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Europa speeds full loads into Benelux

[ April 24, 2025   //   ]

Dartford-based Europa Road is offering a Free Carrier (FCA) clearance process for full loads entering the Benelux from the UK, FCA Flow.

It allows full load import shipments from the UK to be customs cleared in Calais and travel directly to their end destination.

General manager for Benelux sales and full load operations, Jack Baxter, said that when using FCA incoterms, importers in Belgium and the Netherlands must pay for a T-Form and transport their goods via a third-party clearance facility before their goods are delivered, which means appointing a broker, longer transit times and delays.

He said FCA Flow would cut down on unnecessary deviations and the time it takes for full loads to reach their final destinations, adding: “Being able to clear all goods in Calais also reduces fuel consumption.”

Europa Road is headquartered at Dartford’s 27sq.ft 1Hub, and has had a presence in Benelux since 2018, when it acquired unaccompanied trailer operation Continental Cargo Carriers in Ostend. Having rebranded to Europa Road in 2022, it then opened its Rotterdam branch in 2023.

Europa Road says it is the first logistics provider to provide improved FCA customs clearance process to Benelux-based businesses.

Europa’s FCA Flow capitalises onexisting operational, technological and customs infrastructures that the company has put in place since Brexit.

Since Brexit, Europa has invested heavily in its customs offering, taking its own Delivery Duty Paid (DDP) product to the Belgian and Dutch markets in 2022. Europa Flow, launched for UK businesses in 2021, takes care of customs administration on behalf of the exporter, removing complexities for businesses on both sides of the Channel and minimising delays due to incomplete paperwork.

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