Articles tagged: Transport documents

Serial number and nameplate at customs

A customs declaration describes a specific unit, not a category of equipment. When the number in the papers...

Origin of used machinery from the UK

The EU and UK agreement knows only two proofs of origin, and a seller of a used machine can usually issue...

Documents for a machine bought at auction

An auction gives you a sale note and an invoice, but clearance needs more than that. What has to be in the...

Clearing through France: the smart border

The French border runs on a barcode tied to the vehicle plate. Since 20 April 2026 every transport unit must...

Live, timed and online auctions: what changes in logistics

The same equipment sold in three auction formats produces three different transport plans. What a live sale...

UK vehicle auctions (BCA, Manheim): buying and exporting

BCA and Manheim are the two largest vehicle auction networks in Britain. Where their sites are, how remote...

Copart UK: damaged vehicles and what transport they need

Copart sells online only in the UK. Damage categories decide whether a vehicle may leave the country whole...

John Pye Auctions: equipment from insolvency disposals

John Pye sells assets from insolvency and restructuring cases. Why collection from such a site carries risks...

Farm machinery auctions in the UK: where tractors are sold

The UK farm auction market is more than Cheffins. A survey of the houses running agricultural machinery...

Cheffins: farm and plant machinery at auction near Ely

The Cheffins sale is called the Cambridge Machinery Sale but is held at Sutton near Ely. What that changes...

A UK exhibitor at Polish trade fairs: collection, storage and the return leg

The whole chain from an address in England to a stand in Poland and back, treated as one job. The formalities...

Collecting from an exhibitor in Kielce and delivering into the hall in the build-up window

A local exhibitor has a different problem from a distant one: not distance but dispersion. The stand is at...

Targi Kielce from a carrier point of view: halls, gates and unloading zones

The exhibitor knows the stand number. The driver needs to know which gate the unit enters by, whether it fits...

Where your pallet is between collection and the UK departure

The goods have been collected and the UK vehicle has not left yet. We describe the checkpoints from the...

Checking goods at the shipper before repacking at the Polish hub

You are buying from a supplier you have never met. We explain what the driver checks at collection, how a...

Collecting from several suppliers in one run: planning the pickup route

Several suppliers in one country, one consignee in the United Kingdom. We describe how we sequence the...

Who may collect goods from the warehouse: authorisations and third-party release

A UK warehouse is often a release point for several receivers at once. We describe how to authorise a trading...

Stock counts and inventory reports: knowing what is actually there

The goods sit in England while decisions are made in Poland. We describe where a reliable picture of stock...

Vehicle booking and site passes at Targi Kielce

A vehicle without a declaration does not get on site, and a pass is not the same thing as a parking card...

A UK exhibit at Targi Kielce: the ATA carnet on the British side

A British exhibitor heading to Kielce issues the carnet at home, not in Poland. Here is who issues it in the...

Repacking versus customs paperwork: when the pallet count changes

The customs entry says "12 pallets" and nine leave the ramp. How to declare packages so they survive...

Losing pallets on UK lanes: who pays for the carrier unit

A unit that never came back is a cost — the question is whose. Three settlement models, the wording that...

Pallet exchange and pallet notes on UK lanes

Like-for-like exchange on UK lanes rarely nets out. What a pallet note is for, what it must contain, how to...

Repacking record: what we document before, during and after

Without a record there is no way to settle whether damage happened before repacking or after. The three...

Mixed pallets: building and labelling multiple SKUs on one unit

Several SKUs on one carrier saves space and invites a manual recount at the ramp. How to build the layers...

Retail distribution centre deliveries: the Golden Triangle

The Golden Triangle in the Midlands is the heart of British distribution: Magna Park, DIRFT and East Midlands...

Transport to Kent: Dover, Ashford and Folkestone

Kent is the first county past the Channel crossing: Dover, the Eurotunnel at Folkestone and the Sevington...

Cabotage and cross-trade after Brexit: what a Polish carrier may do in the UK

After Brexit a Polish truck can no longer move goods around the Isles without limits. We explain the TCA...

The consignee refuses delivery in the UK: what happens to the load

The truck arrived and the gate stays shut: no slot, wrong pallets, a commercial dispute. We explain what the...

Shortage and overage at UK unloading: how to count and secure the claim

Two cartons are missing on a ramp in England, and the next pallet holds something the documents never...

Force majeure under CMR: strikes, blockades and a closed border on the UK route

A strike in Calais, a blocked port, a storm closing the Channel: who is liable for the delay and the costs?...

Document neutralisation: delivering to the end client without revealing the supplier

You trade goods from a Polish factory and do not want your British client to see its address? Neutral...

Forwarder, carrier, broker: who is liable for what on transport to the UK

Three words used interchangeably in sales calls that mean very different things when cargo gets damaged. We...

T2L and the Union status of goods: when it comes in useful

A T2L document proves goods hold Union status and pay no duty when re-entering EU circulation. We explain...

Where is my shipment: tracking road transport from Poland to the UK

Tracking in road freight works differently from parcel couriers. We explain the statuses a shipment passes...

Oversized transport to the UK: permits, escort and STGO categories

A load wider than 2.9 m or heavier than 44 tonnes falls under the UK abnormal load regime. We explain STGO...

LTL from Austria to the UK via a Polish hub

A single pallet from Vienna does not need its own truck to the UK. We describe groupage from Austria to the...

FTL from Slovakia to the UK: a full truck for industry

Slovak industry lives off export, and the UK is one of its markets. We describe full truck load transport...

FTL from Czechia to the UK: a full truck with no cross-docking

When a Czech shipper has a full trailer's worth of goods, hub consolidation stops being necessary. We...

Food labelling for the UK market: FIC, Natasha's Law and repacking in Milton Keynes

A label can stop a food delivery more effectively than the border. We explain the UK FIC information...

Machinery and production line relocation between Poland and the UK

Moving a machine or a whole line between Poland and the United Kingdom is a project, not a single freight...

Chilled fresh food transport PL-UK: cold chain and BTOM in practice

Fresh food to the UK is a double discipline: an unbroken cold chain in the vehicle and a complete set of...

ADR by ferry and Eurotunnel: which classes cross the Channel

Not every dangerous good gets onto every crossing. Eurotunnel runs its own DG policy, stricter than ADR, and...

How to choose a carrier for the UK: 10 questions worth asking

You will know a good carrier for the UK by specifics, not promises. Here are ten questions that separate a...

Polish packaged food to UK shops: labelling and the rules

Exports to Polish shops in England most often stumble on the label, not the transport. We explain UK...

UK alcohol duty: rates from February 2026 and the end of duty stamps

UK excise on alcohol is counted from the strength of the drink, and duty stamps became history in May 2025...

Dry food transport to the UK: BTOM categories, IPAFFS and the warehouse

Pasta, confectionery, preserves and other shelf-stable products are the simplest food exports to England, yet...

Transporting pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to the UK: GDP and MHRA

Medicines and cosmetics sit under two different regimes: pharmaceutical wholesale needs an MHRA licence and...

When to add cargo insurance for UK transport: OCP, CARGO and the CMR limit

The carrier's liability limit is counted from weight, not from the value of the goods. We show which cargo...

Drivers' hours on the Poland to UK route: what Brexit changed

Driving and rest limits on the way to England look almost the same as before Brexit, because the UK carried...

Importing used machinery and equipment from the UK: CE, documents, customs valuation

The UK second hand machinery market tempts with prices, but bringing in a used milling machine or packing...

VAT and duty on imports from the UK to Poland: the importer paperwork in practice

The rules of import VAT sit in statutes, but an importer is judged on documentation: what must be in the file...

Import from the UK to Czechia, Slovakia, Austria and Hungary via Poland

Consolidation works both ways: goods from the UK return to the continent in one truck and, after EU...

Cross dock and repack at the hub: what happens to a pallet before the UK leg

Between pickup at the consignor and the truck departure to the UK, a pallet passes through the hub. It is not...

Documents in consolidation to the UK: one CMR or several

The truck carries goods of ten consignors. How many consignment notes should sit in the driver folder, and...

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to the UK: groupage via a Polish hub

The Baltic states connect to Poland by the overland Via Baltica, so groupage to the UK needs no ferry on the...

Austria and Hungary to the UK: documents and customs in consolidation

With shipments from Austria and Hungary to the UK via a Polish hub, most questions concern the paperwork: who...

Czechia and Slovakia to the UK step by step: pickup, repack, customs, delivery

We break the groupage journey from Czechia and Slovakia to the UK via our Polish facilities into stages: from...

POD, GRN and clausing at goods-in: delivery documents at UK retailers

A delivery formally ends not on the ramp but on the paperwork: the proof of delivery and the chain's goods...

ASN and EDI in UK retail deliveries: electronic pre-advice in practice

Before the truck reaches the RDC gate, the chain wants to know exactly what is coming: which pallets, what...

UK retail pallet requirements: standards, labels, height

British retail chains send back pallets that miss their specification: too tall, overhanging, on damaged...

Import licences for GB: what to check before you ship

Most industrial goods enter Great Britain without a licence, but selected groups need permits issued before...

ICS2 and ENS: safety declarations both ways between Poland and the UK

Two safety and security filing systems now operate on the Poland to UK route: the British one for entry into...

An incomplete packing list under inspection: what HMRC looks for

A packing list is treated as a formality until the shipment is selected for a check. Then it becomes the...

Missing SPS certificate or SIVEP pre-notification: how you lose sensitive goods at the border

Goods of animal or plant origin without a health certificate and pre-notification will be stopped at a border...

Vehicle lists and sailing manifests on ferries to GB and IE

A vehicle list and a sailing manifest set out the vehicles and loads a ferry operator needs before check-in...

Moving alcohol from Poland to the UK: excise duty, EMCS and the e-AD step by step

Alcohol leaves Poland for the UK under excise duty suspension only from a tax warehouse, on an e-AD with an...

UKCA or CE: product marking when exporting to Great Britain

After Brexit the GB market was meant to switch to UKCA, but the UK government extended recognition of CE...

The BTOM model: SPS risk categories and import requirements for Great Britain

The BTOM model sorts SPS goods into risk categories: low, medium and high. The category decides on health...

Tachographs in vans from 1 July 2026: and we still run expresses

From 1 July 2026 vans of 2.5-3.5 t in paid international carriage must have a tachograph (Mobility Package)...

SENT: monitoring transport of sensitive goods in Poland

What the SENT system is, which goods it covers, how to register a movement in PUESC and why geolocation is...

Drivers hours (561/2006) and delivery times

How Regulation 561/2006 governs driving time, breaks and rest, and how it shapes Poland-UK transit times.

The T1 external transit procedure

What the T1 procedure under common transit is, how the transit guarantee works and how it differs from T2.

Claims and the damage report under CMR

How and within what deadlines to file reservations and prepare a damage report under the CMR Convention.

Carrier liability under CMR and the 8.33 SDR/kg limit

How the CMR Convention caps compensation for loss of or damage to goods at 8.33 SDR per kilogram and when the...

CMR consignment note: how to fill it in correctly

What the CMR note is, which data the CMR Convention requires and why the sender is responsible for the...

Transport to Ireland via the UK land bridge and T2

How we carry goods to the Republic of Ireland: why it is intra-EU carriage and how T2 transit through Great...

Customs representation and the agency

What customs representation is, how direct differs from indirect, and what it authorises a customs agent to...

SENT registration step by step

How to file a SENT notification: the roles of sender, receiver and carrier, PUESC registration, the GPS...

SENT and international transport

When SENT applies to international transport, which sensitive goods it covers and what must be done on the...

T1 and T2: transit documents in practice

How the T1 and T2 transit documents differ, when to use which, and what Union or non-Union status of goods...

EUR.1 and the certificate of origin, when you need them

When you need an EUR.1 movement certificate versus a certificate of origin, how preferential and...

Documents for export to the UK, a checklist

Which documents are needed to export goods to the United Kingdom and when a statement on origin applies...