Shipping Furniture from the UK to the USA

With shared-container shipping, the price is largely based on the final packed volume of your shipment, so using the available space efficiently can make a real difference to the cost.

Our packing teams carefully build each pallet to make the best use of the available space. Where practical, furniture can be dismantled and smaller packed items can be placed in otherwise unused spaces, such as inside empty drawers or beneath tables and chairs. Items are then carefully stacked and secured together to create a compact, stable pallet.

Because your furniture is consolidated together as its own palletised shipment, we can concentrate on packing your goods efficiently as one unit. This helps reduce wasted space, minimise the final packed volume and keep shared-container shipping costs as low as practical.

For most smaller and medium-sized furniture shipments, shared-container sea freight is usually the most economical option. You pay for the space your shipment occupies rather than the cost of hiring an entire container.

For larger furniture loads, a dedicated 20ft or 40ft container can become more economical depending on the total packed volume.

Sometimes, although our shared-container service has a minimum charge based on 2 cubic metres, so shipping a single item may not always be economical.

If you are considering shipping one or two pieces, it is worth including any other furniture or boxes you may want to take. You may be able to add these without significantly increasing the cost where your shipment remains within the minimum chargeable volume.

It often makes sense to ship furniture that is high quality, valuable, sentimental or difficult to replace. Complete furniture sets and items that suit your new home can also be more economical to ship than replace after you arrive.

For inexpensive or particularly bulky furniture, it is worth comparing the shipping cost with the cost of buying a replacement in the USA.

No. Where necessary, our packing team can dismantle suitable furniture as part of the collection and packing process.

Items such as beds, tables and some wardrobes can often be dismantled to reduce their packed volume. This is particularly useful with shared-container shipping, where making efficient use of space can help keep shipping costs down.

Yes. We regularly ship fragile and valuable items alongside furniture, including antiques, mirrors, paintings and artwork.

These items may require additional protective packing, and some antiques or furniture made from restricted materials may require additional customs documentation. Let us know about any particularly valuable, fragile or unusual pieces when requesting your quote so we can advise on the most appropriate packing and shipping arrangements.