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Fragile time-critical courier services in Tilbury
Fragile and time-critical deliveries into Tilbury, from the port and London Distribution Park to the town units, planned back from your cut-off.
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Fragile time-critical courier in Tilbury
Tasito provides dedicated fragile and time-critical courier services across Tilbury and the surrounding business areas, including the port and the terminals around Tilbury2, the London Distribution Park, and the industrial and trade units in the town, Tilbury South and East Tilbury. From instruments and electronics to glass, finished panels, prototypes and framed work, 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 Tilbury around twelve 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 into Tilbury runs against a freight deadline, where the time belongs to something leaving, so we plan the run back from your cut-off. Bookings run until 4pm.
The parts of Tilbury we collect from
The port, the Tilbury2 terminals and the London Distribution Park run on gate procedure: security, slots booked in advance, driver details given beforehand and sometimes an induction. We do not hold standing passes, so access is arranged for each job. Give us the gate, the slot, the reference and a site contact and the driver goes straight through.
The town, Tilbury South and East Tilbury are smaller industrial units, trade and local commercial work. These are ordinary collections with no port paperwork, and usually a door the vehicle can stop at.
How the roads behave
We come out along the A13 and down into the town. When the Dartford Crossing approach queues, the tailback can reach the A13, so we build that into the window on any run against a cut-off.
Tilbury 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. The ferry to Gravesend carries passengers only, so a van goes south by Dartford or one of the tunnels.
How the consignment is handled
Your consignment travels on its own, with no co-loading and no depot stop. The item is braced for the road, and finished faces stay clear of anything resting against them. On a port run the handover is at a counter or a gate office, and we agree which one before the van moves.
We do not pack or build cases. The driver will tell you at your premises if the wrapping will not hold for the run and the handling after us, 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
A single item, an instrument or a case goes in a short wheelbase, which stops closest to a door. Freight runs larger, in a long or extra-long wheelbase or a Luton, and the curtain-side Luton loads along the flank by forklift.
Send the weight of each pallet as well as the count, because on freight work the weight usually decides the vehicle. Lengths and awkward shapes go on the flat bed. The fleet page has dimensions for every class.
Where Tilbury work goes
Other services we run in Tilbury
Same-day courier where the item is sturdy and only the clock matters. Two-man delivery for a consignment going on to a site without handling equipment. Multi-drop for several addresses along the Thames corridor. Next-day courier for freight that is not running against today's cut-off.
The full fragile and time-critical courier service explains how booking and handling work.
Tilbury questions
The gate, the slot, the booking reference, a site contact and anything the driver has to carry to clear security. With those the driver goes straight through.
Yes. Send the cut-off, who holds it and the reference, and we build the run to arrive inside it with time to spare.
No. Packing and case-making are separate trades. We carry what you hand over, and if the wrapping will not survive the journey and the handling after us, the driver will tell you at your premises before loading.
No. Access is arranged job by job, which is why we take the gate, the slot and the reference when you book.
The weight of each pallet as well as the count. On freight work the weight usually decides the vehicle before the floor space does.
No. The Gravesend ferry carries passengers only. Going south from here means the Dartford Crossing or one of the tunnels, and we include any charge in the price with the route.
Yes. Tilbury South, East Tilbury and the town addresses are ordinary collections with no port paperwork, so they are quicker to arrange and the van can usually stop at the door.
Until 4pm, Monday to Friday. On port work the gate hours and the freight cut-off usually come first, so send those and we work back from them.
Send us the postcodes and what is moving. You get a price in seconds and a driver within the hour.