Timber is a demanding cargo: heavy as round timber, bulky as a sawn timber pack, moisture-sensitive as a panel and over-length as a glulam beam. Speed Logistics drives for sawmills, panel manufacturers and timber-construction firms as a direct transport without transhipment – from the plant to the dealer, to the carpentry workshop or straight to the site, across Europe and to non-EU countries including customs clearance. Both matter equally to you here: reliable dates at the recipient and goods that arrive dry and undamaged.
You receive your fixed-price quote within a few hours, including loading, CMR insurance and live GPS tracking. Our dispatch team is available around the clock and plans equipment and load securing to suit the range – not the other way round. Whether a single full truckload or ongoing works dispatch across the season: you get dedicated contacts and reliable provision times.
Timber transports by product range
- Sawn timber packs on a curtainsider – weatherproof, stowed form-fit and lashed with edge protection
- Wood-based panels such as OSB, chipboard and plywood – moisture-protected and transported flat
- Structural solid timber and glulam – as a special transport with permit for over-lengths
- Round timber and industrial wood in coordination with the right specialist equipment
- Pellets, briquettes and planed goods palletised or as a full truckload
We select the vehicle by product range and unloading situation: curtainsider for packs and panels, vehicles with unloading aids for recipients without a forklift, special transport for over-lengths.
Moisture protection and load securing for timber
Rain-soaked sawn timber or swollen panels mean complaints and loss of value. We therefore drive timber ranges under a tarpaulin as a matter of principle, ensure dry load beds and use edge protection so that lashing straps leave no pressure marks. Packs are stowed form-fit against the front wall or with locking bars – so the goods arrive in the quality in which they left the plant.
Loading points in the timber industry often lie off the main routes – at the sawmill in the uplands or at the plant in the forest district. Our dispatch team plans access roads, turning options and loading times realistically instead of leaving the driver to improvise on site.
From EUTR documentation to site delivery
Timber is subject to special documentation obligations: the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) and its successor rules require seamless documentation of the supply chain. Your accompanying papers – delivery notes, origin and certificate evidence – stay complete with the shipment and are handed over signed. For timber construction we deliver on time to the site: notified to the carpentry or assembly team, within the time window before the crane, so that elements can be assembled straight from the truck.
Export of timber products to non-EU countries
Sawn timber and wood-based products from Central Europe are in demand in Türkiye, North Africa and the Gulf. We drive these lanes as direct transports and handle the complete customs clearance from EXW at the plant to DDP – including export declaration and transit procedure. Costs depend on weight, volume, lane and time window; a full truckload of sawn timber to southern Germany is calculated differently to an over-length beam to the site or an export to the Bosphorus. Send us your range and quantity data – the binding fixed-price quote follows within a few hours. For recurring quantities we calculate framework conditions per lane – plannable for your sales, reliable for your customers.