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OTSL express vans handle time-critical shipments where every hour counts. A dedicated van or express LTL leaves at once, without waiting for extra cargo, and runs straight to unloading. The service is for companies that must deliver urgent parts, hit a delivery slot or bring samples to a trade fair inside a hard time window.
What it covers
- An urgent van or dedicated vehicle, with same-day loading where the route allows it
- Direct door-to-door transport, with no transshipment and no merging with other jobs
- Express LTL when the shipment does not fill a whole vehicle but the deadline is still critical
- Crewing and routing planned around a specific delivery window, including on long runs
- International lanes across Europe, in particular Poland, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, with ferry crossings handled on UK routes
- Support for customs clearance and documents on non-EU lanes (UK import and export)
- A named person on the job and status updates at the key points of the route
How we do it
We start from hard facts: pickup and delivery address, the cut-off hour for delivery, weight and dimensions, and whether a customs border is involved. On that basis we choose the vehicle and calculate the real transit time, not just the distance on a map.
Drivers are bound by the driving-time limits of Regulation (EC) 561/2006: as a rule a maximum of 9 hours driving per day and a break after 4.5 hours. On a long express run it is these limits, not speed, that set the deadline. That is why for the tightest windows we plan the crewing so the vehicle does not stand idle.
On UK lanes we add customs and the crossing to the plan: ferry booking, border documents and a buffer for checks. One person runs the job, so when something changes on the route we react at once.
Limits of the service (what it does not cover / what to keep in mind)
An express van saves time, but it does not bend the law. A route cannot be legally cut below the minimum set by driving-time limits without a second driver. We do not guarantee an hour that a third party controls: a customs check, congestion at the crossing, a ferry cancelled in a storm. We name these risks openly when quoting instead of promising a deadline we do not control. Ignore them at the planning stage and the stake is real: a stopped production line, a lost delivery slot, or idle time at a trade fair that costs many times more than the freight itself.
