Haulage subcontractors wanted: truck work for carriers and transport companies

In three ways: directly from freight forwarders and shippers, through freight exchanges, or through marketplaces like Maxmove. With Maxmove you register as a fleet, submit your documents and, once vetted, receive jobs and routes for your vehicles – no subscription and no bidding.

Maxmove is always looking for carriers with 7.5 t and 12 t trucks and articulated lorries, mainly in North Rhine-Westphalia. Many mid-sized forwarders look for partners too; what counts is licence, insurance and reliability. With us you don't apply for each route – you register once as a fleet.

Yes, when customers need the same route regularly. We award these routes as a freight forwarder directly to vetted partners with suitable capacity. We do not promise a minimum number of routes; tell us when you register which vehicles and regions you can cover.

Usually a business registration or commercial register extract, the permit under § 3 GüKG or an EU Community licence (above 3.5 t), proof of goods-in-transit liability insurance under § 7a GüKG, a tax number or VAT ID and the vehicle documents. If you employ drivers from outside the EU, you also need their work permit or driver attestation.

Yes, if you carry goods commercially with vehicles above 3.5 t gross vehicle weight (including trailers). You then need the permit under § 3 GüKG or an EU Community licence. For cross-border transport, the Community licence has applied from 2.5 t since May 2022.

That depends on vehicle class, route, waiting times and utilisation; flat figures are misleading. What counts is what remains after diesel, tolls, driver wages and vehicle costs. With Maxmove you see the price of every job and route before you commit and can compare it with your cost per kilometre, for example with the truck toll calculator.

The carrier is liable for loss of or damage to the goods during carriage under §§ 425 ff. of the German Commercial Code (HGB), usually capped at 8.33 special drawing rights per kilogram. That is why goods-in-transit liability insurance under § 7a GüKG is mandatory, and we only award work to partners with a valid policy.

The carrier transports the goods itself (§ 407 HGB). The freight forwarder organises the transport and hires carriers to do it (§ 453 HGB). As a subcontractor you are the carrier; on routes for our business customers, Maxmove is the freight forwarder.

Directly from shippers and forwarders, through contacts in your region, or through marketplaces without a monthly fee such as Maxmove. How exchanges differ on cost, bidding and payment is shown in our freight exchange comparison.