Norholm Freight · Full containers, door to door

Felixstowe today

Terminal gates: Open, normal running
Vessels on berth: 6 working, 2 waiting
Truck turnaround: 41 min average

Norholm has moved containers through Felixstowe since 1974. We book the space, clear the entry and put the box on one of our own trucks, so one desk answers for the whole journey.

How we work

52 yrs: on the Felixstowe docks
38: trucks of our own, controlled 24/7
14: load ports with weekly sailings
7,400 m²: bonded warehouse at Trimley

Five services, one file

Book one service or all five. Most customers start with a single lane and hand us the rest within a year.

Twenty-foot, forty-foot and high cube boxes on contracts we renegotiate every quarter with six lines, with space held through peak.
From
£1,240 per 20′
Sailings
Weekly from 14 ports
Transit
24 to 40 days
Full container loads in detail
One to eight pallets in our own weekly consolidations from Shanghai, Ningbo and Ho Chi Minh City, devanned in our shed at Trimley.
From
£68 per m³
Cut-off
Weekly, fixed day
Devanning
Within 24 hours
Groupage in detail
Thirty-eight of our own trucks out of Felixstowe, Southampton and London Gateway, with side-lifters for sites without a dock.
From
£495 to the Midlands
Control
24 hours, 7 days
Slots
Booked on release
Container haulage in detail
Our brokers lodge import and export declarations on CDS while the ship is still at sea, so boxes are released at discharge.
From
£45 per entry
Lodged
Before arrival
Covers
Duty, VAT, excise
Customs clearance in detail
A 7,400 m² bonded shed four miles from the port. Duty is paid only when goods leave bond, and stock reports arrive every Monday.
From
£3.20 per pallet week
Space
7,400 m², bonded
Reports
Every Monday
Bonded warehousing in detail

A container ship alongside the quay at dawn — Twenty-foot, forty-foot and high cube boxes on contracts we renegotiate every quarter with six lines, with space held through peak.
From
£1,240 per 20′
Sailings
Weekly from 14 ports
Transit
24 to 40 days
Full container loads in detail

One box, followed door to door

NHLU 418207 6, a 40′ high cube of 1,212 cartons of upholstered furniture, for a homewares retailer, August 2026.

4 Aug09:10
Booked · Ho Chi Minh City
Space on the 9 Aug sailing. Empty high cube released to the factory in Binh Duong.
Far East desk
7 Aug16:40
Gated in full · Cat Lai terminal
Verified gross mass 18,420 kg sent to the line before cut-off.
Our agent, HCMC
9 Aug22:15
Loaded · Cat Lai
On the feeder Corran Bay, voyage 032W.
Ocean
12 Aug06:30
Transhipped · Tanjung Pelepas
Onto the mainliner Hollesley for the run to Europe.
Ocean
27 Aug14:00
Northbound transit · Suez Canal
ETA Felixstowe confirmed for 8 Sep. Customs entry drafted.
Customs desk
5 Sep11:20
Entry pre-lodged · Norholm House
Declaration lodged three days before arrival, duty on the retailer’s deferment account.
Customs desk
8 Sep05:30
Discharged and released · Felixstowe
Off the ship at dawn. No hold, no exam, released at 07:02.
Import desk
8 Sep13:20
Collected · Felixstowe
Our truck 21 picked it up on a 13:00 terminal slot.
Haulage control
8 Sep17:41
Delivered · Daventry DC
Booked slot 17:30. Tipped in 52 minutes, empty back to our depot by 22:10.
Haulage control

A ship-to-shore crane lifting a container against a clear sky

Next sailings into Felixstowe

From	Vessel	Cut-off	ETA	Our space	Book
ShanghaiCNSHA	Hollesley Bay 041W	Thu 8 Oct	13 Nov	Available	Book space
NingboCNNGB	Corran Bay 038W	Wed 7 Oct	11 Nov	Limited	Book space
BusanKRPUS	Shingle Street 112W	Thu 8 Oct	17 Nov	Available	Book space
Ho Chi Minh CityVNSGN	Orford Ness 027W	Fri 9 Oct	12 Nov	Available	Book space
Port KlangMYPKG	Bawdsey 019W	Mon 12 Oct	10 Nov	Last few slots	Book space
Nhava ShevaINNSA	Landguard 064W	Sat 10 Oct	7 Nov	Available	Book space
MundraINMUN	Deben Point 022W	Tue 13 Oct	9 Nov	Limited	Book space
New YorkUSNYC	Harwich Spirit 009E	Wed 7 Oct	20 Oct	Available	Book space