Container Shipping

1st Move International offer weekly container shipping services to all major countries across the globe.

Whether you are shipping just a few items of personal effects or moving the full contents of your family home we have container shipping services to suit your budget.

Read about our container shipping service's features below.

Container sharing: Our bespoke packing systems allow for the safest method of sharing space inside containers allowing you substantial savings on your shipping costs.

Sole use container: For those larger full house moves we offer packing and loading direct from your front door into the shipping lines own containers. We can also collect your goods and return to our own warehouse should you require our bespoke shrink fast packing services.

Track your shipping container 24/7: Whether you are sharing a container with other clients or shipping your own overseas, you can track your move 24/7 with our container tracking tool.

Standard shipping container sizes: As a rough guide the contents of a 3 bed house would normally fit inside a 20ft container. The full contents of a 4 or 5 bed house would normally require a 40ft container. Please feel free to ask us for advice on the size of container you need to ship your personal effects overseas. You can call us FREE on 0800 3890784 or post your shipping enquiry online here. Container sizes can vary slightly depending on which shipping line we use, the following sizes are to be used as a guideline only.

1st Move International offer regular weekly container shipping services to Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, South Africa and more. Weekly shipping and household removals by sole use and shared container services across the globe.