How is a part load priced?

On the space your effects occupy in the container, plus collection from your UK address and delivery at the Cyprus end. That is why the survey matters — an accurate assessment of what you are sending is what makes the quotation accurate. We do not price part loads from a guess over the telephone.

Is groupage slower than a sole-use container?

Usually, yes, because the container waits until it is full and is then unpacked at the destination before delivery. The sea leg is identical; the difference is at either end. If you are working to a fixed handover date, tell us and we will plan around it.

What is the smallest shipment worth sending by sea?

A handful of boxes is usually better sent as air freight or excess baggage, because the fixed costs of a sea shipment stop making sense at very low volumes. From roughly a large room's worth of contents upwards, groupage is normally the cheapest route. We will tell you which side of that line you fall on.

Part Load and Groupage Shipping to Cyprus

Share a container with other Cyprus-bound shipments and pay only for the space you use.

Not every move fills a container, and there is no sense paying for space you are not using. Groupage consolidates your effects with other UK shipments heading to Cyprus so that the cost of the container is shared between everyone in it. For a flat's worth of furniture, a part-furnished holiday home, or the fifty boxes and three pieces you actually care about, it is comfortably the most sensible option.

How consolidation works

Your effects are collected, brought into our warehouse, inventoried and set aside in a dedicated bay. When enough Cyprus-bound volume has accumulated, the container is loaded with each consignment kept separate and clearly identified, then sealed and shipped. At the destination, the container is unpacked and each consignment delivered to its own address.

What it means for your timings

The trade-off for the lower cost is a little less control over the departure date, because the container leaves when it is full. We publish indicative departure windows and tell you at the point of booking which one you are aiming for. If your date is immovable, a sole-use container or air freight will serve you better, and we will say so.

How your goods are protected

Shared does not mean loose. Each consignment is palletised, wrapped or crated as appropriate and physically separated within the container, and the numbered inventory travels with it. Our crews are the only people who handle your effects in the UK, and our destination team the only people who handle them in Cyprus.

What this includes

Collection from any UK address

Inventory and consolidation in our UK warehouse

Palletising, wrapping or crating as required

Shared container space priced on volume used

Separation and identification within the container

Cypriot clearance and delivery to your address

Questions

Part Load and Groupage Shipping to Cyprus

How consolidation works

What it means for your timings

How your goods are protected

What this includes

Part Loads & Groupage — frequently asked

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