Wondering how much it costs to ship cargo or freight by shipping container from the United Kingdom? The map and table below show 20FT and 40FT overseas container shipping rates from London to the rest of the world.
The countries are listed in the rough order of how many British citizens live in each one. However, to get the most accurate door-to-door prices your best bet is to use the quote form at the top of this page.
Cost from London
| Destination Country (Port City) | 20FT | 40FT |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Sydney) | $1,878 | $2,803 |
| Spain (Barcelona) | $561 | $838 |
| United States (New York) | $1,276 | $1,905 |
| United States (Los Angeles) | $1,615 | $2,410 |
| Canada (Montreal) | $1,513 | $2,259 |
| Canada (Vancouver) | $1,820 | $2,717 |
| Ireland (Dublin) | $292 | $436 |
| New Zealand (Auckland) | $1,912 | $2,854 |
| South Africa (Cape Town) | $2,201 | $3,285 |
| France (Marseille) | $548 | $818 |
| Germany (Hamburg) | $278 | $415 |
| Cyprus (Limassol) | $772 | $1,153 |
| United Arab Eremites (Zayed) | $1,853 | $2,767 |
| Pakistan (Karachi) | $1,161 | $1,733 |
| Singapore | $1,278 | $1,908 |
| Israel (Haifa) | $764 | $1,141 |
| Netherlands (Amsterdam) | $278 | $415 |
| Thailand (Bangkok) | $1,476 | $2,203 |
| Portugal (Lisbon) | $804 | $1,200 |
| Hong Kong | $641 | $956 |
| China (Shanghai) | $727 | $1,085 |
| Turkey (Istanbul) | $761 | $1,136 |
| India (Mumbai) | $964 | $1,439 |
| Kenya (Mombasa) | $2,024 | $3,020 |
| Belgium (Antwerp) | $278 | $415 |
| Barbados (Bridgetown) | $2,319 | $3,462 |
| Saudi Arabia (Jeddah) | $2,271 | $3,390 |
| Italy (Venice) | $960 | $1,433 |
| Jamaica (Kingston) | $2,059 | $3,073 |
| Japan (Tokyo) | $825 | $1,231 |
| Sweden (Stockholm) | $512 | $764 |
| Greece (Theseloninki) | $812 | $1,213 |
| Nigeria (Apapa, Lagos) | $1,128 | $1,683 |
| Norway (Oslo) | $292 | $436 |
| Egypt (Alexandria) | $771 | $1,151 |
| Philippines (Manila) | $881 | $1,316 |
| Malaysia (Port Kelang) | $1,300 | $1,941 |
| Trinidad and Tobago (Port of Spain) | $2,358 | $3,519 |
| Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) | $1,937 | $2,892 |
| Bahrain (Mina Salman) | $1,903 | $2,841 |
| Indonesia (Jakarta) | $1,388 | $2,072 |
| Denmark (Copenhagen) | $278 | $415 |
| Bangladesh (Chittagong) | $1,255 | $1,874 |
| Malta (Valletta) | $842 | $1,257 |
| Mexico (Veracruz) | $1,950 | $2,911 |
| Argentina (Buenos Aires) | $2,361 | $3,524 |
| Qatar (Doha) | $1,868 | $2,788 |
| Oman (Muscat) | $1,914 | $2,857 |
| Venezuela (Puerto Cabello) | $2,325 | $3,470 |
| Jordan (Aqaba) | $873 | $1,303 |
| Kuwait (Shuwaikh) | $1,795 | $2,680 |
| Brunei (Muara) | $1,664 | $2,484 |
| Macau | $717 | $1,070 |
| Russia (St Petersburg) | $515 | $768 |
| Russia (Vladivostok) | $803 | $1,198 |
| Ghana (Tema) | $1,270 | $1,896 |
| Poland (Gdansk) | $312 | $466 |
| Tanzania (Dar es Salaam) | $2,303 | $3,438 |
| Chile (San Antonio) | $1,733 | $2,587 |
- All $ figures in United States Dollars (USD)
- Rates are accurate as of early 2017.
- The countries selected and their order on the tables above was based on the estimated size of the British diaspora living there. However, we were not able to find data for Austria, Switzerland, Malawi, Czech Republic, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Luxembourg, Hungary or Botswana because they are either landlocked or had no data available.
- The estimated rates listed above are based on port-to-port sea based shipping of $50,000 USD worth of household goods according to WorldFreightRates.com.
- The maps were created by MoverDB.com based on the BlankMap-World gray.svg. You are free to share the maps so long as you provide an attribution link back to MoverDB.com
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