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Our Services from & to France - at a glance
Daily pallet service. UK to France.
We operate from all UK postcode areas, in conjunction to Pallet Track Logistics, linking to France and on to the hub in Orleans. Daily Monday to Friday. Onward delivery to all French mainland locations is then performed by Groupe POLE.
Daily full and part load services with our own trailer fleet from UK to Normandy and Paris region
Our fleet of mega and standard tautliner trailers operates from throughout the UK into Northern France on a daily basis.
Daily pallet service from France to UK.
POLE provide a pallet collection service from all French mainland departments.
Euro Channel continue the journey from the hub in Orleans and provide a delivery service, usually in conjuction with our partners at Pallet Track Logistics.
Daily full and part loads from the Paris area and Normandy to UK
Our trailers depart every day with shipments to all UK areas. Our fleet features 3 metre Mega trailers, as well as standard tauliners
Groupe Pole
ECL is a member depot of Groupe Pole.
Since inception in 1997, the group has gown in strength, now carrying in excess of 1 million pallets per year, using only member resources.
The French pallet network, provides effective links between all of the departments throughout the mainland of the country.
The service features 5 hubs, strategically situated across the country.
Pallets are fed into the different hubs on a daily basis. Once sorted electronically, the goods are despatched either to a depot or a hub, depending upon the final destination.
Pole is a proven, cost-effective and highly efficient services, of which ECL is proud to be a member. We have been able to significantly increase the quality of service to our clients since joining Pole.
Our own role as a member depot, is to deliver and collect pallets throughout the Haute Normandie region.
Tred Union
Tred Union is a membership association of transport operators.
The membership is largely made up of medium sized French companies, but now also includes businesses from other European countries.
The group, which is now considered to be the premier transport community in Europe, provides numerous benefits to its members.
One of those benefits, which in turn is a benefit to our clients, is the sharing of services between member companies. A specialised service or region covered by one carrier, becomes available to another member company. For example, trailer mounted fork trucks are offered by some members. Therefore another company is able to provide that service when needed by a client, in collaboration with another member company.
Tred Union has also launched a driver training scheme. This is helping businesses to reduce the impact of the ongoing HGV driver shortage.
United Pallet Network
Euro Channel became UPN depot number 14 in 2021.
That makes us the official French carrier depot for the UPN membership.
Our vehicles collect pallets, delivered into the Lichfield hub on a daily basis.
Those pallets are usually able to leave Newhaven the same night.
Once cleared through French customs by our own teams, the goods progress through the Pole network to the various delivery locations.
Our increasing relationship with UPN and their membership has been a significant benefit to both parties, and most importantly UPN's own customers, who now have a dependable solution for their pallet shipments to France.
Customs Clearance services
Our UK affiliate Cargo Flow Agency Ltd. was created in response to the need for customs services from 1st January 2021.
Cargo Flow clears the vast majority of the cargo which moves in ECL trailers, they are also on hand for cargo being carried by other carriers. being a separate business, CFA are able to provide neutrality and protect the carrier's confidential information. Contact CFA by clicking on the logo below (links to website)
In France, ECL Service Douane operates on much the same basis, clearing both inbound and outbound cargoes in our trailers. They also handle third party business for third party carriers, as well as for Cargo Flow Agency.
Our customs representations mean that ECL is able to provide a genuine all-inclusive and in-house service to shippers.
