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Netherlands → Germany
Vehicle transport between Netherlands and Germany
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Request free quoteWe run the Netherlands-Germany route daily for automotive businesses: dealerships, used-car traders, rental companies and import agents. Intra-EU transport with no customs formalities, a multilingual team (German, French, English) and short lead times.
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Transport Netherlands - Germany
From Rotterdam, Amsterdam or Utrecht into the Rhineland, expect 200 to 400 km. It is one of our most direct routes, usually with no intermediate handling, and often deliverable the day after loading.
Volumes come from the Dutch import ports — one of Europe’s main entry points for new vehicles — and from the used-car market between the two countries.
On a corridor this short and this busy, consolidation is what counts: the cost per vehicle drops sharply when several units travel on the same truck.
Over 200 to 400 km a per-kilometre rate describes nothing: a Randstad-Rhineland job is spent mostly off the motorway, on compound slots, condition checks and ramp manoeuvring. The unit we price is the trip: the truck rolls out, the driver drives, the tolls run, whether the deck is full or not. The price per vehicle is that trip cost divided by the units actually loaded — a half-loaded truck costs almost as much as a full one.
What fills the truck here is rooflines, not headcount. Our decks hold 10 slots and the upper one stops at around 1,750 mm: above that a vehicle stays below and costs a slot more. A Polo takes 1 slot in 10, a Golf 1 in 9, an ID.4 1 in 7, a Passat Variant 1 in 6, an ID.Buzz 1 in 4. Loads coming out of the Dutch ports are often tall bodies — electric vans and SUVs: four ID.Buzz fill the truck on their own.
Four things work in your favour at enquiry stage: group the vehicles on one route, mix the sizes so city cars take the upper deck, open the date by a few days, and give the exact models rather than a count. The corridor is short and busy for us, so space on a trip already running comes up often. The Netherlands applies no general distance charge; only the German Maut runs, from the border onwards, and it is already in the quote.
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Expect around 5h00 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 400 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.