British Expats - Shipping Goods

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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)

- Canada (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/)

- - Shipping Goods (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/shipping-goods-639680/)

Samsara

Dec 8th 2009 10:57 pm

Re: Shipping Goods

I'll be moving from Rome, Italy to Vancouver in March (only clothing and books no furniture) and I need help selecting a reliable company. I've written to several and the best quote so far for 5 cubic meters of boxes has come from Pickfords for 1353 sterling www.pickfords.com. I'll check out the companies you've mentioned here. Let me know if you have any other suggestions.

djchighlander

Dec 12th 2009 8:03 am

Re: Shipping Goods

Quote:

Originally Posted by johngrimes (Post 8081867)

Hi

Can anyone recommend a good shipping company? We live in Lincolnshire and are looking to depart April/May next year. I estimating cost to be about Â£3500 ish is that fair?

Looking at Nova Scotia / New Brunswick..

Thanks

John

Hi we have just arrived in Ontario we used Simpsons removals in chesterfield they were brilliant both ends nothing broken and very well packed, ask for John Matkin very good price, tell him Dave Conaghan reccomended them

Paperwork

Dec 12th 2009 8:13 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Samsara (Post 8158876)

Could you ask your airline to give you an air-freight quote? If you're not bringing much, that could work out cheaper.

Samsara

Dec 12th 2009 10:39 am

Re: Shipping Goods

Airlines are way too expensive. To ship 10 cubic meters and to fly 1 cubic meter comes to about the same price.

Samsara

Dec 22nd 2009 9:01 pm

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Can anyone tell me if you pay the entire amount prior to pickup? Is that normal?

Scotty boy

Dec 25th 2009 2:19 am

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We went to Halifax from Edinburgh and used Anglo Pacific. Went no damages well and we were charged Â£3500 for a full container.:thumbup:

Scotty boy

Dec 25th 2009 2:20 am

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Oh and we got an invoice later when it was delivered

Samsara

Dec 25th 2009 2:55 am

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What size was your container?

http://www.srinternational.com/standard_containers.htm

Scotty boy

Dec 26th 2009 11:48 pm

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Erm not to sure :confused: but it was big enough to fit all the contents from our 3 bed and Shed. We had a lot of stuff.

Pebblebeach

Jan 3rd 2010 3:15 am

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We are lookng to ship a full container in the summer from the Midlands to NS.

I have just done a search through the thread of the last 6 months or so and took a note of the companies who had three or more people recommend or warn about them. Thought I would share the results, as it took a surprisingly long time to find the information:

Whites + 2 -1
Robinsons +8 -1
Simpsons +2 -1
Dorree/Bonner +3 -0
GB Liners +9 -0
Anglo pacific +2 -1
Pickfords +3 -2
PSS +3 -3

Based on this I plan to get quotes from Robinsons, GB liners and Dorree/Bonner.

manningl

Jan 3rd 2010 6:43 am

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Originally Posted by Pebblebeach (Post 8215030)

Thanks for saving me the time Pebblebeach:) I was going to call Robinsons but wasn't too sure on what other 2 to call also :thumbup:

mcdavis

Jan 4th 2010 12:55 am

Re: Shipping Goods

We used Doree Bonner - OK for household stuff but not very good on clothes and personal belongings.

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