Freight forwarding service
Pickups
Cargo collection scheduled around your production timeline, from one-off consignments to recurring pickups, handed straight into your onward freight booking.
- Schedule
- One-off or recurring collections
- Coverage
- Factories, warehouses and supplier sites
- Handover
- Direct into your onward booking
What pickups covers
Our pickup service is scheduled around your production and shipping timeline, reducing the coordination burden on your team.
From single consignments to recurring pickup schedules, our fleet and local teams handle collection reliably across our operating locations.
Key capabilities
- Scheduled and recurring pickup options
- Coordination with onward freight booking
- Local fleet support across operating cities
- Clear handover and documentation at collection
Best suited for
Shippers who want pickup coordinated directly with their onward freight movement.
Typical situations
When pickups is the right fit
Supplier collections
Collecting from a vendor who will not or cannot arrange delivery to the forwarder.
Recurring scheduled collection
A fixed weekly or monthly pickup aligned to a production cycle.
Multi-point collection runs
Several pickups on one route, consolidated into a single onward booking.
Collections with site constraints
Addresses where the vehicle size, loading hours or absence of a dock decides how the collection has to be planned — worked out before the truck is dispatched rather than at the gate.
How it works
How we handle pickups
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Collection details
Address, ready date, weight, volume and packaging are captured up front.
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Scheduling
The collection slot is agreed with both you and the collection point.
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Collection
Our local team or fleet collects and documents the handover.
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Handover to freight
Cargo passes directly into the onward ocean, air or inland booking.
Before we can quote
What we need from you
You can send an enquiry without all of it, but each missing item usually costs a round trip before you have a usable rate.
- Full collection address and a site contact
- Ready date and the hours the site can load
- Approximate weight, volume and packaging type
- Whether loading assistance is available on site
Pricing
What moves the cost
So a quote is not a black box. These are the factors that actually change the number on a pickups shipment.
- Distance from our nearest operating location
- Vehicle size the site can physically accept
- One-off collection versus a recurring schedule
- Waiting or loading time at the collection point
Related
Services often combined with pickups
Need a pickups quote?
Send us the route, cargo details and your ready date — we will come back with rates and routing options.
Questions
Pickups questions
From where can you arrange a cargo pickup?
Factories, warehouses, supplier locations, and general business addresses — anywhere your cargo is ready for collection.
Can pickups be scheduled recurringly, not just one-time?
Yes — we support both single-consignment pickups and recurring pickup schedules coordinated with your production timeline.
Is pickup coordinated automatically with my onward freight booking?
Yes — pickup is planned as part of the same shipment, so handover into onward ocean, air, or inland transport stays aligned.
What information do you need to schedule a pickup?
Pickup address, ready date, approximate weight/volume, and packaging type — all captured on our rate enquiry form.