Original document : https://www.gov.uk/guidance/list-of-ports-using-the-goods-vehicle-movement-service

Change description : 2022-08-29 00:15:00: Plymouth, Poole and Portsmouth support pre-lodged customs controls for movements out of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from 29 August 2022. [BrexitGuidance and regulation]

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Guidance

List of ports using the Goods Vehicle Movement Service

Find out which locations are using the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.

From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published
11 December 2020
Last updated
2915 AugustDecember 20222021 — See all updates

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 (England, Scotland and Wales) 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,(DFDS Stena- Line — all RoRo movements)
  • Killingholme (Stena Line, CLdN,CLdN DFDS- — all RoRo movements)
  • Liverpool (CLdN only)
  • Newhaven (DFDS only —- all RoRo movements)
  • Plymouth (Brittany Ferries only — all RoRo movements)
  • Port of Tyne (DFDS only —- all RoRo movements)
  • Poole (Brittany Ferries only —- all RoRo movements)accompanied only)
  • Portsmouth (Brittany Ferries only —- all RoRo movements)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)
  • Plymouth (Brittany Ferries only — all RoRo movements)
  • Poole (Brittany Ferries only — all RoRo movements)
  • Portsmouth (Brittany Ferries only — all RoRo movements)
  • Sheerness (DFDS only —- all RoRo movements)

All these locations, except Newhaven,Newhaven Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth 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, Stena Line)SeaCargo)
  • Killingholme (Stena Line, CLdN, DFDS)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

Find out the UK locations of Common Transit UK offices, including Offices of Transit, Destination and Departure.

Published 11 December 2020
Last updated 2915 AugustDecember 20222021 + show all updates

  1. Plymouth, Poole and Portsmouth support pre-lodged customs controls for movements out of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from 29 August 2022.

  3. Aberdeen has been added to the list of locations providing Offices of Transit digitally and the entry for Immingham has been updated.

  5. The entry for Hull on the list of locations providing Offices of Transit digitally has been updated.

  6. Updated list of locations providing Offices of Transit digitally.

  7. Updated list of locations providing Offices of Transit digitally.

Contents

Update history

2024-02-12 12:30
Entries for Birkenhead have been added. Entries for Immingham and Liverpool have been amended.

2024-01-25 14:53
Fishguard, Heysham, Holyhead and Pembroke have been added to the list of locations where you will always need to use the Goods Vehicle Movement Service when moving goods into Great Britain from outside the UK (from 31 January 2024).

2023-10-12 00:15
‘Manchester Ship Canal, if the carrier is Suardiaz’ has been added to the ‘Locations where you must use the Goods Vehicle Movement Service for some carriers’ and ‘Locations where the export declaration must be submitted as ‘pre-lodged’’ sections.

2023-08-21 10:45
Addition of DFDS as a carrier for Tilbury 2 port. Removal of Sheerness port from all sections.

2023-04-17 15:13
The list of locations where you must use the Goods Vehicle Movement Service for some carriers has been updated to include CLdN for Teesport.

2022-08-29 00:15
Plymouth, Poole and Portsmouth support pre-lodged customs controls for movements out of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from 29 August 2022.

2021-12-15 15:09
From 1 January 2022, the border locations using the Goods Vehicle Movement Service to support pre-lodged customs controls in Northern Ireland, the locations supporting pre-lodged customs controls for movements into Great Britain, the locations supporting pre-lodged customs controls for movements out of Great Britain, and the border locations using the Goods Vehicle Movement Service to support Offices of Transit have all been updated.

2021-09-29 12:58
Aberdeen has been added to the list of locations providing Offices of Transit digitally and the entry for Immingham has been updated.

2021-06-01 00:15
Updated list of locations providing Offices of Transit digitally.