To the Grange Shipping Web Site. We are an independent
Shipping, Freight Forwarding, NVOCC and ERTS organisation based at
Felixstowe, the leading container port in the United Kingdom.
NEWS UPDATE:
ROAD FREIGHT -
We are now able to offer a comprehensive trailer service - full and
part loads, accompanied / unaccompanied to most parts of Europe. Please
contact wendy@grangeshipping.co.uk or download a schedule here. For any of following items please contact this office if you require further information or advice;
Freight Rates - remain very volatile, with carriers cutting capacity by as much as 40% in an effort to stem epic losses. Quotation validity is being reduced to (less than) one month and very often on a vessel by vessel basis. Lines are desperately trying to make rate restorations stick - either directly or through the short notice imposition of 'emergency' surcharges.
March / April 2009 - New rules for the shipment of Plastic waste to Hong Kong and Metal or Paper waste to India now apply,
Please
take a moment to browse our site. We hope it will give you an
indication of who we are, what we can do and the services we can offer
you.
Services & information
Ships Agency is attended on a country-wide basis. Our project cargo work covers hazardous goods including explosives, boats, cranes and planes, as well as the more bizarre - such as 2 white rhino's delivered alive and very much kicking!.
We charter ships and operate Warehousing and a Remote Transit Shed (RTS) within the Port of Felixstowe.
The company holds a UK Home Office Section 5 licence for the legal handling of certain kinds of arms and ammunition and is a member of the Explosives Industry Group of the CBI.
For Customs Clearance we have direct computer links with Felixstowe, Tilbury, Thamesport, Southampton and Liverpool. We are closely involved with Port Health and HM Customs issues including the New Export System (NES), CAP entries and the National Computerised Transit System (NCTS).
Our Links page includes updated links to HM Revenue and Customs and Shipping Lines. Further information including current Port Charges and an introduction to the company can be found on the downloads page.
The News page contains articles on new rules for class 1.4S and Port Charges (July 2008) as well as Fumigation, Fuel Surcharges, Port Health updates, Vehicle Booking Systems (VBS) and implementation of the RHIDES driver identification scheme.
