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General cargo · LV → FI
Pallets, part loads and full loads collected in Latvia and delivered in Finland — with the crossing, the road legs and the consignment note arranged by one company.
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 We do not publish transit times or distances for any lane — they are not client-approved, and a number nobody can stand behind is worse than no number at all.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 Latvian address you give us. Pallets, part loads and full loads.
STEP 02
To Tallinn Old City for Tallink's Helsinki sailings, or to Muuga, the freight harbour east of Tallinn, for the Eckerö Line and DFDS services into Vuosaari.
STEP 03
Across the Gulf of Finland. Several operators run the corridor through the day, so the practical question on this lane is which departure a load makes.
STEP 04
From Helsinki West Harbour or Vuosaari to the delivery address anywhere in Finland.
The route · Latvia to Finland
The Finnish Border Guard's restriction on the eastern crossing points “also applies to commercial traffic crossing the land border.” With that closed, the only land alternative from Latvia to Finland is the whole way around the Gulf of Bothnia through Sweden. The Gulf of Finland crossing is not an add-on to this lane — it is the lane, and it is short enough that the operational question is which departure a load makes, not how long the boat takes.
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 1(3) of Directive (EU) 2020/1057 is explicit: “a driver shall not be considered to be posted… when performing bilateral transport operations in respect of goods.” Latvia to the Nordics and the Nordics to Latvia are bilateral operations. No posting declaration, no host-state minimum-wage exposure, and the cabotage counter never starts.
Article 4 of the CMR is the clause most competitor sites get wrong: “the absence, irregularity or loss of the consignment note shall not affect the existence or the validity of the contract of carriage.” So “without a CMR you are not covered” is simply false — CMR liability applies whether or not the note was correctly issued. What the note is is the legal record: three originals — sender, with the goods, carrier — and eleven mandatory particulars, one of which is the instructions required for Customs formalities. e-CMR is permitted under Article 8(4a) of Regulation 1072/2009.
Article 30 of the CMR fixes them, and no carrier can move them. Damage that is apparent has to be raised at delivery. Damage that is not apparent has to be raised within seven days, excluding Sundays and public holidays, in writing. Delay has to be raised within twenty-one days. The limitation period is one year, and three years in the case of wilful misconduct.
Directive 96/53/EC sets the envelope: a road train at 18.75 m, an articulated combination at 16.50 m, 2.55 m wide, 4.00 m high, and 40 tonnes on a five- or six-axle combination. If your load is outside any of those, say so when you ask — it changes the equipment, not the answer.
04 — By road
LV → FI
Pallets to full loads
Pallets, part loads and full loads by road between the Nordics and the Baltics, in both directions.
05 — Get a price
Quote request · 2 steps
The route is already filled in — Latvia to Finland. Add the two addresses and how to reach you. No obligation, and no account to create.
Shipment
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Step 1 of 2 — the shipment
We reply within 24 hours — same business day if you contacted us before 12:00.
06 — Questions
Because the alternative does not exist in any usable form. Finland's eastern land border is closed to commercial traffic, and the way round runs the length of Sweden and the head of the Gulf of Bothnia. Every carrier on this corridor uses the crossing.
It depends on the operator and the sailing, and we will tell you the actual deadline for the one your load is booked on rather than a generic figure. What is worth planning for is that the crossing is short: it consumes part of the driver's working day rather than replacing part of it, which makes the departure time matter more here than on the Swedish lanes.
The consignment note is the legal record of the consignment, and CMR liability applies whether or not the note was correctly issued — Article 4 says its absence, irregularity or loss does not affect the validity of the contract of carriage. It still matters: three originals and eleven mandatory particulars, Customs instructions among them.
No. A laden journey whose departure and arrival are in two different Member States is international carriage under Article 2(2)(a) of Regulation 1072/2009. A bilateral operation between Latvia and a Nordic country is not a posting either, under Article 1(3) of Directive (EU) 2020/1057.
Cover is confirmed with you when the shipment is finalised, before anything moves.
Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark to and from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia — plus movements within the Nordics and within the Baltics. For sea freight, from Riga to destinations worldwide.
07 — Nearby
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We reply within 24 hours — same business day if you contact us before 12:00.
Daugavas iela 38, Mārupe, Mārupes novads, LV-2167, Latvia
