Looking for a freight forwarder for transport between Germany and Liechtenstein? Speed Logistics organises direct runs to Vaduz, Schaan and every other municipality of the principality – including complete customs and transit handling. The route runs via Switzerland, with the Buchs border crossing as the main corridor. From Germany it is around 700 kilometres depending on the pickup location, and delivery is usually made within one working day.
What is special about Liechtenstein: the country is an EEA member but at the same time forms a customs union with Switzerland. Your shipment therefore crosses Swiss customs territory – without cleanly prepared transit papers the truck stands at the border. It is precisely this part that we handle in full, from the commercial invoice to the dispatch procedure. You receive a fixed-price quote within a few hours and a fixed point of contact in dispatch, reachable around the clock.
Services for your Liechtenstein transport
We run the route as a direct run without transshipment – from the 3.5-tonne sprinter van for urgent part shipments to the 40-tonne articulated truck for full loads. Typical shipments are precision technology, high-tech components and sensitive capital goods, as processed by the industry in the Rhine Valley.
- Direct run Germany–Vaduz/Schaan without transshipment
- Overnight express freight to Liechtenstein on request
- Part and full loads, groupage on the southern Germany–Rhine Valley axis
- Premium handling for sensitive and high-value goods incl. cargo insurance
- Door-to-door from EXW to DDP – you provide the key data, we do the rest
Customs and transit: handling the Switzerland corridor correctly
For the route through Switzerland we open the appropriate dispatch procedure (T1/T2), so that your goods run through to Liechtenstein without customs clearance in Switzerland. Import clearance is carried out via the Swiss customs administration, which is responsible for the principality. For exhibition machines, demonstration equipment or temporary exports we organise the ATA carnet – so your equipment arrives and returns duty-free. Usually required are the commercial invoice, packing list and details of the commodity code and goods value; we check the documents before departure so that nothing stalls at the border.
Process: from enquiry to delivery
You send us the pickup and delivery address, dimensions, weight and preferred date – we calculate a fixed price, usually within a few hours depending on the route and lead time. After the order is placed we dispatch the right vehicle, pick up the shipment and prepare the transit papers in parallel. The main leg runs via the A96/A81 towards Lake Constance and via Buchs to Liechtenstein. You follow the journey by live tracking and receive the proof of delivery after delivery.
Vehicles and shipment sizes
For individual packages and urgent small shipments we use sprinter vans, for palletised goods 7.5 to 12-tonne trucks with a tail lift, and for full loads the articulated truck with a curtainsider or box body. On the southern Germany–Rhine Valley axis, economical groupage is also possible if the date allows a little leeway. We adapt the load securing to the goods – especially with precision technology and sensitive surfaces, every detail counts, from edge protection to air-sprung loading.
Why Speed Logistics for Liechtenstein?
Small destination, demanding handling: in practice, Liechtenstein traffic rarely fails at the driving, but at the paperwork and time windows. Our dispatch team knows the border procedures via Switzerland, plans buffers realistically and gets in touch actively if something changes. For pharma and high-value shipments we offer premium handling with continuous monitoring – from the load-securing concept to the documented handover at the recipient.