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Exhibitions · Germany
Trade fairs in Germany
Transport to German fairs with no customs for EU goods. What counts is the time slot and delivery in the build-up window to Messe Frankfurt, Koelnmesse or Messe München.
How do we carry to fairs in Germany?
To German fairs in Frankfurt, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Hannover, Munich or Berlin we carry with no customs for EU goods. We watch the booking slot, the build-up and dismantling window and the drive to the right hall gate. A non-EU exhibit is declared separately for customs.
Exhibitions
Main fair venues
These are the most common venues on this lane, not a full list. We carry stands and goods to every fair in this country, including smaller and trade-specific ones.
Exhibition logistics in Germany: your stand ready on time in every major hall
Germany is the largest trade fair market in Europe, and each leading venue runs to its own rhythm: Messe Frankfurt, Koelnmesse in Cologne, Messe Düsseldorf, Deutsche Messe in Hanover, Messe München in Munich and Messe Berlin. Large halls mean rigid build-up windows, mandatory delivery slots (Avisierung) and firm rules for oversized items and equipment entering the grounds. The country belongs to the EU and the customs union, so Union goods travel without a customs clearance, and freight forwarding focuses on what really decides whether an exhibit succeeds: delivering the stand construction and exhibits precisely in the assigned slot and unloading efficiently at the correct hall gate.
OTSL handles your stand from the first shipment to the last returning pallet. We deliver stand construction and exhibits with a slot booking aligned to the organiser's schedule, plan the route around the road toll (Toll Collect) and the low-emission zones (Umweltzone) in German cities, and provide on-time assembly and fitting crews on site. During the event we store empty packaging, and after teardown we arrange the return of exhibits and construction. You get a single partner who controls every oversized load and every time window, so nothing is left stranded outside the hall. Contact us with the venue and the dates, and we will prepare a delivery plan.
Fair transport, step by step
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Enquiry and dates
We gather the fair date, the venue, the build-up windows and the unloading slot, plus the list of goods and required documents.
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ATA carnet and customs
For non-EU lanes we prepare the ATA carnet for temporary export of the stand and the customs clearance.
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Plan around venue rules
We plan the transport around the hall rules: booking-in, entry slots and the build-up window, so nothing waits at the gate.
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Collection and transport
We collect the stand and goods and carry them to the venue, with a warehouse buffer if needed.
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Delivery to slot and build
We deliver exactly in the build-up window and support the crew in line with the venue rules.
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Return and ATA settlement
After the event we collect the stand, arrange the return and settle the ATA carnet.
How far ahead to plan it
For Germany the priority is the booking slot and the build-up window: large venues like Messe Frankfurt and Deutsche Messe run fixed entry schedules.
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