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Knowledge base
Knowledge base
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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Trade fair logistics: delivery to Palexpo in Genève
Learn how to organise road transport and customs procedures for exhibition stand materials and exhibits heading to the…
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Budma in Poznań: exhibitor logistics for the construction fair
Budma is the construction and architecture fair at the Poznań International Fair grounds. How to plan deliveries of…
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Agrotech in Kielce: moving farm machinery to the fair
Agrotech is the agricultural technology fair at Targi Kielce. Farm machines mean gauge: some travel on flatbeds as…
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Plastpol in Kielce: getting machines and exhibits to the plastics fair
Plastpol is the plastics and rubber processing fair at Targi Kielce. The main logistics challenge: machines that must…
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Exhibitor logistics at MSPO in Kielce: transport, slots, backup
MSPO is the defence industry salon at Targi Kielce. How to plan the transport of exhibits and stand builds, and why a…
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Deliveries to UK retail distribution centres (RDCs): slots, specs, rejections
Retail distribution centres accept only booked-in, compliant deliveries. How a delivery to a UK RDC works and what gets…
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Project cargo: planning the logistics of a whole construction site, not a single haul
A construction site is not one transport but a sequence of deliveries that must arrive in assembly order. How we plan…
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Trade fair logistics: Transport of exhibits to P&J Live Aberdeen
How to organise transport of stand structures and exhibits to trade fairs at P&J Live in Aberdeen? Customs procedures…
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Exhibition logistics: delivery of stands and exhibits to Ptak Warsaw Expo
Rules for transporting and unloading exhibition stands and goods at Ptak Warsaw Expo in Nadarzyn. Technical guidance…
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Exhibition Logistics: Punchestown Event Centre Naas
Guide to organising event freight, stands, and exhibits to Punchestown Event Centre in Naas. Transit options, customs…
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Pallets, packaging and load securing in international transport
The sender answers for packaging, the carrier for securing. We show how to pack pallets for an international route and…
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Exhibition logistics at RDS Dublin: booth transport and exhibits
A technical guide to managing exhibition logistics and stand transport to the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin for…
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Granite slabs after a load shift: when recovery means safe removal
A stillage of 16 granite slabs shifted in transit and several slabs cracked. Stone is not carton freight: a cracked…
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Yoghurt at +2 degrees: a restack with no room for waiting
A chilled trailer of 33 pallets of yoghurt arrived with unstable stacks after a shift in transit. Yoghurt runs on a…
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Sugar syrup in glass: heavy bottles, sticky failures
26 pallets of sugar syrup in glass bottles arrived with six stacks leaning and wrap torn. Syrup fails twice: the glass…
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Spices in glass jars: restacking where one break contaminates many
33 pallets of spices in glass jars arrived with five stacks leaning and wrap torn. With jars, a single break inside a…
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Exhibition logistics: delivery to Royal Cornwall Showground in Wadebridge
Organising exhibition logistics for the Royal Cornwall Showground in Wadebridge requires handling UK customs…
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One-tonne bags of plastic granules: realigning a leaning load
26 pallet positions of plastic granules in 1-tonne bulk bags shifted in transit, leaving heavy bags leaning where a…
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Biscuits: a light load that crushes itself when it leans
33 pallets of packaged biscuits arrived with stacks leaning against each other after motorway braking. Biscuits weigh…
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Mineral water: when the heaviest grocery pallet meets torn wrap
26 pallets of bottled water arrived with leaning stacks after hard braking. Water is among the heaviest loads in…
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A juice load that needed order, not refrigeration
26 pallets of bottled juice arrived with leaning stacks and torn wrap after a hard stop in transit. No cold chain to…
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Restacking frozen meat at minus 18, where nothing can wait
A frozen trailer of 26 pallets of meat arrived with five stacks leaning after a shift in transit. Frozen product cannot…
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Energy drinks stacked high: rebuilding a leaning can load
26 pallets of canned energy drinks arrived with six stacks leaning and wrap torn. Cans are stacked tall to fill the…
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24 pallets of dairy, a halted unload and a shelf-life clock
A refrigerated trailer of milk, yoghurt and cream reached a supermarket distribution centre with six pallets leaning…
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Trade Fair Logistics at Royal Highland Centre Edinburgh
Discover how to arrange exhibition transport to Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh, manage UK customs clearance and…
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Restacking a chilled dairy load inside the cold, at +3 degrees
A refrigerated trailer of 33 Euro pallets of chilled dairy arrived with unstable stacks after a load shift. The fridge…
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Restacking 52 pallets of chocolate without letting it warm up
A trailer of 52 double-stacked pallets of boxed chocolate arrived unsafe to unload after motorway braking. The rebuild…
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Rebuilding a collapsed double-stacked load of canned vegetables
A full trailer of double-stacked canned vegetables collapsed forward under emergency braking and was refused at a…
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Pallet restacking after a load shift: beer in glass bottles
A curtain-sider with 26 UK pallets of bottled beer reached a distribution centre with stacks leaning after hard…
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Trailer breach on the road: driver safety first, load recovery second
What a driver should do the moment a trailer breach is suspected, how the load is recovered afterwards, and why fines…
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Trailer breach inspection: the procedure we follow, step by step
What actually happens when a breached trailer arrives at our warehouse: securing the vehicle, documenting the entry…
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How much it costs to enter the UK market with your own product
An offer in English, fairs or outreach, samples, certification, EORI, the logistics of first deliveries and returns: we…
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Trade fair logistics: Royal Welsh Showground in Builth Wells
Learn how to efficiently arrange transport and customs clearance for stand fittings and exhibits bound for the Royal…
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How Polish manufacturers find buyers in the UK: channels, costs, mistakes
Trade fairs, distributors, direct outreach, B2B platforms and tenders: five channels through which a Polish…
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Contaminated load inspection after a trailer breach, example scenario
A trailer reached a Midlands distribution centre with fluid spills, discarded clothing and food waste inside after…
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Contaminated load after unauthorised trailer entry near Calais, example scenario
When people enter a trailer in transit, the load becomes legally suspect even if nothing looks damaged. Why deliveries…
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