On set, every shooting hour counts: if the lighting equipment is missing or the set build is stuck in traffic, the entire team waits – and production costs keep running. Speed Logistics drives camera equipment, lighting and sound technology, props and set builds as a direct transport without transhipment – from the rental house or studio on time to the location, across Germany, across Europe and, with an ATA Carnet, outside the EU too. Our drivers know how a set works: quiet, punctual, flexible about waiting times – and discreet when the production requires it.
You receive your fixed-price quote within a few hours, including CMR insurance and live GPS tracking; for high-value equipment we add premium value insurance on request. Our dispatch team is available 24/7 – because shooting schedules rarely change during office hours, and logistics that only respond at nine in the morning cost shooting hours.
What we transport for productions
- Camera, lighting and sound technology – shock-sensitive, high-value, driven with minimal vibration in cases
- Set builds and props from the piece of furniture to the complete scenery
- Costume and make-up – transported hanging on request
- Generators, rigging and stage technology with suitable load securing
- Urgent top-up deliveries to the set by van when something is missing on the shooting day
We secure cases and technology so that they remain stackable and rollable and are unloaded on set in the order in which the departments need them – lighting first, when lighting sets up first.
Tour logistics: one vehicle, one driver, many stations
For productions with changing locations we provide the vehicle and driver for the entire tour: the equipment stays continuously in the same sealed vehicle, the driver knows the contacts and procedures, standing times on set are planned in. That reduces loading damage, mix-ups and coordination effort – and gives the production management a fixed logistics contact across the whole shoot.
We run the same principle for commercial productions, photo shoots and events: equipment there, standing time on site, return transport after strike – as one order with one fixed price instead of three separately dispatched journeys.
ATA Carnet: exporting equipment temporarily
For shoots outside the EU – such as in Türkiye, Morocco or the Gulf – the ATA Carnet is the fastest way to export and re-import equipment temporarily and duty-free. We work routinely with carnets: packing list cross-check, presentation at customs, clean stamping at every border. If a carnet is missing or unsuitable, we handle the temporary admission via regular customs procedures – including complete customs clearance by our team, deadline monitoring included, so that no duties get stuck on re-import.
Process and costs for production transports
- Enquiry with equipment list, number of cases, weight, stations and shooting-schedule dates
- Fixed-price quote usually within a few hours – night, weekend and standing times transparently itemised
- Loading with a handover protocol, live GPS tracking during every leg
- Delivery to the set within the agreed window, return transport after the shoot ends
Costs depend on volume, stations, standing times and time window. Send us your shooting schedule – we calculate the logistics as a binding fixed price, one your production budget can rely on from preparation to the last shooting day.