Freight forwarders shipping from Turkey to the United Kingdom

Planning to import goods form Turkey to the United Kingdom? This guide lists freight forwarders offering truck, rail, air, and ocean freight between the two countries.

Each company profile covers their shipping solutions, facility locations, accreditations, and other qualifications.

Comparison

Company	Truck	Rail	Air	Sea
Denholm Good Logistics	No	No	No	Yes
EuroTurk	Yes	No	No	Yes
Maxi Logistics	Yes	No	No	No
Anglo-Turkish International	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
AGI Global Logistics	Yes	No	No	Yes
Mercator	No	No	Yes	Yes
KTL Europe	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Al Fares Lojistik	Yes	No	No	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.

Denholm Good Logistics

Good Logistics was founded in 1833, acquired by The Denholm Group, and merged to become Denholm Good Logistics in 2024.

The company ships worldwide, and serves the Turkey to the United Kingdom route by loading the containers in Istanbul, Turkey, shipping them by sea to the United Kingdom and moving the goods from the quayside straight to their Felixstowe warehouse.

The company’s accomplishments and awards include:

• Ecovadis Bronze
• IATA Cargo Agent
• BRCGS audit
• Partnering with WCA World

Services

• Direct container groupage (LCL)
• Sea freight
• Customs clearance
• Import and export consolidation
• Warehouse and distribution

Location: Istanbul and Izmir, Turkey

EuroTurk

Based in Cambridgeshire, Euroturk’s operations began in 2000 and handles national and international freight shipping, including from Turkey to the United Kingdom. For this route, the company specifically offers sea freight and road freight. Their road freight services comprise groupage, part or full load by truck.

The company uses six different trucks for various types of cargo; we list them below:

• Box trailer
• Tilt trailer
• Mega trailer
• Temperature-controlled trailer
• Truck and trailer
• Step-frame
• Hanging garments truck and trailer

Services

• Road freight (truck and van)
• Sea freight
• Customs clearance
• Warehousing and distribution
• Container shipping
• Full and partial loading logistics

Location: Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Maxi Logistics

Maxi Logistics started operations almost 20 years ago and offers truck transport services for the Turkey to the United Kingdom route. The company also generally offers sea and air freight.

For the Turkey to the United Kingdom route, they offer partial (less than truckload) groupage transport every Friday and Saturday, and complete (full truck load) transport with various trucks, as listed below:

• Tilt TIR trucks
• Frigo TIR trucks
• Minivan
• Panel van
• Low bed trucks
• Open top trucks
• Oversize transport trucks

Services

• FTL road transport
• LTL road transport
• Groupage
• Customs clearance

Location: Istanbul, Turkey

Anglo-Turkish International

Founded in 1987, Anglo-Turkish International is based out of their Northamptonshire logistics site in the United Kingdom, where they control their operations.

The company focuses on freight forwarding by road, air, and sea from Turkey to the United Kingdom and vice versa. They note that their sister company is in Istanbul, Turkey, which also has tracking agents.

Anglo-Turkish International’s website displays the logos of the British International Freight Association (BIFA), the IATA, and the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA), suggesting the company’s membership.

Services

• Road transport
• Air freight
• Sea freight
• Warehousing
• Customs clearance

Location: Northamptonshire, the United Kingdom / Istanbul, Turkey

AGI Global Logistics

AGI Global Logistics was established in 2011 and offers logistics and freight forwarding services, including customs clearance, import and export documentation, and storage.

The company provides freight by road and sea, specifically offering LCL sea freight from Istanbul, Turkey to Felixstowe, England. This particular transit takes 12 days by ship, and the ground team at Felixstowe delivers the cargo from the port at Istanbul to anywhere in the mainland United Kingdom.

Services

• Road freight
• Sea freight
• Customs clearance
• Refrigerated transport
• Express courier service
• Distribution (in the United Kingdom)
• Import and export documentation
• Storage

Location: Bristol, England (HQ)

Mercator

Headquartered in Portsmouth, England, and having more than 30 years of experience, Mercator provides international shipping from Turkey to the United Kingdom. Specifically, the company offers air and sea freight and project cargo shipping.

Their website states that their team in Turkey manages shipping matters there. Mercator then books the cargo onto the next ship or plane to the United Kingdom and notes that sea freight from Turkey to the United Kingdom takes between 9 and 19 days.

The company then manages the customs clearance and delivers the goods upon the cargo’s arrival in the United Kingdom.

Services

• Sea freight
• Air freight
• Project cargo
• Customs clearance

Location: Portsmouth, England

KTL Europe

KTL Europe has an office in Hampshire, England, while their global headquarters are in Istanbul, Turkey. Also having 7 other worldwide offices, the company offers freight forwarding services from Turkey to the United Kingdom. They provide air, road, and sea transportation.

KTL Europe can ship cargo by sea and has a dedicated trucking fleet comprising hundreds of vehicles, which can operate FTL and LTL, and specific express delivery options. They also use Turkish Airlines to transport cargo from Turkey to the United Kingdom

Services

• Sea freight
• Air freight
• Road freight
• Customs clearance
• Warehousing
• Vehicle shipping

Location: Hampshire, England (HQ) / Istanbul, Turkey (Global HQ)

Al Fares Lojistik

Al Fares Lojistik provides sea and land freight from Istanbul, Turkey to locations in the United Kingdom such as London and Manchester. They ship products such as food, furniture, and textiles.

Al Fares Lojistik offers customs clearance services and also provides 20-foot or 40-foot containers for shipping. The company provides integrated shipping services for cargo of various weights and sizes from Istanbul to airports and seaports in the United Kingdom.

They have packing and packaging technologies and also provide insurance services for shipments.

Services

• Sea freight
• Land freight
• Shipment consolidation
• Customs clearance
• Door-to-door delivery
• Insurance

Location: Istanbul, Turkey