OTSL is a freight forwarder from Kielce: a head office at ul. Batalionów Chłopskich 71 (25-671 Kielce) and its own transshipment warehouse with 24/7 access right next to the Kielce fairground. For companies from Kielce and the whole Świętokrzyskie region we handle international forwarding, cross-dock, pallet transshipment, storage and consolidation, with transport across Poland, all of Europe and to the United Kingdom. Kielce is our city and our operational base.
The Polish-language version of this article is the reference one. This is an informational translation.
Why Kielce and why OTSL
Kielce lies in the centre of the country, at the crossing of routes between the south and the east of Poland, close both to the ports and to the western border. For a company from Kielce, Skarżysko, Ostrowiec, Starachowice or Jędrzejów it is a natural starting point for sending a load into Europe. We are from here: our office and warehouse are in Kielce at ul. Batalionów Chłopskich 71, not a branch run from the other end of the country. That means one thing: when a pallet needs collecting, a load transshipping or a slot at the Kielce fairground arranging, we do it on site, the same day, without waiting for someone from a distant head office.
What we do in Kielce
| Service | What it means in Kielce |
|---|---|
| International forwarding | organising road transport from Kielce across Europe and to the United Kingdom, documents and customs |
| 24/7 transshipment warehouse | receiving and releasing goods at any hour, ramp, crane (HDS), forklifts up to 5 tonnes, pallet trucks, side loading |
| Cross-dock | transfer between vehicles without longer storage, a crossing point of cargo flows |
| Pallet transshipment | moving goods between vehicles and pallets, consolidating groupage, preparing for the onward route |
| Backup at the Kielce fairground | a buffer warehouse for exhibitors, delivery to the venue for a specific slot and hour |
Transshipment warehouse in Kielce
Our warehouse at ul. Batalionów Chłopskich 71 works as a transshipment base, not a long-term store. Goods arrive, are unloaded, moved onto another pallet or vehicle, consolidated or briefly buffered and move on. A standard EUR pallet measures 1200 by 800 mm and it is the basic unit we turn over here, although we also handle non-standard pallets and non-palletised loads. Access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week means we will receive and release goods at night and at weekends too, whenever the route schedule or a fair deadline demands it. A full description of the equipment, cross-dock and consolidation on the EU-UK route is in the article on the Kielce transshipment warehouse.
Pallet transshipment and cross-dock in Kielce
The most common operation at the base is pallet transshipment: goods from one vehicle go onto another, groupage from several senders is combined into one load, and a consignment from the UK is split for addresses across the region. Cross-dock in Kielce works above all on the British lane: we collect pallets from companies in the Świętokrzyskie region, consolidate them at the base and dispatch them in full loads to the United Kingdom, and in the other direction we distribute deliveries from Britain. A sender with a single pallet uses the same route, customs and care as a full truck load, and the vehicle does not carry air.
Backup at the Kielce fairground
Our warehouse sits in the immediate vicinity of the Kielce fairground, one of the largest exhibition centres in Poland, and its calendar shows it. Before large events it works as the back office of exhibitors: the stand and the exhibits wait with us and approach the venue for a specific day and hour in line with the booking. How the warehouse next to the Kielce fairground works and what slots and booking for delivery to Targi Kielce look like are described separately. We cover moving fair loads across the country in the text on trade fair transport in Poland.
From Kielce across Poland and Europe
Although Kielce is our home city and base, we are not limited to the region. From the base at ul. Batalionów Chłopskich 71 we organise transport across Poland, throughout Europe and on the route to the United Kingdom, where we have our own warehousing on the other side of the Channel. So a company from Kielce that exports to Britain gets one chain without changeovers: collection in the region, consolidation in Kielce, carriage and customs, and cargo handling in the UK, at our Milton Keynes warehouse.
Company details and location
OTSL Sp. z o.o., head office and base: ul. Batalionów Chłopskich 71, 25-671 Kielce, Świętokrzyskie voivodeship, Poland. A transshipment warehouse with 24/7 access in the immediate vicinity of the Kielce fairground. Location and opening details are on the page of our Kielce base, and the full storage and cargo handling offer on the OTSL warehousing page.
Sources
- UNECE: standards and recommendations for pallets and load units in international trade
- Eurostat: road freight transport data in the European Union
Run a company in Kielce or the Świętokrzyskie region and need forwarding, a transshipment warehouse or cross-dock? Describe the cargo in the contact form. We are on site in Kielce and will propose the way of handling it the same day.
