Service Information
With established German partners and nationwide coverage, we provide UK to Germany and Germany to UK road freight services, including groupage, part loads, full loads and specialist transport.
If it’s got a German postcode, we’ve got you covered.
German Groupage Service
For Germany to UK imports, we offer daily collections throughout Germany, collecting from suppliers and manufacturers nationwide through our established German partner network.
For UK to Germany exports, we operate twice-weekly scheduled departures from our Greater Manchester hub, connecting with key German hubs including Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Stuttgart, with onward distribution throughout Germany.
Our established network provides reliable door-to-door road freight in both directions, with dangerous goods (ADR) accepted on most departures, subject to compatibility.
Germany Gateway to Central & Eastern Europe
Our German network also provides an established gateway for freight moving between the UK and Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Moldova, Hungary and Croatia.
Freight departs from our Greater Manchester hub and connects through Frankfurt and Düsseldorf with Ital Logistics approved EU partners on their daily European groupage networks.
This provides an efficient solution for palletised and groupage freight into Central and Eastern Europe, with indicative transit times of within 7 days to many destinations, subject to collection point, final destination and customs clearance.
Customers benefit from access to multiple European markets through a network of trusted partners managed by one experienced UK freight team.
Customs & Bonded Facilities
Our German partners operate bonded facilities and have extensive knowledge of German, UK and EU customs procedures.
Working alongside our UK customs team, we can support T1 transit movements, Regime 40 and Regime 42, as well as more complex commodities requiring SIVEP inspections in Calais, additional documentation or specialist customs controls.
High-value goods are accepted. Where our customs guarantee is required for a transit movement, a high-value surcharge may apply depending on the value of the consignment.
Specialist Freight Services
When standard groupage isn’t suitable or viable, our team can arrange:
- Temperature-controlled transport
- Out-of-gauge and abnormal loads
- Project work – Specialist permits and route planning
- Express Groupage
- Dedicated vehicles
- Express vans for urgent and time-critical freight
From temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals products and foodstuffs to industrial machinery and urgent components, we will identify the most appropriate transport solution for your shipment.
Germany Freight Specialists
Whether it’s one pallet of clothing, a full trailer of food products, oversized machinery or an urgent express shipment, Ital Logistics combines European road freight expertise, customs knowledge and an established partner network to manage your shipment from collection through to final delivery.
For Germany freight rates, transit times or customs advice, contact our Germany team now germany@ital-logistics.comervice started with just southern France, and now we cover the whole of France. One has to start somewhere.
Our freight services to Germany (and beyond)
Whilst a new service, we have already been able to satisfy a twice-weekly service every Tuesday and Friday between our Heywood and Frankfurt hubs. Distribution throughout Germany for smaller shipments is undertaken by our partners, and for larger consignments, subject to customs formalities, direct deliveries on trailer can be made to areas between Dusseldorf and Munich.
As with all of our services, we can provide the carriage of dangerous goods as well as freight of all kinds to Germany. Imports from Germany are also twice weekly, with at least 3-4 trailers each week, and rising.
Additionally, we can also provide services through to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Croatia, utilising our partners daily road freight groupage services to these countries.
Our principal partner in Germany
Our road freight logistics partner in Germany is Insatransport GmbH, and has been in business since 1976. Located in Frankfurt, one of the most important and largest regions, they provide national and international goods transport by road, warehousing logistics, as well as sea and air freight under their subsidiary INSA Air & Sea Logistics.
What is quite interesting is that their founding service, as with ourselves, was with Italy. From just three employees at inception, they soon became synonymous with the Italian market.
Fast forward some forty-six years, having tripled their warehouse facility to 6,000m² in 2020, a bold move given the pandemic, they have established themselves as a strong player in European Logistics.
