[baboonworld]

Hi Guys - Can Anyone Give Us Some Up-to-date Shipping Costs?? I Think Now We Might Need A 40ft After All - But It Is Looking Quite Expensive.

I Have Just Been Quoted £4400 For A 20ft And £5600+ For A 40ft.

Will Dig Out All My Old Quotes From Last Year - But Could You Please Reply With Price/size And Company For All Those Who Are On The Lookout Now.

Cheers Me Dears!

[Yogi]

I think I'll need a 40ft but much of that will be full with a Volvo!

Anyone know if a 40ft more with a car is cheaper than one full with household stuff? Conventional logic would suggest so as loading a car easier than 300 boxes!

Cheers,

Yogi.

[Paul & Rach]

I got a quote for £3700 for a 20ft container from PSS - door to door fully packed and insured. There are other posts on here which show cheaper - eg John Mason £2900 for 20 ft.. Think it pays to shop around.

[Simon & Emily]

Those quotes sound good to us - we have had six or seven companies quote us and they are all in the region of £7000 for a 40 footer, either a standard or a high cube. It doesn't matter what goes into it, as long as it can get into the container - about 5 or 6 feet up in the air - and you are happy to insure the lot as a group.

We are currently looking at taking a 40ft for our household goods, and another 20 ft for tools and equipment. Not a cheap venture, whoever we go with.

What's more worrying is the difference in the estimate of the space needed. It's gone from 'you will be pushing it to get the household stuff in a 40ft hich cube - can you come to the loading depot and decide on the spot what to leave behind...' to ' it will easily go in 3/4 of a normal 40ft container'. Now, who do we believe?

Sorry - forgot to say about the car. It will need boxing into it's own little wooden crate once into the container, so timewise it may well be quicker just to simply load a few hundered boxes that stack together neatly ....

Emily

[Ria]

I think those quotes seem a bit high. I rang up a few agencies about a month or so ago (have details at home, will post later) and I think a 40ft was coming in under £5K, with a 20ft ranging between £2500 to £3500.

A nice lady talked about options for a car. The cheapest was £1800 in a sole crate, along with a 20ft somewhere in the mid £2K. She talked about boxing it - but then said that a car is anchored within the crate, so you don't get much space in a 20ft. Also another forumer had their car scratched when shipped, which may have been when it was crated.

Initially it seemed that two 20ft's were cheaper that a 40ft - which I couldn't work out, but maybe it's easier to load lots of 20fts on the ship, than the bulkier 40ft.

Will post tonight with the actual figures.

Ria

[Miggy]

£2895 from John Masons of Liverpool for a 20ft packed from door to door. Pickfords also said that they would match this but did not offer to beat it! We haven't sold our house yet so can't really progress. The quote is from Feb this year and I have been happy with the customer service from Masons so far.

[Ishi26]

Hi All

I got a quote as follows :

- £4,842 .00 plus insurance at 4.2% to load 2 cars, bracing into 40' ft contai ner.

- £4,654.00 plus insurance at 4.2% to pack and unapack household effects in 20' ft container.

Hope this helps.

Kind regards

Ish

[StevieD]

Sounds a bit on the high side - try shopping around first.

[Rabbit]

Anyone know what the difference is between a 40' standard and a 40' high-cube, or are they the same?

Can a 40' hi-cube accomodate more stuff for instance?

Thanks

Rabbit

[Bubbles]

Last week we were quoted..................

GB-Liners
£4160 + ins @ 3%

And

Britannia
£3624 + ins @ 3%

Both sole use 20 footers, door to door and using NZVanlines at the other end.

I'm still waiting for Masons to get back to me with their figure.

John

Rabbit, yes the high cube is 'exactly what it say's on the tin'. About a foot or so higher than a standard box. :nice1

[Neil,Emma & kids]

We are paying £3200 for a 20ft container,door to door fully packed

Insurance is extra

That is with White & Company

:nice1

[Milliemoo]

Hi,

Don't forget, you don't need to take out insurance with the shipping company. If you take it out seperately, you could save ££££

Milliemoo

[swade]

I have been quoted £4,600 by Curtiss of Portsmouth door to door with packing for a 40 footer.

This was by far my cheapest quote.

Curtiss number if required 02392 650576

[Debbie]

Anyone know what the difference is between a 40' standard and a 40' high-cube, or are they the same?

Can a 40' hi-cube accomodate more stuff for instance?

Thanks

Rabbit

A high cube is just that, a higher version of a 40' container so it has the extra space inside.


Debbie

[theoptom]

Hi,

My partner and I are weeks away from moving to NZ, we have sold most of our possessions, so only need to take essentials with us, work suits / equipment, sports equipment etc. Would anyone consider renting us a bit of space in their container as we only need about 3-4 cubic metres (I think).

We could use the normal commercial channels, but thought this might save both of us (you and us) some money.

Any and all thoughts welcome.

regards

James