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We’re the best Cargo Shipping Company in the business…..and we’re Eco. Friendly!

PODs Cargo Ltd. has been based in the freight and cargo centre at London Heathrow Airport since the early 90´s and is one of the world’s premier authorities in multi-mode cargo handling and air freight, sea freight and road freight forwarding worldwide.

We provide a competitive, fully inclusive suite of freight services for all manner of shipping needs and can offer unequivocal peace of mind to anyone moving home, relocating cargo and excess baggage abroad, transporting valuable items, specialist or hazardous cargo, coordinating consistent transportation deadlines or intercontinental freight shipping by sea, road and air.

We’ve got all your moving freight and cargo handling requirements covered.

We work on a personal basis with all our cargo clients to create the perfect freight transportation package and offer comprehensive, professionally executed, no-hidden-cost freight transportation and cargo handling. We individually assess location, contents, speed of freight transit required, preferred dates and times to suit the freight client and from this we create the most economic and time attractive cargo shipping solutions. We are equipped to cover every aspect of your cargo relocation or shipping needs, from individual excess baggage requirements to the largest foreign import/export freight contracts from America, the Far East and Africa.

PODs Cargo Ltd. is a licensed cargo customs clearance broker for freight in the U.K.

With our direct 24/7 freight link to the main customs cargo computer, we freight consolidate from multiple cargo suppliers and shippers around the world, subsequently offering our clients a convenient collaboration service which avoids unnecessary freight charges and delays. Freight arriving in the UK from China, Hong Kong, or America can be immediately transferred to the PODs Cargo customs approved ERTS freight bonded warehouse to avoid costly air and shipping line import freight handling charges and clearance delays.

Our single- source freight and cargo forwarding services include:

  • Excess baggage shipping by sea freight, air freight and road freight worldwide.
  • International household removals/relocations.
  • Punctual cargo and freight scheduling.
  • Professional freight packing and cargo unpacking.
  • State of the art transportation vehicles and air freight equipment.
  • Multiple cargo delivery or pick up freight options.
  • Comprehensive LTL (less than truckload) European Road Freight services.
  • Flexible freight collection times both import and export.
  • Door to door/door to terminal excess baggage freight options.
  • Free shipping cartons for excess baggage freight users.
  • Exclusive or shared sea freight shipping containers.
  • Outsize/Overweight cargo quotes (personal effects, machinery, vehicles etc).
  • Antique and Fine Art shipment of cargo worldwide.
  • Freight Customs and Clearance handling of imports from China, Hong Kong and the USA.
  • Special Freight Permits.
  • Cargo Import Processing Relief (IPR) custom entries.
  • Temporary, secure, customs bonded storage for your freight and personal baggage shipments.
  • Online air, sea and road freight tracking and status reporting.
  • Specialist cargo services (hazardous, flammable etc).
  • Time critical air freight shipments (medical, aviation etc).
  • Door to door exhibition and trade fair cargo shipments.
  • Groupage and full load European road freight.
  • Excess baggage air freight to Australia and New Zealand
  • Door to Door Air Freight to America
  • Import Cargo from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong

Your Cargo is safe in our hands

Our trademark is the level of care we ensure your freight items receive during cargo collection, freight handling, packaging and transit. We use the best and most appropriate freight packing materials and all our handling and transportation personnel are highly trained and work with state of the art equipment and air freight vehicles. We are approved, certified and fully insured in various forms of transport and with almost no limitations on cargo shipment size or freight weight and a proven record in time- critical air freight and shipments transportation, we can confidently act as your freight forwarder; looking after even the most challenging of shipping requests.

Reliable cargo shipment

Our proven dedication to detail and excellence plus the ability to give optimum performance under the tightest of shipping schedules, has allowed us to specialise in transportation for many significant cargo shippers in the aviation, medical and pharmaceutical industries, rare and fine arts shipments, as well as importers of goods from the U.S.A., China and the Far East. Our aim is to remain top in the cargo shipping field; unbeatable in speed, customer care, reliability, safety and shipping professionalism. Our freight expertise prevails even under the most diverse categories of cargo handling. Whether is a simple air freight shipment of excess baggage to Australia or New Zealand or a full sea freight container from China, we have got the freight solution covered.

Cargo Technology to meet today’s freight shipping demands.

PODs Cargo Ltd is a technology driven freight company. Our computerised inventory and online tracking systems allow us to give you updates on your cargo around the clock during transit. This air and sea freight cargo tracking system is free of charge to all importers and exporters.

PODs Cargo Ltd. puts safety first.

Shipment of hazardous cargo necessitates particular care and expertise.
All members of the PODs Cargo team are trained in the handling and shipment of dangerous goods. We offer specialist advice, U.N. approved packaging and supply of dry ice for shipping hazardous medical, infectious substances, bio and laboratory samples as well as less hazardous flammable liquids and oxidisers.

PODs = linking corporate cargo globally

  • Pioneering the development of the fashion industry in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
  • Liaising with textile manufactures in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea
  • Supporting commercial operations in the Oil, Mineral and Gas industries as well as charitable and government organisations in Africa.
  • Catering for charity clients carrying medical and aid shipments by both aircraft charter and direct airline services.

Air and Sea Freight Worldwide

PODs Cargo Ltd ship air cargo every day to hundreds of destinations world-wide and have our own weekly cargo seafreight containers to dozens of international ports.

  1. Australia, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart
  2. New Zealand, Auckland, Wellington
  3. America, New York, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Detroit, las Vegas, Dallas, Houston, Memphis, Denver, Seattle
  4. India, Mumbai, Karachi, Delhi,
  5. Thailand, Bangkok,
  6. Singapore,
  7. Dubai, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Singapore, Saudi Arabia,
  8. China and Hong Kong.

Import Processing Relief

IPR custom entries are very similar to Outward Processing Relief OPR regulations, once understood by the shipper and importer goods can be transported to and from China, Taiwan, Singapore and even America both door to door and up to port.

European Road Freight

PODs Cargo Ltd, operate daily European door to door trucking services to and from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, Belgium, The Netherlands and Switzerland. Acting as a groupage and full load European road freight operator with partners in both the EEC and non EEC countries.

Reliable Scandinavian trucking services are also offered to Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and twice weekly road freight to the former eastern block countries of Russia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Latvia, Czech republic, Estonia, Lithuanian, Slovakia, and Slovenia have proved to be very popular with PODs Cargo import and export shippers.

From London PODs Cargo Ltd offer the fastest door to door European road freight services to southern Ireland and the Channel Islands hubbing through its Road Freight depot in Dublin or Jersey.

African Air and Sea Freight services

In Africa PODs Cargo supports commercial operations in the Oil, Mineral and Gas industries as well as charitable and government organisations. With partners in Nigeria, Ghana, Namibia, Botswana, Kenya, Congo and Zimbabwe. PODs Cargo is one of the only freight agents in the UK who can effectively support this challenging continents needs.

Direct West African air and sea freight services are offered to Lagos, Tema, Abidjan, Kano, Dakar, Accra, Conakry, Douala, Port Harcourt, Benin, Freetown, Cotonou, Lome, Libreville and Luanda.

For shippers of freight to East Africa PODs Cargo has partners in Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam, Mogadishu, Mombassa, Djibouti, Asmara, Mwanza, Harare, Khartoum and the Ugandan City of Kampala.

Central African freight is carried by our specialist cargo partners to Kinshasa, Luanda, Brazzaville, Lubumbashi, Kampala, Kigali and Bujumbura. PODs Cargo have guaranteed air freight space pre booked to these African destinations for many of it's Charity clients carrying medical and aid shipments by both aircraft charter and direct airline services.

Over the last decade PODs Cargo has become the carrier of choice to North Africa for many shippers in the Oil & Gas industries. Offering a wide range of Air and Sea Freight services to the main centres of Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Casa Blanca, Algiers, Rabat, Marrakech, Oran, Benghazi, Tunis, Tangiers and one of the only Tripoli services that works.

In South Africa, PODs Cargo operates weekly Air and Sea Freight services to the five main cargo entry ports. These being Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Pretoria and the ever popular shipping destination of Johannesburg.

PODs Green policy “Zero Carbon”

PODs is the U.K.'s first freight and cargo company to run it's trucks entirely on alternative LPG and Bio fuel.
As part of its £2 Million investment in alternative green energy, PODs Cargo will be the 1st cargo company in Europe to take delivery of the MODEC Electric Cargo Truck; promoting "Zero Carbon, 100% Green"

PODs…Taking real action…making a real difference.

No matter where you are…we come to you

If you don’t see your location or destination listed, please contact us….there are few places around the globe that PODs cannot reach!

Recognised and approved cargo shipping services
PODs Cargo Ltd. is an approved member of
I.A.T.A. The International Air Transport Association
B.I.F.A.The British International Freight Association
LAPADA The London Art and Antiques Association