How Transport Companies Can Offer More Reliable GB-EU Transit Services
A Birmingham transport company accepts three urgent collections for delivery to France and Belgium. All three vehicles are scheduled to leave Great Britain through Dover that evening. The transport planner receives the following information: Vehicle 1 has a T1 Document for 18 pallets moving to Lille. Vehicle 2 has a transit MRN for machinery travelling to Antwerp. Vehicle 3 has an export reference but no confirmed transit declaration. Two drivers have been sent documents by email. One subcontracted driver has received only a ferry booking reference. The customs agent is still waiting for the final trailer registration for one movement. The booking team changes one route from Dover–Calais to Dover–Dunkirk. At 4:30 p.m., the operator discovers that the MRN sent to Vehicle 2 actually belongs to Vehicle 1. The Lille driver has a draft Transit Accompanying Document, and nobody has confirmed whether the third movement has been released through NCTS6. The declarations may eventually be corre...