DACH Region
Full load services to Germany, Austria and Switzerland from major EU ports and the UK.
DACH road freight corridors. Germany, Austria and Switzerland connected to the Benelux, Nordics and Baltics, the core lanes for ADR class 8 and chemical tanker freight.
The calendar sets the lane
The DACH corridor runs on a calendar rather than on capacity. Germany, Austria and Switzerland each close their roads to heavy vehicles on their own schedule, and a load planned without those windows waits at the edge of them. Scheduled services run with four hour collection and delivery windows.
Key Lanes
Ludwigshafen to Rotterdam, Leverkusen to Antwerp, Burghausen to Duisburg and the Brenner axis through Tyrol. Chemical departures out of the Rhine works and the Bavarian sites are the lanes we run most often.
Why This Corridor
Germany closes its roads to trucks over 7.5 tonnes every Sunday and public holiday from 00:00 to 22:00, and adds a summer Saturday restriction on designated holiday routes between 1 July and 31 August. Switzerland prohibits night running between 22:00 and 05:00 as well as Sunday driving, with a 40 tonne ceiling that shapes how loads are built.
| Lane | Services | Frequency | Transit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotterdam ↔ Hamburg | FTL | Daily | 1 day |
| Antwerp ↔ Frankfurt | FTL | Daily | 1 to 2 days |
| Felixstowe / London ↔ Düsseldorf | FTL | 3× week | 2 days |
| Felixstowe ↔ Munich | FTL | 2× week | 3 days |
| Brussels ↔ Stuttgart | FTL | Weekly | 2 days |
| Rotterdam ↔ Vienna | FTL | Weekly | 2 to 3 days |
| Antwerp ↔ Zurich / Basel | FTL | Weekly | 2 days |
Don't see your exact lane? Request a quote, we can arrange transport on non-scheduled routes within the same business day.
Regulatory reference data, calculators and market context, sourced and dated.
View market data →Driving bans are the binding constraint on DACH lanes
On DACH corridors the limiting factor is rarely capacity. It is the calendar. Germany closes its roads to trucks over 7.5 tonnes every Sunday and public holiday from 00:00 to 22:00, and adds a summer Saturday restriction on designated holiday routes between 1 July and 31 August. Switzerland goes further and prohibits night running between 22:00 and 05:00 as well as Sunday driving, with a 40 tonne ceiling that shapes how loads are built.
The rules and figures behind this page are published by the German Federal Office for Logistics and Mobility and by the EU road transport pages.
- Austria adds sectoral driving bans and a night driving ban in Tyrol on the Brenner axis
- Swiss lanes are charged through the LSVA on weight, distance and emission class
- Alpine tunnels apply ADR tunnel restriction codes, which can invalidate the short route for a class 8 load
- Plan Ludwigshafen, Leverkusen and Burghausen departures against these windows rather than around them afterwards
Corridors we run
| Corridor | Distance | Transit | Equipment | ADR classes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leverkusen → Runcorn Chempark, Bayer and Currenta, Inovyn chlor-alkali | 887 km | 3 days, ferry leg | Rubber lined and stainless tanker, ISO tank | 3, 5.1, 6.1, 8, 9 |
| Leuna → Gothenburg Leuna and Schkopau, TotalEnergies and Dow, Nordic container and liquid port | 888 km | 2 days | Tanker or ISO tank, curtainsider for packed goods | 3, 8, 9 |
| Schwechat → Genoa OMV refinery and Vienna industry, port and refining | 891 km | 2 days | Tanker or ISO tank, curtainsider for packed goods | 3, 8, 9 |
| Basel → Bratislava Swiss pharma and chemical sites, Slovnaft refinery | 891 km | 2 days | Rubber lined and stainless tanker, ISO tank | 3, 5.1, 6.1, 8, 9 |
| Bremen → Kedzierzyn-Kozle port and automotive, Grupa Azoty nitrogen chemicals | 895 km | 2 days | Tanker or ISO tank, curtainsider for packed goods | 3, 8, 9 |
| Frankfurt Hoechst → Immingham Industriepark Hoechst, bulk and liquid port | 896 km | 3 days, ferry leg | Tanker or ISO tank, curtainsider for packed goods | 3, 8, 9 |
| Schwechat → Vilnius OMV refinery and Vienna industry, distribution | 1 186 km | 2 days | Tanker or ISO tank, curtainsider for packed goods | 3, 8, 9 |
| Basel → Bilbao Swiss pharma and chemical sites, port and refining | 1 186 km | 2 days | Tanker or ISO tank, curtainsider for packed goods | 3, 8, 9 |
| Marl → Warsaw Evonik Chemiepark, distribution | 1 193 km | 2 days | Tanker or ISO tank, curtainsider for packed goods | 3, 8, 9 |
| Leuna → Teesside Leuna and Schkopau, TotalEnergies and Dow, Teesside chemical cluster | 1 195 km | 3 days, ferry leg | Rubber lined and stainless tanker, ISO tank | 3, 5.1, 6.1, 8, 9 |
| Leverkusen → Budapest Chempark, Bayer and Currenta, distribution | 1 197 km | 2 days | Tanker or ISO tank, curtainsider for packed goods | 3, 8, 9 |
| Leuna → Oslo Leuna and Schkopau, TotalEnergies and Dow, distribution | 1 198 km | 2 days | Tanker or ISO tank, curtainsider for packed goods | 3, 8, 9 |
| Stuttgart → Ventspils automotive and machinery, liquid bulk port | 1 576 km | 3 days | Tanker or ISO tank, curtainsider for packed goods | 3, 8, 9 |
| Leuna → Helsinki Leuna and Schkopau, TotalEnergies and Dow, port and distribution | 1 587 km | 4 days, ferry leg | Tanker or ISO tank, curtainsider for packed goods | 3, 8, 9 |
| Leuna → Brindisi Leuna and Schkopau, TotalEnergies and Dow, Versalis petrochemical | 1 591 km | 3 days | Rubber lined and stainless tanker, ISO tank | 3, 5.1, 6.1, 8, 9 |
| Schwechat → Athens OMV refinery and Vienna industry, distribution | 1 591 km | 3 days | Tanker or ISO tank, curtainsider for packed goods | 3, 8, 9 |
| Frankfurt Hoechst → Riga Industriepark Hoechst, port and chemicals | 1 596 km | 3 days | Tanker or ISO tank, curtainsider for packed goods | 3, 8, 9 |
| Linz → Teesside Borealis and voestalpine, Teesside chemical cluster | 1 597 km | 4 days, ferry leg | Rubber lined and stainless tanker, ISO tank | 3, 5.1, 6.1, 8, 9 |
| Schwechat → Tarragona OMV refinery and Vienna industry, Catalan chemical cluster | 1 790 km | 3 days | Rubber lined and stainless tanker, ISO tank | 3, 5.1, 6.1, 8, 9 |
| Burghausen → Athens Wacker and OMV, the Bavarian chemical triangle, distribution | 1 794 km | 3 days | Tanker or ISO tank, curtainsider for packed goods | 3, 8, 9 |
| Leuna → Bilbao Leuna and Schkopau, TotalEnergies and Dow, port and refining | 1 794 km | 3 days | Tanker or ISO tank, curtainsider for packed goods | 3, 8, 9 |
| Frankfurt Hoechst → Madrid Industriepark Hoechst, distribution | 1 795 km | 3 days | Tanker or ISO tank, curtainsider for packed goods | 3, 8, 9 |
| Leverkusen → Madrid Chempark, Bayer and Currenta, distribution | 1 798 km | 3 days | Tanker or ISO tank, curtainsider for packed goods | 3, 8, 9 |
| Basel → Ventspils Swiss pharma and chemical sites, liquid bulk port | 1 800 km | 3 days | Rubber lined and stainless tanker, ISO tank | 3, 5.1, 6.1, 8, 9 |
| Leuna → Sines Leuna and Schkopau, TotalEnergies and Dow, Repsol and Galp petrochemical | 2 760 km | 5 days | Rubber lined and stainless tanker, ISO tank | 3, 5.1, 6.1, 8, 9 |
| Hamburg → Sines port and Hamburg Sued industrial, Repsol and Galp petrochemical | 2 817 km | 5 days | Tanker or ISO tank, curtainsider for packed goods | 3, 8, 9 |
| Schwechat → Sines OMV refinery and Vienna industry, Repsol and Galp petrochemical | 2 919 km | 5 days | Rubber lined and stainless tanker, ISO tank | 3, 5.1, 6.1, 8, 9 |
| Berlin → Sines distribution and industry, Repsol and Galp petrochemical | 2 953 km | 5 days | Tanker or ISO tank, curtainsider for packed goods | 3, 8, 9 |
The lanes sit behind this table, every one of them 600 km or longer. If yours is not listed it is still priced the same way, against a carrier already running the return leg.
Distances are road distance estimated from the site coordinates. Transit follows EU drivers' hours at 650 km a day, plus a day where the lane needs a ferry.