Shipping within Europe
Road groupage and full loads across the continent, with scheduled departures on the core lanes and customs handled where borders require it.
EUROPE
Short distances, tight schedules
European freight lives or dies on departure discipline. We run scheduled groupage on the main lanes and put dedicated vehicles on the rest, so a two-day transit stays a two-day transit.
Groupage
Your pallets share a trailer with other freight going the same way. The economical choice below a full load.
Full loads
A dedicated vehicle for your consignment alone, moving direct with no intermediate handling.
Scheduled departures
Fixed departure days on core lanes so you can plan production and stock around them.
COVERAGE
Where we run
Core lanes
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- France
- Austria
- Poland
- Czechia
Scheduled
- Italy
- Spain
- Portugal
- Denmark
- Sweden
- Hungary
- Slovakia
On request
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- Norway
- Switzerland
- Romania
- Bulgaria
- Greece
TRANSIT TIMES
Indicative road transit from Stendal
| Destination | Groupage | Dedicated vehicle |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands, Belgium | 2 – 3 working days | 1 – 2 working days |
| France, Austria, Czechia | 3 – 4 working days | 1 – 2 working days |
| Poland, Denmark | 2 – 4 working days | 1 – 2 working days |
| Italy, Hungary, Slovakia | 4 – 6 working days | 2 – 3 working days |
| Spain, Portugal | 5 – 8 working days | 3 – 4 working days |
| Sweden, Norway, Finland | 5 – 8 working days | 3 – 5 working days |
| United Kingdom, Ireland | 4 – 7 working days | 2 – 4 working days |
BORDERS
Inside the EU and beyond it
Movements between EU member states need no customs entry, which is why intra-EU road freight moves as quickly as it does. Shipments to the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway and other non-EU destinations do need entries at both ends, and we prepare them.
- No customs formalities between EU member states
- Export and import entries for non-EU destinations
- Duty and VAT calculated and settled where applicable
- Documentation checked before the vehicle departs
Moving freight across Europe?
Send us the pallet count, weights and postcodes at both ends and we will quote groupage and dedicated side by side.