has brought Mar-Train to all corners of the continent. Others listed within the impressive portfolio of local customers include F.G. Wilson, Macrete Ireland, Shorts Bombardier and Fisher Engineering.

The astute range of low loaders includes a semi-modular 7-axle Broshuis which can carry 125 tonnes and modular Goldhofer equipment with a load capacity of 250 tonnes.
Mar-Train also boasts a wide range of step frame trailers, ranging from three-axle single extendables to seven-axle triple extendables, all with full power steering.

Tim with one of his favourite employees - the lady who gets the money in, accounts manager Ann Greene

The fleet is tailored towards all types of construction, engineering, plant and wind farm haulage. Flat tops come with three or four axels and full hydraulic steering with manual over-ride and a carrying capacity of up to 70 tonne.
Low loaders range from three- to eight-axle, also with hydraulic steering and manual over-ride (single or double extendable beds). Mar-Train’s step frames, with a carrying capacity of 100 tonne, come in three- to seven-axle - either single, double or triple extendable.
Over the years, Mar-Train has been active on many prestigious projects in Ireland, the UK and throughout Europe. These include the excavation of the Dublin Port Tunnel, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link under the Thames and the aforementioned wind farm projects in Ireland and the UK.

The company is in a position to offer customers a full logistics package for the transportation of over-sized or awkward loads. Incorporating every stage of the process, this includes route surveys, permit application, haulage and the provision of escort vehicles.
The ongoing success of Mar-Train Heavy Haulage Ltd. is largely due to the directors’ commitment to providing an excellent, unrivalled level of customer service as well as their keen attention to detail, thereby ensuring that Mar-Train customers keep returning again and again for all their heavy transportation needs.

An overhead view of Mar-Train unloading a wind generator

Health and safety considerations have always been paramount within every facet of the operation. To this end, each employee is educated in accordance with Mar-Train’s stringent health and safety policy. An external company is deployed to ensure that each driver, member of traffic staff, vehicle attendant and engineer is CSR certified. This has led to a pristine health and safety record.

A careful driver bonus scheme is also in place internally, with rewards payable twice a year to drivers who are not involved in any accidents. A nice incentive and good for morale within the workforce!
Offering an unparalleled level of customer service, Mar-Train’s all-round excellence has culminated in many awards – including the prestigious Heavy Haulage Company of the Year award.

Transport manager Jason McCurry

For over three decades, Mar-Train has been providing a prompt, reliable and secure service, efficiently transporting a wide spectrum of heavy and unusual loads throughout Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe. The company has always moved with the times, embracing modern technology and cutting-edge equipment in response to the increasingly-complex nature of the heavy haulage business.
Professionalism, dependability, integrity and experience are sound cornerstones upon which to base any business. They have served Mar-Train well and the company is a real leader in its field of expertise.
Little wonder so many companies count on Mar-Train as their indispensable heavy haulage logistics partner!

Mar-Train Heavy Haulage Ltd.
5 Ballycarngannon Road,
Boardmills,
Lisburn
County Down
BT27 6YA
Tel: 028 92639499
Fax: 028 92639498
email: enquiries@martrainhaulage.com
www.martrainhaulage.com