List of ports using the Goods Vehicle Movement Service
Find out which locations are using the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
Locations supporting pre-lodged customs controls in Northern Ireland
Before 1 January 2022
The border locations using the Goods Vehicle Movement Service to support pre-lodged Customs Controls are:
- Belfast
- Larne
- Warrenpoint
From January 2022
The border locations using the Goods Vehicle Movement Service to support pre-lodged Customs Controls are:
- Belfast (Stena Line only – all roll on roll off (RoRo) movements)
- Larne (P&O only – all RoRo movements)
- Warrenpoint (Seatruck, Cronus – all RoRo movements)
Locations supporting pre-lodged customs controls for movements into Great Britain from January 2022
From 1 January 2022
The border locations that will use the Goods Vehicle Movement Service to support pre-lodged customs controls for movements into Great Britain are:
- Dover (Irish Ferries, P&O, DFDS – all RoRo movements)
- Eurotunnel (all RoRo movements)
- Felixstowe (DFDS only – all RoRo movements)
- Harwich (Stena Line only – all RoRo movements)
- Hull (P&O only – all RoRo movements)
- Immingham (DFDS – all RoRo movements)
- Killingholme (Stena Line, CLdN – all RoRo movements)
- Liverpool (CLdN only)
- Newhaven (DFDS only – all RoRo movements)
- Port of Tyne (DFDS only – all RoRo movements)
- Poole (Brittany Ferries only – RoRo accompanied only)
- Portsmouth (Brittany Ferries only – RoRo accompanied only)
- Purfleet (CLdN – all RoRo movements)
- Sheerness (DFDS only – all RoRo movements)
- Teesport (P&O only – all RoRo movements)
- Tilbury 2 (P&O only – all RoRo movements)
The locations for Dover, Eurotunnel, Liverpool, Newhaven and Sheerness are designated pre-lodgement locations where a Goods Movement Reference (GMR) is required in all circumstances.
All other locations listed are using temporary storage, which can use Goods Vehicle Movement Service to support movements of EU goods with pre-lodged declarations. This is an optional choice that can be offered by border locations and their carriers. For further information about which options are available at each location, check with your carrier.
Other locations
The following locations will also use the Goods Vehicle Movement Service to support pre-lodged customs controls for movements into Great Britain:
- Immingham (Stena Line – all RoRo movements), from 4 January 2022
- Killingholme (DFDS – all RoRo movements), from 10 January 2022
Locations supporting pre-lodged customs controls for movements out of Great Britain from 1 January 2022
The border locations that will use the Goods Vehicle Movement Service to support pre-lodged customs controls for movements out of Great Britain are:
- Dover (Irish Ferries, P&O and DFDS – all RoRo movements)
- Eurotunnel (all RoRo movements)
- Fishguard (Stena Line only – all RoRo movements)
- Heysham (Stena Line, Seatrucks – all RoRo movements)
- Holyhead (Irish Ferries, Stena Line – all RoRo movements)
- Liverpool (P&O, Stena Line, Seatrucks, CLdN – all RoRo movements)
- Newhaven (DFDS only, all RoRo movements)
- Pembroke (Irish Ferries only – all RoRo movements)
- Sheerness (DFDS only – all RoRo movements)
All these locations, except Newhaven and Sheerness, need your export declaration to be submitted as arrived.
Locations providing Offices of Transit digitally
Before 1 January 2022
The border locations using Goods Vehicle Movement Service to support Offices of Transit are:
- Aberdeen (SeaCargo movements only)
- Belfast
- Dover
- Eurotunnel
- Felixstowe (DFDS movements only)
- Fishguard
- Harwich (Stena movements only)
- Heysham (Stena, Seatrucks movements only)
- Holyhead
- Hull Ferry Terminal, King George Dock – Berths HF1; HF2; HF3 (P&O Customers only)
- Immingham (DFDS, SeaCargo movements only)
- Killingholme
- Larne
- Liverpool (P&O, Stena, Seatrucks movements only)
- Newhaven
- Pembroke
- Port of Cairnryan
- Port of Loch Ryan
- Port of Tyne (DFDS movements only)
- Portsmouth (Condor Ferries movements only)
- Purfleet
- Sheerness (DFDS movements only)
- Teesport (P&O movements only)
- Tilbury (P&O movements only)
- Warrenpoint
From 1 January 2022
The border locations using Goods Vehicle Movement Service to support Offices of Transit are:
- Aberdeen (SeaCargo only)
- Belfast (Stena Line only)
- Dover (Irish Ferries, P&O and DFDS)
- Eurotunnel
- Fishguard (Stena Line only)
- Felixstowe (DFDS only)
- Harwich (Stena Line only)
- Heysham (Stena Line, Seatrucks)
- Holyhead (Irish Ferries, Stena Line)
- Hull (P&O only)
- Immingham (DFDS, SeaCargo)
- Killingholme (Stena Line, CLdN)
- Larne (P&O only)
- Liverpool (P&O, Stena, Seatruck, CLdN)
- Newhaven (DFDS only)
- Pembroke (Irish Ferries only)
- Poole (Brittany Ferries only)
- Port of Tyne (DFDS only)
- Port of Loch Ryan (Stena Line only)
- Port of Cairnryan (P&O only)
- Portsmouth (Brittany Ferries, Condor)
- Purfleet (CLdN only)
- Sheerness (DFDS only)
- Teesport (P&O only)
- Tilbury 2 (P&O only)
- Warrenpoint (Seatrucks only)
Other locations
The following locations will also use the Goods Vehicle Movement Service to support Offices of Transit:
- Immingham (Stena Line), from 4 January 2022
- Killingholme (DFDS), from 10 January 2022
Locations of Common Transit UK offices
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List of ports using the Goods Vehicle Movement Service
Find out which locations are using the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
Locations supporting pre-lodged Customs Controls
The border locations using the Goods Vehicle Movement Service to support pre-lodged Customs Controls are:
- Belfast
- Larne
- Warrenpoint
Locations providing Offices of Transit digitally
The border locations using Goods Vehicle Movement Service to support Offices of Transit are:
- Aberdeen (SeaCargo movements only)
- Belfast
- Dover
- Eurotunnel
- Felixstowe (DFDS movements only)
- Fishguard
- Harwich (Stena movements only)
- Heysham (Stena, Seatrucks movements only)
- Holyhead
- Hull Ferry Terminal, King George Dock – Berths HF1; HF2; HF3 (P&O Customers only)
- Immingham (DFDS, SeaCargo movements only)
- Killingholme
- Larne
- Liverpool (P&O, Stena, Seatrucks movements only)
- Newhaven
- Pembroke
- Port of Cairnryan
- Port of Loch Ryan
- Port of Tyne (DFDS movements only)
- Portsmouth (Condor Ferries movements only)
- Purfleet
- Sheerness (DFDS movements only)
- Teesport (P&O movements only)
- Tilbury (P&O movements only)
- Warrenpoint
Locations of Common Transit UK offices
Find out the UK locations of Common Transit UK offices, including Offices of Transit, Destination and Departure.
Last updated 29 September 2021 + show all updates