International Forwarding Ltd - UK Freight Forwarding

Successfully trading for over 20 years, International Forwarding Limited has established and gained a worthy reputation as one of the UK's leading freight forwarding carriers.

We are a medium sized freight forwarding business offering reliable door to door services for parcels, pallets and groupage consignments with fast transit times. And what is more, we also offer highly competitive tariffs. We can collect your shipment anywhere in the UK from a small parcel to a heavy load and dispatch not only in the UK mainland but to destinations in over 20 European countries, and the rest of the world. 

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One of International Forwarding's premier services is the distribution of freight throughout Europe.

We offer one of the most cost effective and flexible freight forwarding services to EU member countries. We achieve this through our strategic transport relationships with over 20 high quality European transport companies.

Our European freight operators work closely with us to fast track your consignment to its destination. These strategic relationships give us a competitive edge in the marketplace by delivering goods safely on time with a very cost effective tariff.

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Both UK importers and exporters can rely on International Forwarding's standard 48 hour road haulage delivery services across mainland Europe. We handle over 200,000 European shipments per year spread across 20 European countries.

We are situated at the heart of the UK motorway network and through our impressive list of overseas haulage partners, we can fulfil your delivery requirements on time and with the minimum of fuss. On top of our daily distribution services, your logistical needs are also well catered for with pick and pack services right through to stock and inventory management

Our European partners are tasked to provide the highest levels of performance and customer service which gives us an unrivalled distribution facility across mainland Europe. Please refer to our European partners web page for more information.

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To complement our extensive road haulage network, International Forwarding offer a personalised scheduled air cargo service for customers who are working to tight deadlines.

We take the pain out of distribution and can handle the customs and regulatory side of things, so that you can concentrate on meeting your customer's exacting requirements.

We offer scheduled services to our exporters and importers by air from all the major airports throughout the UK to all major commercial business centres throughout the world through our extensive network of overseas business partners.

International Forwarding is one of the most innovative logistics companies and reaches out to provide comprehensive logistics solutions. It is an IATA (International Air Transport association) approved company. The young and dynamic management team at International Forwarding contributes greatly with adapting new technologies and applying latest modern methods in the field to help the needs of our customers.

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Palletised freight is one of International Forwarding's specialties.

As a platinum partner of the renowned company, Palletways, we offer an unrivalled service throughout the UK and into Europe. We offer both premium and economy packages so whether you need your consignment to arrive next day or are prepared to wait a little longer and save on cost, we can expedite your consignment quickly and efficiently.

As part the package we also offer a palletised freight collection service too. With strategic associations with some of Europe's finest transport companies stretching over 20 countries and taking in 250 network members, you can rest assured that we will get your goods transported into Europe within two working days.

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International Forwarding became a member of the number one pallet network "Palletways" in 2003 and has since become one of the highest volume depots within the membership.

Palletways (UK) Ltd was founded in 1994 to respond to the growing demand for a specialised service capable of distributing in a more efficient manner small consignments of palletised goods. The UK distribution network boasts a membership of over 100 depots, operated by independent and established logistics companies who combine each others resources to deliver goods faster and more cost effectively than ever before via one of three hub operations in Lichfield, Greenford and Edinburgh.

Through this phenomenal network, customers are able to send consignments ranging from single pallets to part trailer loads anywhere within the UK or Europe.

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International Forwarding is a Platinum Partner of Palletways, meaning that we have reached the highest standards of all service areas amongst the Palletways membership. Through our membership network, we can offer UK pallet distribution services where we can get your consignment delivered to any destination in the UK or Ireland.

Being the largest of all the Pallet networks, we have more delivery and collection members than any of our competitors, meaning that we can collect and deliver far more efficiently, thus providing the highest levels of customer service. Our domestic palletised freight services are provided to you in two basic options...

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International Forwarding are members of the UK's leading pallet distribution network. Our platinum membership with Palletways gives us access to member's services both in the UK and across Europe. We offer a highly efficient overnight Pallet distribution service.

Depending on which tariff service you choose (Premium or Economy) your goods can be at your destination in 24 hours or 48 hours for most destinations.

Seems impossible doesn't it? – transporting your palletised goods to any destination in the UK in just 24 hours.

Yet our palletised freight service achieves just this.

Through our longstanding membership with Palletways, we will collect your package, process it at one of our transport hubs, attached a barcode which will be fed into the track and trace system and then send the consignment on its way to any location in the UK.

And regardless of whether the end destination is Lands End or John O'Groats, your goods will arrive within a 24 hour turnaround.

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Information Technology plays an ever increasing and essential part of business operations and International Forwarding Limited are no exception.

Which is why, through our association with Palletways, we have specialist state of the art track and trace software in place to allow all our customers the facility to track and trace the transportation of their goods at every stage.

You can simply log on to the online portal and check where your consignment is in real time, even if it is making its way to continental Europe.

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International Forwarding is well known for the Groupage services which we operate throughout the UK and into Europe.

Whilst freight groupage lead times are longer than express services, the cost effective nature of the service makes it popular with customers with smaller consignments who need their goods transported efficiently but with not quite the same time pressures.

Groupage Service Options
We offer service options through our own dedicated vehicle fleet and also a palletised freight option with our long standing relationship with Palletways. Our services provide nationwide and European coverage. Through our own fleet, we connect with 20 integrated transport partners in the EU and with Palletways we have access to 250 European members.

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International Forwarding – specialists in delivering dedicated groupage services throughout the UK. As an expert freight forwarder we keep the costs of freight transportation low by consolidating multiple consignments into one large transport load.

With highly efficient logistics planning and a state of the art transport fleet we can take your goods and deliver them anywhere in the UK at a cost effective rate.

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As a freight groupage & forwarding specialist, International Forwarding is expert in getting your goods where they need to be, and more importantly, on time.

Our freight groupage services not only extend to the far corners of the UK mainland but right across the EU, thanks to a sophisticated network of European transport partners, hand-picked for their expertise and strong values in customer service and efficiency.

With a 30 strong transport fleet and access to a further 150 through our sister company RGF Logistics, using the latest low carbon emission fuel technologies and with a mix of over 100 trailers with different tail lifts, not consignment is too small or too large.

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The company operates regular groupage services to and from the whole of Europe and can genuinely offer a "one stop shop" to any exporter or importer with customers/suppliers in several European countries. Attractive volume discounts are available to customers with frequent shipments.

Particular emphasis is placed upon staff expertise and training and quotations and operational advice are given on a prompt and professional basis. Customers with frequent shipments can have the benefit of a specific contact person.

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Birmingham is at the heart of UK industry - it is the home of British manufacturing and engineering services and is at the hub of one of the busiest motorway networks in the UK.

Big businesses require excellent freight services and International Forwarding's success is based around servicing heavy industry in the Birmingham area. Industries such as the automotive trade, skilled engineering and manufacturing, steel merchants, and not to mention the retail sector, all have ongoing freight forwarding needs.

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International Forwarding Limited, with its dedicated warehousing facility nearby at Ashford, are excellently situated to provide the best possible solution to collect and ship your goods throughout Europe and the rest of the world. We have access to a large fleet of our own vehicles, allowing us to provide freight forwarding services by road, sea and air to all of the southern counties of England and directly into the capital.

Our Ashford depot is also well positioned to service air freight via the South East's major airports including Heathrow. We take advantage of the roll on/roll off facilities of the major ferry ports in the area to forward your goods throughout Europe. With a daily overnight trailer service from Birmingham to Ashford, consignments in the North of England can be routed to the Southern Counties and on to the continent with relative ease.

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International Forwarding Ltd also has premises at Ashford , situated near Heathrow, with convenient access to the M25 & M4 corridors. It is an ideal location for us to offer access to some of the UK's busiest airports including Heathrow, and seaports on the South Coast.

With a 15000 sq ft, fully secure warehouse facility, we are able to handle consignments from as little as a 10 kg parcel up to full load trailers/containers. The warehouse can offer an extension of our already successful third party logistics package with pick and pack operations and inventory management.

Also, our membership with Palletways also extends to the handling of Heathrow freight and we are able to offer same day collection and in some instances, overnight into Europe, indeed we also operate a daily service to and from Switzerland.

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Heathrow represents one of the busiest transport hubs in the world. Consisting of a huge freight terminal, the airport could easily be considered one of the major transport centres in the United Kingdom.

In 2009, Heathrow Airport air freighted 1.3 million tonnes of cargo alone.

International Forwarding Limited, with its dedicated warehousing facility nearby at Ashford, are well place to provide freight forwarding services both in air freight and sea freight by accessing the major ports to Europe in the South East.

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International Forwarding can offer a flexible approach to your pick and pack requirements, which mean that you, the customer do not need to meet the extra running costs of your own warehouse facility. You can take advantage of the fact that we already run several bespoke pick and pack operations, which will enable us to set up your account smoothly and efficiently.

We can help you to save costs by managing your stock, and arranging your deliveries and collating orders. We have the benefit of being a Palletways Platinum member and are in a network of over 100 companies able to deliver your goods to the end user by next day if required. We also have excellent links with major parcel distributors already in place, and we can therefore fulfil all parcel requirements that you may require, fully backed by track and trace capability.

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Managing your own transport and warehousing facilities is financially expensive and a drain on your business, especially when there are highly competent freight forwarding companies in the UK who can handle all aspects of product distribution for you.

International Forwarding is one of these companies. We offer a comprehensive third party distribution service for UK companies and also European businesses looking to import into the UK.

We offer a total solution for your company - we can take your product in bulk, store it at one of our UK distribution warehouses where your products can then be picked, repackaged and forwarded onto your customers whether in the UK or across the EU.

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