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Vehicle transport · FI → EE
Cars and motorcycles collected in Finland and delivered in Estonia — the shortest lane we publish, and the only sensible way to run it.
We reply within 24 hours — same business day if you contact us before 12:00.
01 — The route
Sequence and structure, in the order they happen. We do not publish transit times or distances for any lane — they are not client-approved, and a number nobody can stand behind is worse than no number at all.
STEP 01
We collect from the Finnish address you give us — private seller, dealer or auction yard.
STEP 02
West Harbour in central Helsinki for Tallink, or Vuosaari to the east for the Eckerö Line and DFDS services into Muuga.
STEP 03
Across the Gulf of Finland. Several operators run the corridor through the day, which is why a collection here rarely has to wait on a single sailing.
STEP 04
From Tallinn Old City or Muuga it is a short road leg to the delivery address anywhere in Estonia.
The route · Finland to Estonia
To reach Tallinn from Helsinki by land you would either cross a border that is closed to commercial traffic, or drive north to Tornio, around the head of the Gulf of Bothnia, the length of Sweden, and back up through the Baltics. The Finnish Border Guard is explicit that the eastern closure “also applies to commercial traffic crossing the land border.” The crossing is not a compromise on this lane; it is the shortest distance between the two points, and it is why the corridor is one of the busiest ro-ro routes in the Baltic.
03 — On this lane
Every lane on this corridor has its own rules. These are the ones that change what happens to your shipment.
Article 9(1) of Regulation 561/2006 lets a driver take a regular daily rest period on board a ferry with a sleeper cabin. The Gulf of Finland crossing is nowhere near long enough for that: it counts against the driver's working day rather than replacing part of it. It is the opposite of the Swedish lanes, where an overnight sailing is rest — and it is why the departure a load catches genuinely matters here.
Both ends of this lane are EU Member States inside the EU customs union. There is no customs declaration, no transit document and no border formality here — the load moves in free circulation from the moment it is picked up. Norway is the one exception on our map, and it has a page of its own.
Article 2(2)(a) of Regulation 1072/2009 defines international carriage as a laden journey “the point of departure and the point of arrival of which are in two different Member States”. Loading at one end of this lane and unloading at the other is international carriage. The cabotage counter never starts.
Estonia's tax and registration authorities publish material we have not been able to read from the primary source, so we do not repeat what other sites assert about Estonian vehicle tax or registration deadlines. Ask us and you will get what we actually know, what we do not, and a pointer to Transpordiamet for the rest. It is a shorter answer than the confident one, and it is the true one.
Both exist, and it is a question to settle before collection rather than after. If the vehicle travels on an open unsheeted transporter, that has to be written on the CMR consignment note: Article 17(4)(a) relieves the carrier of liability for the risks inherent in open transport only “when their use has been expressly agreed and specified in the consignment note”. Ask for it in writing either way.
Under CMR Articles 8 and 9, if no reservations are made at loading the goods are presumed to have been received in good condition — so the inspection at collection is the document that matters. The European standard is the ECG Visual Inspection Guidelines v4.1: roughly three minutes per vehicle, from about a metre, at 90° for scratches and 30° for dents, keys and fobs verified, and a minimum of three photographs for every exception. Both parties sign. The guidelines are also clear that the receiving party should not move or handle the vehicle until the delivering party has been made aware of the exceptions.
04 — By road
FI → EE
Cars & motorcycles
Cars and motorcycles moved by road between the Nordics and the Baltics, in both directions. Running or not running. Collected from the seller’s address, delivered to yours.
05 — Get a price
Quote request · 2 steps
The route is already filled in — Finland to Estonia. Add the two addresses and how to reach you. No obligation, and no account to create.
Shipment
Contact
Step 1 of 2 — the shipment
We reply within 24 hours — same business day if you contacted us before 12:00.
06 — Questions
Because there is no short way round. Finland's land border with Russia is closed to commercial traffic, and the alternative runs to the head of the Gulf of Bothnia and down through Sweden and the Baltics. On a lane this short the crossing is simply the road.
Several operators run it through the day — Tallink, Eckerö Line, Viking Line Cargo and DFDS all serve the corridor — so a collection in Finland rarely has to wait on one sailing. We will tell you which service the vehicle is booked on.
Yes. It needs to roll, steer and brake, and we need the keys so the steering lock can be released — tell us when you request a price and we arrange a truck with a winch.
Yes — collection from a private address, a dealer or an auction yard is standard.
Ask us, and you will get an honest answer about what we know and what we do not. Estonia's authorities publish material we have not been able to read from the primary source, so we do not repeat what other sites assert about Estonian vehicle tax or registration deadlines.
No — please empty the vehicle before collection. Personal items are not covered during transport.
07 — Nearby
We run Estonia to Finland as well — the return direction is identical in ferry time and customs status. There is no separate page for it yet, so ask for a price and say which way round it is.
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We reply within 24 hours — same business day if you contact us before 12:00.
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