Road haulage in Brescia. The right lorry for every load, in Italy and Europe.

Road haulage in Brescia

How do you choose a transport company in Brescia?

Haulier or freight forwarder: who does what

Many companies look for a haulage firm when what they really need is someone to organise the journey. Dalè is a freight forwarding house: it starts from the goods and the destination and chooses the vehicle, the route and the documents. For you little changes in the way of working and a great deal in the result: you do not have to find a different lorry for each route or wonder who is dealing with customs. You have one contact in Brescia who answers for the whole transport, from loading to unloading.

Full load, part load or groupage

A full load reserves an entire lorry for your goods: it leaves your premises and reaches the destination without intermediate stops. A part load takes up a share of the vehicle and makes sense when there are many pallets but not enough to fill it. Groupage brings together shipments from several companies bound for the same area, and is the formula for one or a few pallets. We tell you which is best, because the threshold changes with weight, volume and destination.

The vehicle types most in demand

The curtain-sider is the most common vehicle: it loads from the rear, the side and the top. The box van protects goods from water and dust. Flatbeds and low-loaders are for machinery, coils and tall pieces. A crane lorry unloads where there are no forklifts. Rigid trucks with a tail lift get into courtyards and narrow streets. For goods needing temperature control we arrange refrigerated transport. Telling us straight away how the goods are loaded and unloaded avoids the wrong vehicle.

Brescia's industry and its loads

Brescia produces steel, metals, machine tools, taps and fittings, valves, sporting firearms and plastics: heavy goods, often long, sometimes delicate. These loads call for correct securing, vehicles with the right capacity and drivers used to loading at a foundry or a workshop. We work every day with the industrial areas of the city and its surroundings, with Lumezzane and Valtrompia, with Franciacorta, the southern plain and Lake Garda, and we know the entrances where an articulated lorry struggles to manoeuvre.

From Italy to Europe, and beyond

In Italy we arrange transport to and from every region, islands included. In Europe we serve the main markets of Brescia's companies with daily departures, from Germany to France, from Spain to Poland, and we reach countries outside the Union such as Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Turkey, where customs is added to transport. When the road is not enough, the same file continues by sea or by air, with the same contact.

Special loads: ADR and oversized

Dangerous goods travel by road under the ADR agreement, with equipped vehicles, qualified drivers and specific documents: we check class, UN number and quantity before booking. Pieces exceeding the dimensions set by the Italian Highway Code become abnormal loads and require authorisations, a planned route and, where prescribed, a technical escort. For valuable goods we arrange dedicated transport with escort. In all these cases the work on documents comes before the lorry.

Documents and liability in road transport

In Italy goods travel with the transport document; abroad with the CMR consignment note, which proves the contract and the condition of the goods on delivery. The carrier's liability is limited by law and by convention, almost always below the real value of the load: that is why, on request, we offer All Risks insurance. On delivery, any damage must be written on the document before signing: it is the basis of every claim.

What we need to organise the journey

For a quotation we need a description of the goods, the number of pallets or packages with dimensions and weight, the full loading and unloading addresses and the date the goods will be ready. Add how the goods are loaded, whether there is a dock or a forklift at destination and whether an appointment is needed. You can write to us through the quote form or phone Monday to Friday, from 8:00 to 19:30: the person who answers is the one who then follows the transport.