Planning to import products from Spain to the United Kingdom? This guide lists some of the leading freight forwarders offering shipping solutions between the two countries – for truck, rail, air, and sea freight.
Each company profile goes into further detail about their respective service offering, capabilities, and accreditations.
Supplier Overview
Comparison
Company | Truck | Rail | Air | Sea |
Delamode International Logistics | Yes | No | No | No |
Ewals Cargo Care | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
iContainers | No | No | Yes | Yes |
International Forwarding Limited | Yes | No | No | No |
Iber Transit | No | No | Yes | Yes |
CST Grupo | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Gondrand | Yes | No | No | No |
Barrington Freight | Yes | No | No | No |
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.
Delamode International Logistics
Founded more than 30 years ago, Delamode International Logistics provides freight forwarding and logistics solutions worldwide and specifically can transport goods by road from Spain to the United Kingdom.
For this route, the company has a warehouse in Barcelona, indicating that any goods departing from Spain will arrive in the United Kingdom within four days.
Delamode’s memberships and accreditations include:
- ISO 9001
- BIFA (British International Freight Association)
- RHA (Road Haulage Association)
- FIATA (International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations)
- UKWA (United Kingdom Warehousing Association)
Services
- Road freight
- Groupage
- Full load transport
- Part load transport
- Customs clearance
Location: Essex, United Kingdom
Ewals Cargo Care
Ewals Cargo Care was established in 1906 and is now a fourth-generation freight forwarder and provider of logistics solutions. The company can transport cargo from Spanish locations such as Barcelona to places in the United Kingdom such as Bristol by road, rail, and short sea.
They are able to transport the cargo using their fleet of Mega Huckepack XLS trailers. Per the company’s website, these trailers can contain a maximum of 100 cubic meters. Additionally, the trailers are covered with reinforced curtain sides, which enables them to carry unstable and bulging cargo.
Services
- Road freight (truck)
- Sea freight (short sea)
- Rail freight
- Intermodal transport
- Load monitoring
Location: Tegelen, The Netherlands
iContainers
Established in 2007 and based in Barcelona, iContainers was set up as a digital freight forwarder that helps customers ship their goods around the world. The company can provide rates and quotes for those who seek to ship their cargo by ocean and air from Spanish ports like Barcelona to ports in the United Kingdom such as Bristol.
To search for freight rates, customers can use the company’s website to choose from either ocean FCL, ocean LCL, or air freight, then enter the airport, city, or zip code of the origin and destination locations, and enter the cargo details.
Services
- Ocean freight (LCL and LCL)
- Air freight
Location: Barcelona, Spain (HQ)
International Forwarding Limited
Founded in 1989, International Forwarding Limited offers freight and logistics services. The company provides a combined road and ferry service from Spain’s outlying islands, and they also have a dedicated truck fleet to deliver Spanish exports.
Their Spanish services include being able to transport consumer goods such as electrical equipment and housewares. The company has a customs clearance agent in the Port of Dover to aid customers with their imports from Spain.
International Forwarding Limited is an Authorised Economic Operator, and is also a member of the following:
- RHA
- Palletways
- BIFA
- UKWA
Services
- Road freight
- Combined road/ferry services
- Pallet storage, collection, and delivery
- Inventory control
Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
IberTransit
Headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, IberTransit provides personalised logistics optimisation services as well as sea and air freight from ports and airports in Spain to the United Kingdom.
The company states that they provide 5 weekly groupage departures to Birmingham, London, and Manchester, and also have door-delivery time of 2 days. For this purpose, IberTransit assigns a personal agent to each shipment to ensure the goods safely arrive at the destination without passing through any intermediary locations.
If cargo is sent by land, IberLand Standard takes 3 to 5 days, and IberLand Elite takes 2 to 5 days.
The company claims to guarantee they can help trace customers’ products using a dispatch consultation system or warehouse management.
Services
- Sea freight
- Air freight
- Customs services
- Chartering
- Storage and distibution
Location: Barcelona, Spain (HQ)
CST Grupo
CST Grupo has over a century of experience as a customs agent. While the company generally provides shipping-related services by land, sea, and air, their services specific to the route from Spain to the United Kingdom include only land and maritime freight.
They offer both full-container load (FCL) and less than container load (LCL) shipping solutions.
The company serves the chemical and health industries and also ships cargo that includes industrial machinery and mechanical appliances
Services
- Maritime freight (FCL and LCL)
- Land freight (FCL and LCL)
- Customs services
- Intermodal freight
Location: Castellón, Spain
Gondrand
Founded in 1866 and headquartered in France, Gondrand services routes between several locations in Spain and cities in the United Kingdom such as Birmingham and London. The company states on their website that they can send several trailers from their depots in the United Kingdom.
They have temperature-controlled trailers, they can provide collections, deliveries, express, and groupage services.
Gondrand is also a certified member of:
- The RHA
- The FIATA
- The BIFA
Services
- Road freight
- Exports and imports
- Groupage services
- Collections and deliveries
- Packing and storage
- Warehousing
- Logistics
Location: Paris, France
Barrington Freight
Barrington Freight provides import and export services, as well as road, sea, and air freight. Regarding the company’s specific route from Spain to the United Kingdom, they only offer road freight. They can ship full-load and part loads. They also offer groupage and express road freight.
Additionally, the company provides some guidance on their website regarding the arranging of imports from Spain, as well as customs clearance support. They additionally have an import duty calculator on their website.
They are members of BIFA and FIATA, and were awarded the Top B2B Companies badge by Clutch in 2021.
Services
- Road freight
- Customs clearance support
- Business-to-business deliveries
Location: Essex, United Kingdom