Specialized Freight
Not every load fits in a dry van. OLO's Specialized Freight division manages the complex and the oversized — with trained drivers, certified equipment, and compliance protocols that keep your cargo safe and your supply chain compliant.
Temperature-controlled trailers with continuous monitoring for food, pharma, and climate-sensitive cargo.
Permit management, escort coordination, and route planning for loads that exceed standard legal dimensions.
Open-deck solutions for machinery, building materials, and loads that require overhead loading or side access.
Pre-shipment surveys, dedicated load planning, and a single point of contact from dispatch through delivery.
What Specialized Freight means for your business
Specialized freight covers any shipment that cannot ride in a standard dry van — refrigerated product, machinery that exceeds legal dimensions, building materials that load from above, and anything requiring permits, escorts, or specific environmental controls.
These loads have one thing in common: getting them wrong is expensive. A reefer that loses temperature can destroy an entire pharma shipment. An oversize move on the wrong route can take down a bridge clearance. Specialized freight is where logistics expertise matters most.
How OLO de-risks complex shipments
Every specialized move starts with a pre-shipment review: commodity, weight, dimensions, route restrictions, and destination receiving capability. We match the load to the right equipment and driver experience before a truck is ever dispatched.
For reefer, we verify pre-cool, monitor temperature continuously, and alert on excursions. For oversize, we secure permits, coordinate pilot cars and police escorts, and pre-survey routes for height, weight, and turning restrictions.
Why shippers choose OLO for Specialized Freight
- 01Right equipment, first time
Flatbed, step-deck, double-drop, RGN, and reefer capacity matched to the commodity — not whatever happens to be available.
- 02Experienced drivers
Oversize and temperature-controlled experience verified before dispatch, with training records to back it up.
- 03Regulatory compliance handled
DOT, FMCSA, FDA, and state-level paperwork managed by our compliance team so your shipment never gets held at a scale.
- 04Cold-chain integrity
Continuous temperature monitoring with real-time alerts and full data download for audit trails on every reefer load.
- 05Permitting and escorts
Multi-state oversize permits, pilot cars, and route surveys coordinated end-to-end for heavy-haul moves.
- 06One accountable team
A single point of contact owns your load from quote through POD, even when multiple equipment types and jurisdictions are involved.