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Export & import
Cross-border traffic throughout Europe — including outside the EU. Documents, deadlines and handovers from one source.
One contact.
All of Europe.
You won't be put on hold here. You speak to dispatch directly — and get a firm commitment instead of a ticket number. Since 1980.
Susanne Grimm
Managing Partner
1980
founded — 46 years in the market
Europe
Export and import traffic Europe-wide — worldwide on request
Owner-managed
Decisions without detours through group structures
Customs included
Export documents issued and exit confirmations monitored in-house
Transport in Europe
Every shipment has its own logic. We know it.
From a single pallet to permit-bound heavy haulage — dispatched through a European partner network grown over decades.
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Direct transport
Part and full loads with no transhipment — straight from consignor to consignee.
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Scheduled & express runs
Fixed delivery windows, night and weekend slots.
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Dangerous goods
ADR-compliant handling including labelling, transport documents and trained drivers.
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Groupage
Single pallets and small consignments via established scheduled networks — on a predictable cycle.
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Heavy & oversized transport
Excess width and length including permits, route planning and escort vehicles.
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Freight insurance
Cover for your shipment beyond statutory liability — up to full commercial value on request.
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Warehouse logisticson request
We arrange interim storage and handling on a project basis through partner sites.
Air & sea freight
We arrange worldwide shipments on request through our partners.
Further services
Transport doesn't end at the border.
We issue and monitor export accompanying documents ourselves and coordinate everything else through proven external partners — for you, from a single source.
Import & export clearance
We coordinate customs declarations for import and export through experienced external customs agents.
Export documents & exit confirmation
Export accompanying documents are issued by us and tracked through to the exit confirmation.
From enquiry to proof of delivery.
Step 1
Enquiry
Route, cargo, date, special requirements — one call or one email is enough. We come back to you promptly.
Step 2
Dispatch
We match vehicle and partner to the shipment and settle permits and customs papers in advance.
Step 3
Execution & proof
Status notification if anything deviates, proof of delivery and exit confirmation once delivered.
About us
A family business — since 1980.
What began as a classic haulage operation has become a pure freight-forwarding and customs service: we no longer run vehicles of our own, we find the right vehicle for your cargo. What has stayed is 46 years of market knowledge and a partner network that holds.
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1980Founded by Roland and Brigitte Schäfer in Stuttgart-Mitte.
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1985Move to larger premises in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt.
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1988Susanne Grimm (née Schäfer) joins the company.
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1992Harald Schäfer joins the family business.
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1994Move to Weissach-Flacht into a building of the company's own.
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2002Founder Roland Schäfer dies after a short illness.
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2016Harald Schäfer leaves the company.
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2018Brigitte Schäfer, co-founder, dies.
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2024Move to Burg and closure of the company's own fleet.
Freight to place?
Give us a call.
Mon–Fri you reach dispatch directly. For a quote, the route, weight, dimensions and your preferred date are enough.
Address
Schäfer Speditionsgesellschaft mbHAm Mittelsee 14
39288 Burg
Phone
+49 3921 729430-0
Email
info@schaefer-burg.de