austria

Connecting Austria to the world

MSC has been helping customers to ship cargo to and from Austria since 1994. With its excellent and constantly growing intermodal network, MSC Austria offers unique, direct connections to the most important northern and southern ports in Europe; transporting your cargo anywhere in the world.

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LOCAL OFFICES INFORMATION

What we offer

At MSC, we believe that global success depends on local solutions and local expertise. Discover our complete range of services to or from Austria.  

100% Pre- Carriage/on-Carriage 

MSC Austria offers to transport your cargo without a single meter on the road. 

A full sustainable solution, not a single meter on the road, no congestions, a single point of contact using an existing efficient network without volume commitment. 

MSC Austria is proud to offer a “100% pure rail pre-carriage/on-carriage” to its customers in cooperation with the OEBB group subsidiaries Terminal Service Austria, Rail Cargo Operator, Rail Cargo Austria, and other valued local partners such as LCA and LEX in Villach and TO Delta, Alpe Adria and Trieste Marine Terminal in Trieste.  

Your benefits: 

  • 100% pure rail pre-carriage/on-carriage 
  • No meter on the road without volume commitment 
  • Use of existing resources in Austria
  • One single point of contact 

 

CFS to CFS (container freight stations) 

MSC Austria connects the existing Austrian railway infrastructure counting many private railway sidings to the shunting yard of Villach Fürnitz thanks to the existing Single Wagon Load service offered by OEBB. The conventional wagons stuffed or unstuffed in Villach will be transported individually in the Austrian network being competitive with the trucking market as there is no need of big volumes or commitments to access to this sustainable service. 

In Villach the conventional wagons will be unloaded by the MSC Austria local partners LEX and TSA, the cargo will be then stuffed in containers and loaded onto the intermodal rail shuttle operated by RCO TO Delta and Alpe Adria running from Villach to Trieste till 3 times per week. 

  • Insurance 
  • One Stop Shop approach
  • First class insurance partners 
  • All risks cover 
  • No deductible 
  • For dry& reefers warehouse to warehouse 
  • Easy quote & competitive rates 
  • Money back policy 

 

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Prohibited Cargo

It is illegal to bring the following items into or out of Austria:

Imports

  • Meat and milk and any items thereof from non-EU countries except for limited amounts from Andorra, Croatia, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, and small amounts of specific products from other countries. 
  • Protected species and products thereof as listed by the CITES (e.g.: ivory, tortoise shell, coral, reptile skin, wood from Amazonian forests)

Exports

  • No restriction for the quantity and value of exported items when leaving to non-EU country 
  • Currency – no restrictions if leaving for another EU country. Declarable for all travelling outside EU when amount exceeds €10,000 or equivalent.

    For full details of prohibited cargo in Austria please visit the following sites: Import and Export regulations.  

 

Cargo Loading

MSC's cargo handling facilities are strategically located to ensure the efficient and timely loading of goods for export and import. We also provide cargo consolidation, loading and re-loading, packing, unpacking and cross-loading services from containers to trucks.

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Container Weighing (VGM)

All MSC local offices provide certified scales to record and verify container weight (verified gross mass or VGM) in line with Safety of Lives at Sea (SOLAS) regulations. VGM instructions are mandatory for all shipments for safety reasons and vessel operators can only load a container if its weight has been appropriately verified. Contact your local MSC team for more information and support. 

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Fumigation

Our team of in-house forestry experts enables us to provide dedicated cargo fumigation services for the seamless shipment of wood. As a specialist in log shipments, including a long track record of shipping wood to the Far East, we provide tailored support for all of our customers, including those with specific requirements due to the bark beetle infestation in Northern Europe.

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Last update: 2024-12-21T21:37:00