Transport insurance
With OCS Amsterdam transport insurance, you ensure that your shipments are extra protected against damage and loss during transport. The insurance is in line with our services for international express delivery, air freight and road transport in Europe, so that business customers can ship important goods with greater certainty.
What exactly does our transport insurance include?
Transport insurance via OCS Amsterdam is additional coverage in addition to the standard transport of your goods. You can indicate per shipment what value you want to insure and under what conditions the insurance applies.
Among other things, we can offer coverage for:
• Damage to your goods during loading and unloading times.
• Damage or loss due to incidents during road, air or express transport.
• Theft or missing of the shipment.
This way, you can have valuable goods transported with extra security.
How do you arrange transport insurance via OCS Amsterdam?
If you want to insure your shipment, please indicate this directly when you request or by contacting our customer service. Briefly describe what you are shipping, to which destination, via which service and what insured value you want.
In practice, this takes place in a few steps:
1. When you request or quote, please indicate that you want transport insurance.
2. Our customer service reviews per shipment whether and under what conditions transport insurance is possible.
3. You will receive a clear quote where the insurance costs are listed separately.
4. After your agreement, the insurance will be requested and linked to your shipment.
This way, you know in advance where you stand and which goods will be transported with extra security.
FAQs
Short answers to the most common questions about coverage and costs of your shipment.
No, your shipment is not automatically fully insured via OCS Amsterdam. By default, only limited liability applies to the transport of goods and no full insurance is included in the freight price.
Extra insurance is only applied if you request it in advance and OCS Amsterdam has confirmed this in the quote or order confirmation.
To apply for transport insurance, we need the following basic information:
• a brief description of the goods
• destination country and delivery location
• the chosen service, such as international express delivery, air freight or road transport Europe
• the desired insured value
If your shipment is fragile or has a particularly high value, please state this clearly in your request.
The insurance only applies to goods and cannot be used to insure important documents.
The costs for transport insurance are always mentioned separately in your quote or quote, in addition to the regular freight costs. This way, you can clearly see what part of the total amount is for the transport and what part is for the additional insurance, before you decide whether to agree.
Do you want to send your shipment insured?
Insure your goods via OCS Amsterdam and receive a clear quote with all costs.