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Road transport departures over Christmas and New year 2026/2027

A schedule over christmas and new years departures.

There’s a lot to keep track of before the holidays. To make your road shipments planning easier, here are our last loading dates before Christmas and first loading dates after New Year.

For most countries, the last export loading is on Tuesday 15 December but for Spain, Portugal and Turkey it is on Friday 18 December. Imports have earlier deadlines for several countries. For England it is 10 December, for Turkey 7 December, and for Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland 11 December.

See the table for your country.
Regular loading starts again on Thursday 7 January. For Turkey it starts on Monday 4 January.

Other countries and cross trade

If your country isn’t listed, or you need cross trade, contact us and we will give you the latest loading date.

Capacity is limited during the holidays and certain capacity surcharges may apply. Please send us your bookings as soon as possible.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

For questions or further information, contact us: https://hecksher.com/contact-us/