Time‑Critical Shipment Beyond the European Union

At Intermodal Forwarding we excel in delivering tailor‑made logistics solutions, even under the tightest deadlines. A recent assignment showcased this capability: an urgent shipment of industrial parts from Gipuzkoa, Spain, to a plant outside the European Union. The objective was clear—move 18 metric tons of components fast enough to avert a costly production shutdown.

The request landed in the third week of August, when much of Europe slows down for summer holidays, transport capacity is scarce, and factories run on minimal staff. Undeterred, our operations team activated a rapid‑response plan:

• 26 dual‑driver vans were dispatched, loaded continuously as each batch of parts left the production line.
• A door‑to‑door road solution covered 4,000 km in a record 3 days, keeping the client’s assembly schedule intact.
• Because the cargo was leaving the EU, every vehicle needed full export and import customs clearance. Our in‑house brokerage handled all formalities in advance, eliminating border delays.

Drawing on our routine experience with cross‑border moves to France, Germany, Czechia, and Poland, we coordinated documentation and transit procedures with precision—despite the holiday season bottlenecks.

Key Metric	Result
Total weight	18,000 kg
Distance covered	4,000 km
Total transit time	3 days
Vehicles deployed	26 vans, each with 2 drivers
Transport mode	Road (expedited multimodal service)
Customs handling	Full management of all required formalities
Destination	Outside the European Union