Vehicle transport for car rental companies
Reposition and return your rental vehicles between branches, airports and countries — across Europe, with our own fleet, delivered directly and — HTL remains the contractual carrier, CMR-covered.
Spedition HTL GmbH (Düsseldorf, founded 2014) moves cars and light commercial vehicles on open car carriers across Europe; on every consignment HTL remains the contractual carrier, liable under the CMR, including when a certified partner drives.
Logistics built for car rental companies
Rental branch, franchise network or national rental company: you need to move vehicles between branches, airports and markets at the pace of demand — often urgently and in volume.
Spedition HTL has driven its own car carriers since 2014 and delivers directly, with no detour through a storage yard. You deal with the carrier, not a broker: controlled lead times, a tracking link per shipment, and a team that coordinates in English, German and French with your local branches.
A rental company’s constraint is not distance, it is the calendar: a vehicle stuck in the wrong place earns nothing. So we favour slots reserved in advance on the regular routes, rather than one-off collections in the middle of peak season.
Why rental companies choose HTL
Contractual carrier, not a broker
Five car carriers are ours and run with our own drivers; the rest of the planning — around a hundred trucks depending on demand — goes out with certified partners we know by name. Either way HTL remains the contractual carrier and answers under CMR. A broker passes your transport to a third party and steps out of the contract.
A family business since 2014
A family tradition in car transport since 2014, on the DE, FR, BE, NL and DK corridors. Native French-German team: with a German seller we speak German, with no translation in between.
Seasonal fleet rebalancing
Your vehicles pile up where demand drops off. We move batches between branches, airports and markets at the pace of the season — rebalancing peaks are planned, not improvised.
Several branches on one tour
One truck can load at two or three nearby branches and deliver to several points. That cuts the cost per vehicle and the number of people you have to deal with.
Solutions tailored to rental
From a single vehicle to large volumes (FTL), we adapt the service to your seasonal peaks and rotations.
Fleet repositioning
Rebalancing vehicles between branches, airports and countries based on seasonal demand, grouped together.
End-of-rental returns & defleeting
Returning vehicles at contract end to your resale centres or buyers, in short timeframes.
New vehicle delivery
Moving new vehicles from manufacturers and dealers to your branches, ready to rent.
One-way trips
Collecting vehicles left one-way at a branch to rebalance your fleet.
Your repositioning corridors
We run the major European axes daily — useful to rebalance your fleet between markets.
See all our corridorsHow it works
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Scheduling
We organise pickup and delivery according to your constraints.
Secure transport
Your vehicles travel on GPS-equipped car carriers — ours or those of our audited partners — with a tracking link per shipment.
Controlled delivery
Reception with quality control and compliant documents (CMR).
Frequently asked questions from rental companies
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