Reliable Machinery Transport

What Reliable Machinery Transport does

Reliable Machinery Transport is a veteran-founded, privately held freight brokerage specializing in the transportation of industrial machinery, construction equipment, and heavy/project cargo. The company operates four integrated service lines: Domestic Trucking (via flatbed and heavy-haul methods), Overseas Shipping (utilizing FCL, LCL container, RORO, and flat rack specialized equipment through NVOCC partnerships), Oversized/Heavy Haul for project cargo, and Accessorial Services covering dismantling, containerization, transloading, power washing, inspections, repairs, US customs clearance, and crane/rigging. Its primary asserted asset is a curated network of over 9,500 carriers enabling rapid equipment sourcing across the USA, Canada, Mexico, and all serviceable global seaports.

The business operates with a small team (1-10 employees per firmographics) led by CEO/Owner Michael Mozilo and CFO Margaret Mozilo, plus several transportation agents. The team is stated to have over 100 years of combined machinery transport experience. Distribution is sales-led and direct: customer engagement occurs primarily through a 24/7 phone line (handled by the owner/team) and website contact forms, with light top-of-funnel presence on Facebook and LinkedIn. The company's go-to-market emphasizes the 4 Cs (Capacity, Convenience, Cost, Character) and positions itself as a personalized freight manager handling carrier vetting, scheduling, documentation, tracking, and issue resolution end-to-end.

Revenue mechanics are transaction-fee based on brokerage spreads between shipper and carrier rates, with quote-based pricing per shipment (no published tiers). Customer segments are industrial: manufacturing, construction/agricultural, and energy/mining firms requiring machinery and equipment moves. The only named customer reference in the source is a single SMB testimonial. No revenue figures, funding events, M&A, partnerships, or AI/technology capabilities beyond traditional logistics coordination are disclosed.

Name

Reliable Machinery Transport

Legal name

Reliable Machinery Transport

Website

https://reliablemachinerytransport.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Reliable Machinery Transport is a veteran-founded US freight brokerage that arranges domestic and cross-border transportation of industrial machinery, construction equipment, and oversized/heavy-haul project cargo via a 9,500+ carrier network across North America and global seaports.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Freight Brokerage Services

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), Freight Transportation Arrangement (4885)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210)

akta.pro primary industry

Expedited / Time-Critical Road Freight Forwarding (TLACACAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Heavy Vehicle & Equipment Transport (RVs, Trucks, Buses) (HSAKAFAH)

Keywords

• Freight brokerage services
• Machinery transportation
• Domestic trucking services
• Heavy haul shipping
• Overseas freight forwarding

Headquarters

HQ city

Mt Pleasant

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Freight Brokerage Services: The company acts as a freight broker/ logistics provider matching customer shipment needs with carrier capacity. Revenue generated through brokerage fees and negotiated rates between shippers and carriers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Reliable Machinery Transport is a freight brokerage and full-service transportation manager that arranges domestic trucking, overseas shipping, oversized/heavy haul transport, and related accessorial services for industrial machinery and construction equipment. The company matches customer shipment needs with carrier capacity across the USA, Canada, Mexico, and global seaports, leveraging a network of 9,500+ carriers to source equipment locally and minimize deadhead miles, while acting as a single point of contact for scheduling, tracking, documentation, customs clearance, and issue resolution.

Product overview

Reliable Machinery Transport is a full-service machinery transportation platform offering four integrated service lines. The core offering consists of Domestic Trucking for US-based transport, Overseas Shipping for international delivery via container and RORO methods, and Oversized Heavy Haul for project cargo. Accessorial Services functions as add-on modules providing dismantling, containerization, transloading, power washing, inspections, repairs, customs clearance, and crane and rigging support. The company leverages relationships with over 9,500 carriers and utilizes specialized equipment including FCL containers, LCL containers, RORO, and flat racks to serve industries including construction, agricultural, mining, gas and oil, energy, transportation, and manufacturing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Domestic Trucking Specialized domestic trucking service for transporting industrial machinery and construction equipment throughout the United States, handling standard and specialized goods via flatbed and heavy haul methods for industrial customers.
• Overseas Shipping International shipping service for transporting machinery and equipment across borders to destinations across the US, Canada, Mexico, and all serviceable seaports globally, utilizing FCL, LCL containers, RORO, and flat rack specialized equipment.
• Oversized, Heavy Haul Specialized transport service for oversized and overweight machinery and equipment, handling project cargo for construction, agricultural, mining, gas and oil, energy, transportation, and manufacturing industries.
• Accessorial Services Supplementary logistics services including dismantling, containerization, transloading, power washing, inspections, repair services, US customs clearance, and crane and rigging services that support the core transportation offerings for industrial machinery customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 9,500+ carrier relationships for rapid availability
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Worldwide Express: Logistics provider offering freight brokerage and parcel services (formed via merger with GlobalTranz). Comparable asset-light broker with multi-modal capability including LTL, truckload, and specialty.
• Nationwide Transport Services: Freight brokerage specializing in heavy equipment, machinery, and oversized load transportation. Closely comparable as a niche asset-light broker focused on industrial and construction equipment shipping.
• Coyote Logistics: Major North American freight brokerage (UPS subsidiary) arranging truckload services for shippers. Comparable asset-light broker model, though at vastly greater scale.
• Echo Global Logistics: Asset-light freight brokerage and managed transportation provider. Comparable non-asset business model arranging truckload and specialty freight for shippers.
• TQL (Total Quality Logistics): One of the largest U.S. freight brokerages, asset-light with a sales-led GTM motion. Comparable operating model with the same customer engagement pattern (direct phone/relationship-driven quoting).
• Landstar System: Asset-light transportation services company using a network of independent agents and owner-operators. Closely analogous operating model — broker/agent structure accessing a large carrier pool without owning trucks.
• Heavy Equipment Transport HQ: Specialty heavy haul and oversized equipment transport broker. Comparable niche specialization in machinery and equipment moves with similar carrier-broker business model.

Broad incumbents

• Schneider National: Large asset-based carrier that also operates a brokerage segment. Comparable in offering truckload and intermodal services for industrial customers, though much more diversified.
• C.H. Robinson: Largest North American third-party logistics provider and freight broker. Offers the same core asset-light brokerage service but across all modes, commodities, and geographies at enterprise scale.
• RXO: Major North American asset-light freight brokerage (spun off from XPO). Same core brokerage business but at dramatically larger scale and increasingly technology-led.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ReliableMachineryTransportWorldWide
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/reliable-machinery-transport

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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