Engine 07 · Production
Freight & Backline. Trucks · carnets · instruments.
Trucks, A-rig and B-rig swaps, carnets, customs, instrument logistics and on-the-road repair. Freight is the engine that decides whether the next show happens.
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Border delays this tour
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Trucks · 3-night Wembley Stadium run
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Carnets in advance
The job nobody else is doing properly.
If the trucks don't arrive, the show doesn't happen. Freight is treated as a first-class concern, not a back-office function.
A-rig / B-rig swaps modelled in advance for stadium legs; carnets and customs paperwork prepared upstream so the road never waits at a border.
Backline tracked instrument by instrument — nothing critical is ever a single point of failure.
What it does.
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Truck schedule
Per-show truck loads, ETAs and arrival windows on residential streets.
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Carnets & customs
ATA carnets, post-Brexit paperwork and EU/UK swap rules tracked.
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A/B rig swaps
Advance B-rig builds modelled across stadium legs to compress turnarounds.
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Backline ledger
Every instrument tracked with backup, repair history and on-the-road status.
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Weight & axle
Truck loads validated against axle limits and venue access.
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Settlement-ready
Freight costs reconcile directly into Settlement & Payments.
How it runs, end to end.
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Production Design and Stage hand over weight and load assumptions.
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Truck schedule, A/B-rig swaps and carnets prepared.
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Per-show ETAs and access windows tracked live.
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Per-show actuals fed back to Settlement and the next leg's planning.
AI on freight
ETA forecasting against live traffic, ferry and weather data — flags any truck likely to miss its access window in time to re-sequence the build.
What changes for the artist and the venue.
Trucks arrive when they should, where they should.
Carnets and customs cleared upstream — no border surprises.
Backup instruments ready before the originals fail.
Freight costs reconcile straight into settlement.
Common questions about Freight & Backline.
B-rig builds are modelled in advance for stadium legs so the swap happens without compressing build time.
Yes — ATA carnets, EU/UK swap rules and customs paperwork are prepared upstream of every border crossing.
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