Thetford
United Kingdom ↔ Switzerland
What Trans Maritime UK Ltd advertises: daily groupage and full loads, ADR, temperature control, customs clearance in GB and CH, break-bulk projects, heavy containers and flat racks.
UK ↔ Switzerland
The corridor we've run since 1973.
Switzerland is not in the EU customs union, so a Swiss shipment needs more than a truck. It needs export and import clearance, the right documents and someone at both ends who has done it thousands of times. That is the whole point of Trans Maritime UK.
The route
Thetford → Channel → Basel, and back again every day.
Collections across the UK consolidate in East Anglia. Trailers cross via the short-sea routes or Rotterdam, clear into Switzerland at Basel and deliver nationwide through Trans Maritime AG.
Departures & transit
Fixed departures. Honest transit times.
LaneDepartsTransitNotes
UK ↔ Switzerland groupage
Daily, both ways
Confirmed on booking
Several departures a day. The group loads 15 trailers and more on this lane.
Full loads either direction
On demand
Direct
Dedicated trailer between the two offices.
Express, Great Britain
On demand
24/48 hours
Published for all of Great Britain.
Scotland via Rotterdam
As booked
Alternative to direct
Cross-dock published as the lower-cost option.
Transit times are typical and depend on collection time, customs readiness and ferry availability. We confirm a delivery window on every booking.
Customs made simple
What we need from you, and what we do with it.
Because we clear in GB and in CH within the same family, your paperwork is prepared once and checked twice. Here is the list.
We prepare the GB export declaration
Based on your invoice and packing list, before the trailer leaves.
Trans Maritime AG clears the Swiss import
Duties and Swiss VAT handled per your Incoterm (DAP, DDP or otherwise).
Transit documents where needed
T1 / T2 transit and fiscal representation arranged in-house.
Document checklist
- Commercial invoice (value, currency, Incoterm)
- Packing list with gross/net weights
- Your GB EORI number (and CH importer's UID / VAT number)
- Commodity (HS) codes, or let us classify
- Preference statement for UK–Swiss trade agreement origin where applicable
- ADR dangerous goods note / safety data sheet when hazardous
Not sure about a code or an Incoterm? Put “unsure” on the quote form and we will advise before anything is declared.
Where freight can go
Great Britain and Switzerland first. Europe with the group.
Checked against the UK company's own description and the country pages published by Trans Maritime AG. Nothing below is a next-day promise for every postcode.
Thetford
Cross-trade
Switzerland to mainland Europe and Ireland, arranged from the UK office together with Birsfelden.
Group
Ireland & Northern Ireland
Daily direct vehicles with EFL International Distribution in Dublin. A 36/48 hour express is published for all of Ireland, and a Rotterdam cross-dock is the cheaper alternative to a direct truck. The Ireland and Northern Ireland lines date from 1994.
Group
Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg
Own trucks, several a day, to the Netherlands and to Belgium. Luxembourg is on the same country page. A 24-hour express is published for the whole of the Netherlands and for the whole of Belgium.
Group
Germany
Daily loadings with partners into every federal state, and a 12/24 hour express for the whole of Germany.
Group
Wider Europe and sea
Birsfelden publishes regular partner road services to a long list of other European countries, and maritime connections from the North Sea ports. Those are group services, booked with Basel, not a Thetford fleet.
Good to know
Questions we hear every week.
If yours isn't here, call Thetford on 01842 751751. A planner, not a phone tree, will answer.
Ready when you are
Got freight for Switzerland? Tonight's trailer has space.
Send us the details and a real person in Thetford will come back with a firm price, usually within the working day.