Road Freight

Moving goods by road is one of the most common, and sometimes fastest, ways of shipping goods between the UK and Europe.

What documentation do I need?

Using CDS, NCTS and GVMS

Entering France from the UK by road

Entering Ireland from the UK by road

Dangerous goods

What is CMR insurance and how does it work?

Under the CMR Convention, you are liable for any losses or damages to the goods you transport across European borders. You�re also liable for any significant delay in delivering these goods. CMR insurance covers you for these losses, damages, and delays.

It ensures that, should anything happen to your goods in transit, you won�t take a financial hit, so you�ll be able to continue trading and recover from the incident.

CMR Insurance will cover your liabilities as a haulier under the CMR Convention. Your CMR insurance policy might cover arson, theft, on-road and off-road accidents, and natural disasters including fire and floods.

One thing to bear in mind, though: The CMR Convention applies to carriage of goods for reward. So a CMR insurance policy would not cover the transport of personal goods, mail services, furniture removals, and funeral arrangements.

If you want to move goods for reward across European borders, current law requires you to carry a CMR waybill for border checks. The law does not require you to get CMR insurance. But as we said above, under the CMR convention you could be liable for any incidents that happen during transit.

The financial cost of covering losses will be huge. So think of CMR insurance as an essential safety net for when you�re transporting goods across Europe.