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Fragile time-critical courier services in Grays
Fragile and time-critical collections across Grays, from Hogg Lane and Grays West to Manorway and Thurrock Park. Ten miles from our base, booking until 4pm.
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Fragile time-critical courier in Grays
Tasito provides dedicated fragile and time-critical courier services across Grays and the surrounding business areas, including Grays Hogg Lane, Grays West, Grays South at Manorway, Thurrock Park and Globe Works. From instruments and control equipment to electronic assemblies, machine parts and glazed panels, we collect directly from your premises and take the consignment straight to its destination in a vehicle matched to the item, with the handling agreed before anything is loaded. With Grays around ten miles from our Essex base along the A13, we are well placed for quick collections and onward delivery into London, Kent and throughout the UK.
Most of what we move out of Grays is industrial and distribution work, much of it from sites with booked slots and gate procedures. Bookings run until 4pm.
The parts of Grays we collect from
The three main employment areas are Hogg Lane, Grays West and Grays South at Manorway, with Thurrock Park and Globe Works at Little Thurrock and Titan Pitt off Hogg Lane. Most units have yards or docks and room to manoeuvre.
At port and distribution sites, loading runs on booked slots and a vehicle without a booking is not let in. Give us the gate, the slot and the reference at booking and the collection goes through first time.
How the roads behave
The A13 is the road in from Essex and London. When the Dartford Crossing approach queues, the tailback can reach the A13 here, so we pick the hour with you on a fragile booking.
Grays is in Thurrock, outside ULEZ and the Congestion Charge. If the delivery is in Kent, the Dart Charge applies at the crossing, and we include it in the price with the route.
How the consignment is handled
Your consignment travels on its own, with no co-loading and no depot stop. Control gear and instruments are tied down so nothing can move, and glazed or finished panels stand upright and braced with the edges covered.
We do not pack or build cases. The driver will tell you at your gate, with the slot still live, if the wrapping is not up to the journey, and an item that needs a case is flagged at booking. Our part ends with the signature at the agreed point.
What we send and what fits
Instruments, cased assemblies and single items go in a short wheelbase, and longer pieces in a long or extra-long wheelbase. A Luton covers pieces that are bulky as well as delicate.
At distribution sites loading is usually by forklift off a dock, where the curtain-side Luton is quicker because it opens along the side. Where the far end has no forklift, the box body brings a tail lift. The fleet page has dimensions for every class.
Where Grays work goes
London is west along the A13 and Basildon is east. Kent is across the Dartford Crossing. Where the delivery address is inside the port, we want the gate, the slot and the contact at booking.
Other services we run in Grays
Same-day courier where the load is sturdy and only the timing matters. Two-man delivery into an address with nothing to lift the piece. Multi-drop for several addresses along the Thurrock corridor. Next-day courier where the item is delicate and the deadline is tomorrow.
The full fragile and time-critical courier service explains how booking and handling work.
Grays questions
Same-day already means a dedicated vehicle and no depot. On a fragile job the handling is settled first, along with the gate, the slot and the signature, so nothing about the item is decided at the dock.
No. Packing and case-making are separate trades. We carry what is presented, and if the wrapping will not survive the journey, the driver will tell you at your gate before anything is loaded.
Yes, where the site runs booked slots, and most of them do. Give us the reference, the gate number and the slot time when you book, and the driver goes straight through the barrier.
Usually quickly, as Grays is around ten miles from our base along the A13. Delays tend to come from the A13 junctions at Manorway and Lakeside and from traffic backing up off the Dartford Crossing.
Only if the delivery is in Kent. The Dart Charge applies at the Dartford Crossing and is in the price with the route. Jobs that stay in Essex or go into London do not use the crossing.
It depends on the day and the time, so we give you both options with the cost of each. The Dart Charge applies at Dartford, where the approach often queues, and the Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels are both charged.
Yes. Collecting in Grays and delivering at Tilbury is one booking. If the delivery is inside the port, give us the gate, the slot and the contact when you book.
Enough to talk through the item, the access at both ends and the signature, and to line up the slot. The drive from our base is short, so most of the notice is about the gate.
Send us the postcodes and what is moving. You get a price in seconds and a driver within the hour.