Freight forwarder Iceland: transport from Germany to Iceland & back

Logisticoo organises transports from Germany to Iceland and back as a seamless chain of truck pre-carriage, weekly sea freight from Hamburg or Rotterdam and customs-cleared delivery in Reykjavík — with a fixed-price quote within 30 minutes. The trade flows are compact but reliable: Germany supplies vehicles, machinery, building materials and consumer goods to the island; the return leg is dominated by fish and fishery products — Iceland's most important export — plus aluminium from the smelters along the coast. Since there is no road connection, booking discipline determines the transit time: miss the weekly departure rhythm of the Iceland lines and you lose seven days. Our dispatchers coordinate collection anywhere in Germany, delivery to the port of shipment and the document flow so that your container or trailer reliably makes the booked sailing. The customs side is straightforward thanks to the EEA: with proof of preference, industrial goods enter Iceland duty-free, and our partner network on the ground handles import clearance. For time-critical spare parts we can combine air freight via Keflavík on request — one point of contact for the entire chain. Project cargo for energy and construction schemes and temperature-controlled shipments — such as foodstuffs in reefer containers — are also standard on this lane, as is the return of empties and reverse logistics.

Routes & corridors

Iceland is reached from Germany as combined transport: truck pre-carriage to the North Sea ports of Hamburg, Bremerhaven or Rotterdam, then container or RoRo sea freight with the Iceland lines (Eimskip, Samskip) to Reykjavík; Eimskip also serves Hamburg on a weekly rotation. Air freight via Keflavík covers urgent shipments.

Customs clearance

Iceland is an EEA member but not part of the EU customs union: an EU export declaration and Icelandic import clearance are required. With an origin declaration or EUR.1, EEA preference applies — zero duty for most industrial goods; foodstuffs are partly subject to Iceland's own levies.