Freight forwarders shipping from Portugal to the United Kingdom

This guide lists several companies that offer freight forwarding, shipping, and related services from Portugal to the United Kingdom.

Below, we briefly touch on each company’s history, their preferred modes of transportation, as well as the various services they offer.

Comparison

Company	Truck	Rail	Air	Sea
Walkers European Express Services	Yes	No	No	No
Docshipper	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tudor International Freight	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
EON Logistics	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gondrand	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Eurosender	Yes	No	No	No
Clintopia	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
DSV	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Note: The information in the table is based on what we could find on their respective company websites. Please contact us if you want to update the information in the table above.

Walker’s European Express Services

Established in 1987, Walker’s European Express Services is based in the United Kingdom, and can pick up and deliver products to countries across Europe. They can typically deliver products from Portugal within 48 hours.

The company offers one-off delivery services by truck, as well as long-term regular services. According to their website, the products are fully insured and the company provides services tailored to each customer.

Walker’s European Express Services also has a fleet of delivery vehicles, ensuring that the goods are safe during transportation. The company’s services comprise full-load door-to-door delivery.

Services

• Door-to-door pickup
• Next-day delivery
• 48-hour delivery

Location: West Midlands, UK

DocShipper

DocShipper is headquartered in Hong Kong but provides international freight solutions between Portugal and the United Kingdom.

The company offers full container load (FCL) and less than container load (LCL) options for the Portugal-United Kingdom shipping route. They also have special transportation services such as out of gauge (OOG) containers, break bulk, dry bulk, roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro), and reefer containers.

DocShipper has a tri-lingual team (speaking English, Chinese, and French), handles international logistics, and also offers 3PL services.

Services

• Air freight
• Sea freight
• Rail freight
• Trucking
• Customs clearance
• Warehousing and storage
• Packaging and repackang
• Cargo insurance

Location: Hong Kong, China

Tudor International Freight

Founded in 1991, Tudor International Freight is an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) that provides road and air freight services between EU countries such as Portugal and the United Kingdom. The company works with international haulage companies that deliver shipments daily across Europe, as well as smaller companies to deliver specialised or dedicated products.

Tudor International Freight serves various industries, including the aerospace, chemicals, exhibitions, manufacturing, energy, and technology sectors.

Their road freight services include same and next-day collection, and special consignments. The company’s air freight services have airport- and weight-specific prices. For instance, freight weighing over 100 kg would cost GBP 3.30 per kg when shipped from Faro to the United Kingdom.

Services

• Road freight
• Sea freight
• Warehousing
• Documentation
• Import and export
• Courier and express
• Customs clearance
• Freight packaging

Location: Leeds, England

EON Logistics

EON Logistics was established in 2012, and provides road and air freight services between Portugal and the United Kingdom. The company can handle commercial cargo, as well as oversized equipment truck transport.

They can ship out-of-gauge machinery, as well as music and stage equipment, and other products. You can fill out a form on the website to request a quotation.

EON Logistics is a member of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) and the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA).

Services

• Road freight
• Air freight
• Sea freight
• Groupage
• Transhipping
• Cargo shipping
• Oversized freight
• Documentation

Location: Kent, England

Gondrand

Founded in 1866, Gondrand provides road freight services from Portuguese locations such as Lisbon to the United Kingdom.

The company can provide door-to-door delivery within 30 hours, and claims to be able to collect your products within 2 hours of receiving the collection instructions.

They offer full-load and groupage services and can handle goods weighing anywhere from 1 kilogram to a full trailer. They can also provide air freight services.

According to their brochure, the HM Revenue & Customs has authorised the company. Gondrand is also a member of the BIFA, FIATA, and RHA.

Services

• Ground transport (road freight)
• Air freight
• Sea freight
• Customs clearance and brokerage
• Door-to-door delivery
• Full load
• Groupage
• Packaging and storage
• Warehousing
• Logistics

Location: Paris, France

Eurosender

Headquartered in Luxembourg, Eurosender provides freight shipping, FTL and LTL, and van services, and offers to ship pallets from Portugal to the United Kingdom. The company also provides custom freight solutions for businesses.

Eurosender’s van delivery service can support any type of load, and takes between 2-3 hours to pick up the goods in urban areas. The company uses either box vans (1,000 kg) or curtain-side vans (700 kg). Transit times can take anywhere between 1-2 days.

According to their website, they are trusted by large companies such as Samsonite.

Services

• Custom freight
• Document shipping
• Package shipping
• Van delivery service
• FTL/LTL

Location: Luxembourg

Clintopia

Based in London, Clintopia can transport road, air, and sea freight, and provides same-day freight for urgent shipments such as emergency medical supplies from Portugal to the United Kingdom. Their road transport vehicles include:

• Small vans (350 kg, 1 pallet)
• Short wheel base vans (1000 kg, 2 pallets)
• Long wheel base (1400 kg 3 pallets)
• Luton van (1000 kg, 4 pallets)
• 7.5 tonne truck (2800 kg, 10 pallets)
• 12 tonne truck (7100 kg, 11 pallets)
• 18 tonne truck (9000 kg, 14 pallets)
• Articulated truck (24,000 kg, 26 pallets)

Services

• Container haulage
• Road freight
• Air freight
• Sea freight
• Pallet freight
• Import freight from the United Kingdom
• Warehousing
• Overnight delivery
• Same day freight
• Next day freight
• Express freight

Location: London, United Kingdom

DSV

DSV is based in the Netherlands, and provides road freight solutions between Portugal and the United Kingdom.

The company can transport general cargo, packages, as well as partial and full loads from Portugal to the United Kingdom. Their main hubs within this route are in Porto and Lisbon, and locations in the United Kingdom such as Glasgow and Bristol.

They can make daily journeys, and have knowledge of the local languages. They also have their own fleet of trucks to make deliveries.

Services

• Air freight
• Sea freight
• Road freight
• Rail freight
• Project transport

Location: North Holland, The Netherlands