Goods Vehicle Movement Service — service availability and issues
Check the availability of the Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) and get information on any issues.
Service issues
If there are any issues with the service we will tell you about the temporary arrangements to keep your goods moving.
Scheduled maintenance
Thursday 13 June 2024 6am to 7:45am
There is planned maintenance for the Customs Declaration Service from 6am to 7:45am on Thursday 13 June 2024. This will impact users of the Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS).
During this time, you will not be able to:
- add import or export declarations
- validate goods movement references
If possible, you should add declarations to goods movement references before or after the scheduled maintenance.
The GVMS Core service will be fully available during the Customs Declaration Service downtime.
Saturday 15 June 10pm to 10.30pm
Scheduled maintenance for the GVMS will take place from 10pm to 10:30pm on Saturday 15 June 2024.
Once the maintenance is completed, declarations submitted in this downtime will be processed.
Goods movement references remain mandatory for freight movements using GVMS.
Hauliers without a valid goods movement reference will be turned away.
You should not turn off goods movement reference validation during this period of downtime.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Goods Vehicle Movement Service
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Last updated 6 June 2024 + show all updates
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Scheduled maintenance from 6am to 7:45am on Thursday 13 June 2024 has been added.
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Scheduled maintenance from 10pm to 10.30pm on Saturday 15 June has been added.
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Planned downtime from 7pm to 8:30pm on Thursday 23 May 2024 has been added.
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Planned downtime from 9:30pm on Saturday 23 March to 4am Sunday 24 March 2024 has been added.
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