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Practical guides on transport to the UK, customs clearance, exhibition logistics and warehousing.
What is in the OTSL knowledge base?
The OTSL knowledge base is practical articles on international road freight: customs clearance and border procedures (SIVEP, GMR, PBN, ATA carnet), transport to the United Kingdom, Ireland and Switzerland, trade fair logistics, warehousing and returns. We cover the real risks and how to prevent them before they hit your cargo.
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Night shift on a 24/7 freight desk: a truck stuck in Dunkirk at 3 am
What the OTSL operations team does on a night shift: a driver in Dunkirk, a missing document for the GMR, a ferry in…
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HGV driver Poland to UK at OTSL: curtainsider, Kielce, office papers
Driving Poland to England for OTSL: curtainsider trailers, base in Kielce, Dunkirk–Dover crossing, GMR and booking from…
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Platforms an OTSL forwarder works on: booking portals, GVMS and CDS
Which systems a forwarder uses at OTSL: delivery booking portals, GVMS and CDS on the UK route, PBN for Ireland…
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Remote freight forwarding: what works from home, what needs Kielce
An OTSL forwarder can work remotely or in Kielce. Which tasks run through a browser, which need someone on the loading…
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How a forwarder works at OTSL: one contact from quote to delivery
At OTSL one person runs a shipment from quote to unloading. What that means day to day, and what we expect from a…
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Freight forwarder with own client base: starting at OTSL
You have the clients but not the infrastructure? At OTSL you get customs agencies, warehouses, licences and insurance…
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Haulier documents for vetting at OTSL: OCP policy, Community licence
What to send OTSL before the first order: Community licence with certified copies, OCP policy with its terms…
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Curtainsider on the Poland–England route: requirements before Dunkirk
Curtain without cuts, TIR cord, seal number on the CMR, trailer check before the port and GMR data in advance: what…
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Cabotage after unloading: 3 in 7 days, 4-day cooling off and UK rules
After unloading an international load in the EU you have 3 cabotage operations in 7 days, then a 4-day cooling-off. In…
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Kwidzyn and Powiśle: where our partner hauliers with rigid trucks run
An OTSL partner carrier is based near Kwidzyn in northern Poland, close to the A1. Where its tail-lift rigids go, what…
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Mobility Package for a partner haulier: driver return, CJEU ruling
Driver return every 4 weeks, weekly rest outside the cab, the annulled 8-week vehicle return: how OTSL plans a…
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OTSL partner carrier instead of exchange loads: what changes for you
OTSL does not buy loads on freight exchanges. What that means for a haulier: vetting before the first load, orders from…
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Tail-lift unloading: pallet weight, ground and the right to refuse
The tail lift takes 1.5 tonnes per cycle and the pallet truck needs hard, level ground. When a driver may refuse to…
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After the run: signed CMR, POD and invoice for settlement with OTSL
A CMR signed and dated by the consignee, a POD as scan or photo and an invoice quoting the order number: what a partner…
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18-pallet tail-lift rigid as an OTSL partner truck: jobs and routes
What jobs an 18-pallet tail-lift rigid gets from OTSL, which routes it runs, and what the forwarder checks with the…
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Poland to Sweden haulage: Ystad, Trelleborg, Karlskrona or Öresund
Ferry from Świnoujście to Ystad or Trelleborg, from Gdynia to Karlskrona, or land over the Öresund bridge: what decides…
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