Agricultural Machinery Transportation in Latvia and Europe

Agricultural machinery -- tractors (John Deere, CLAAS, New Holland, Case IH), combine harvesters, seeders, sprayers -- is frequently oversized for standard road transport. Tractors with wide-axle tyres can reach 3.0 to 3.5 m width; combines with cutting headers 4 to 6 m. These loads require low-loaders, four-point securing, and detachment of working attachments (headers, spray booms) before transport. Our experience includes a 12-tonne, 3.2-m-wide tractor export from Latvia to Cyprus: low-loader through 5 countries plus RoRo ferry Piraeus to Limassol, 14 days total.

Oversized transport (over 2.55 m wide or over 40 tonnes) requires country-specific permits: Latvia (CSDD), Poland (GDDKiA), Germany (Sondergenehmigung), Greece for pre-RoRo legs. Permits are applied 2 to 3 weeks in advance. For island and non-EU destinations we combine road with RoRo ferry: Piraeus to Limassol (Cyprus) or Ancona to Igoumenitsa (Greece). Fuel tanks must be drained before RoRo boarding per port safety regulations. Export and import documentation for agricultural machinery includes CMR, EUR.1 or EX declaration, vehicle technical passport, and T1 where applicable.