Air, ocean and RoRo freight forwarding from the UK to every continent

Shipping Schedules

Sailings, flights and cut-off deadlines from the UK

Vehicles load weekly from the main UK RoRo berths, containers connect to mainline services several times a week, and air cargo departs daily. Here is how the timetable usually works and what we need from you before each cut-off.

Sailing schedule finder, shipping lines by region

Pick a region to see the carriers we book, the UK load port, the next departure dates and the documentation closing date for each service.

Short-sea and Mediterranean tonnage runs several times a week, so most European vehicle and container bookings load within seven days of instruction.

Grimaldi Lines

RoRo
UK load port
Tilbury / Southampton
Discharge ports
Antwerp, Bilbao, Savona, Piraeus
Frequency
Weekly
Transit
3 to 8 days
Next departuresDocuments / cargo close
Wed 21 OctSun 18 Oct
Wed 28 OctSun 25 Oct
Wed 4 NovSun 1 Nov

DFDS Seaways

RoRo
UK load port
Immingham / Dover
Discharge ports
Rotterdam, Gothenburg, Calais
Frequency
3 to 4 weekly
Transit
1 to 3 days
Next departuresDocuments / cargo close
Tue 20 OctSun 18 Oct
Tue 27 OctSun 25 Oct
Tue 3 NovSun 1 Nov

Stena Line

RoRo
UK load port
Killingholme / Harwich
Discharge ports
Hoek van Holland, Rotterdam
Frequency
Daily
Transit
1 to 2 days
Next departuresDocuments / cargo close
Fri 23 OctThu 22 Oct
Fri 30 OctThu 29 Oct
Fri 6 NovThu 5 Nov

Maersk / Sealand

Container
UK load port
Felixstowe / London Gateway
Discharge ports
Rotterdam, Algeciras, Gioia Tauro
Frequency
2 to 3 weekly
Transit
4 to 12 days
Next departuresDocuments / cargo close
Thu 22 OctMon 19 Oct
Thu 29 OctMon 26 Oct
Thu 5 NovMon 2 Nov

CMA CGM (MEDEX)

Container
UK load port
Southampton
Discharge ports
Malta, Piraeus, Izmir, Beirut
Frequency
Weekly
Transit
8 to 16 days
Next departuresDocuments / cargo close
Mon 19 OctThu 15 Oct
Mon 26 OctThu 22 Oct
Mon 2 NovThu 29 Oct

Consolidated air cargo

Air
UK load port
Heathrow / Manchester / EMA
Discharge ports
All major European airports
Frequency
Daily
Transit
1 to 2 days
Next departuresDocuments / cargo close
Thu 22 OctWed 21 Oct
Thu 29 OctWed 28 Oct
Thu 5 NovWed 4 Nov
Countries covered in Europe: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine. Air freight departs weekly on consolidations and daily on direct services, with a three to four day transit depending on destination.
From booking to dischargeStart a booking
  1. 1

    Booking

    Space confirmed against a named vessel or flight number.

  2. 2

    Collection

    Haulage or drive-in arranged inside the port cut-off.

  3. 3

    Customs

    Export entry, VGM and certificates filed before the deadline.

  4. 4

    Sailing

    Bill of lading or air waybill issued and sent to you.

  5. 5

    Arrival

    Agent clears, settles duty and releases to the consignee.

How to read the schedule finder

Every service listed in the finder above is a string we actively book, not an average of the market. Pick your destination region and you will see the carrier, the UK loading port, the discharge ports on the rotation, how often the service runs, the port-to-port transit and the next three departure dates with their documentation closing date beside them.

Vehicles moving on roll-on roll-off tonnage load weekly from Tilbury, Southampton and Portsmouth. Containers connect to mainline services from Felixstowe, London Gateway, Liverpool and Southampton several times a week, and air cargo departs daily from Heathrow, Manchester and East Midlands. Because rotations shift with vessel delays and berth windows, we confirm the named sailing or flight number in writing when the booking is raised rather than quoting a generic frequency.

Meeting the cut-off

The closing date matters more than the sailing date. Vehicle paperwork needs to reach us around five working days before the ship loads so the DVLA and HMRC formalities clear in time; container gate-in, the verified gross mass declaration and the export entry sit roughly forty-eight hours ahead of the vessel cut-off; air bookings close a day or two before departure. Miss the cut-off and the cargo simply rolls to the following departure, which on a fortnightly string can cost two weeks. Send the details early and we will hold space on the earliest realistic sailing for your collection date.

If you already know the region and the cargo, request a booking and we will come back with the vessel name, the loading port, the cut-off time and the documents we need from you.