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Transport France - Belgium
France–Belgium is a short corridor — often under 400 km — that we run very regularly, especially combined with German and Dutch flows. A load can frequently be delivered the next day.
Volumes come mostly from dealerships and rental companies rebalancing their fleet between French and Belgian branches, and from traders buying on Belgian trade platforms.
A regulatory note: on short routes the cabotage question comes up quickly. We comply with the rule of 3 operations maximum within 7 days of an international unloading — that is our problem, not yours, but it sometimes explains why a proposed date differs from the one requested.
On a 350 km corridor you are not paying for distance but for the position the truck is left in afterwards. An international unloading in Belgium opens only a narrow cabotage window — three operations within seven days — so whatever the truck may pick up next is counted in advance. A per-kilometre rate ignores that constraint completely, even though it governs how much of the trip still has to be recovered from your vehicles.
Recovery is counted in slots: ten per car carrier, allocated by height. Belgian flows lean heavily on rental and leasing fleets — saloons and compacts, a format that fills the upper deck well. A Polo takes 1 slot in 10, a Golf 1 in 9, an ID.4 1 in 7, an ID.Buzz 1 in 4: above roughly 1,750 mm a vehicle can no longer go upstairs, and it then weighs a quarter of the truck.
Two levers really matter here. First, build a batch: the run is too short to absorb a half-empty truck, and one car alone leaves a single customer carrying the whole trip. Second, allow a date window, because the cabotage rule sometimes shifts the cheapest departure by a day or two. On top sit French motorway tolls at class 4 and the Belgian distance charge, levied by each region crossed — neither charge doubles when you load two cars instead of one.
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Expect around 4h30 of driving on average. The overall time between pick-up and delivery depends on loading points, truck fill rate and delivery windows.
The cost of a trip is the truck, the driver, the diesel and the tolls (around 350 km on this route) and it barely changes with what is loaded. The price per car is that cost divided by the number of vehicles on board. Our carrier is worth 10 slots and height decides, not length: a Polo takes 1 slot in 10, an ID.4 1 in 7, an ID.Buzz 1 in 4. A single car on a dedicated truck is therefore the most expensive case; the same car in a full load costs a fraction. To bring the price down: consolidate several vehicles, mix the sizes, stay flexible on the date, and give the models rather than just the count. Firm quote within 2 working hours, no commitment.
Within the EU, no customs formalities. Prepare the registration certificate, a proof of ownership or invoice if applicable, and the contact details for pick-up and delivery. A CMR consignment note and a condition report are issued at collection.
You keep a responsive contact throughout the transport and an update on your vehicle’s position until delivery.
Yes. Your vehicles are covered by our insurance throughout the transport; the coverage details are specified in your quote.
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