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Guernsey is officially classed as a British Crown Dependency. Consequently, it is not a member of the European Union.
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International Freight to Guernsey
Unlike EU states, therefore, there is no import VAT or duty to pay when shipping freight to Guernsey from the UK. However, this only applies so long as the goods being sent to the island were manufactured or obtained in the UK. Despite this, it is important for businesses based on the mainland to note that customs documentation is still required for shipments to Guernsey. You can look at the Guernsey customs website for more information.
Guernsey is not a constituent part of the UK. As such, it represents one of the closest overseas destinations for delivering commercial cargo via road freight. At Barrington Freight, we offer unbeatable shipping rates on our express freight services, groupage services and special handling services for both exports and imports to and from the Channel Islands. For Guernsey, this includes large machinery and consignments of awkward shapes or sizes. We can help with freight to Guernsey’s most common locations – such as Brecqhou, Capelles, Duval, L’Islet, La Collinette, La Tonelli, La Tour, Les Martins, Newtown, Rousse, St. Anne and St Germain – as well as many more out-of-the-way places on the island.
Dedicated Services For Freight Shipment To Guernsey
Our groupage to Guernsey is a popular economic delivery service that only takes as little as three to four days to arrive. We also offer express road freight for urgent cargo. We can ship to Guernsey via our extensive network of depots across the UK, providing door-to-door haulage delivery to the island. We guarantee fast deliveries for urgent import and export consignments. When it comes to full load consignments, these are typically also at their intended destination within three to four days.
Bear in mind that some large deliveries require special care and expertise in Guernsey due to the often tight, winding local roads and vehicle size restrictions on the island. With an extensive network of small streets across Guernsey, large delivery shipments will benefit from our local know-how.
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This includes multiple drop deliveries, as some areas have vehicle size restrictions but others do not. We can provide tail lift vehicles or a Hiab (crane lorry) for those without forklift access. Furthermore, we can also organise particularly challenging shipments, whether they are big, tall, long or high as well as those that include especially heavy, awkward or unusual items, such as large agricultural machinery, for instance.
Please note that we ship EU and UK pallets and carton groupage to Guernsey, too. We can handle printer pallets, wooden pallets, plastic pallets, 120×100 and 120×80 centimetre base pallets, stackable and non-stackable pallets, shrink and stretch wrapped goods, crates, skids and stillages. In short, we cover most types of freight to Guernsey.
Shipping to Guernsey from the UK
It is worth knowing that, here at Barrington Freight, we offer coverage for shipping to Guernsey from all parts of the mainland. It doesn’t matter if your business is located in the Highlands of Scotland, the fenlands of East Anglia or the commercial hub of the country in the Midlands, we will have a driver in your area ready to collect your consignment ready for its onward journey to the South Coast of England and Guernsey beyond. Thanks to our extensive network of professional drivers, we can offer quick turnarounds with collections from Aberdeen to Aberystwyth and from Lowestoft to Ludlow when you have an urgent consignment for Guernsey.
Equally, if you have a full container load (FCL) that needs to be loaded carefully onto a full-size articulated lorry, then we will be able to despatch a driver to your business premises without any undue delay. This means that all B2B operators in the country will be able to confidently fulfil orders from Guernsey-based customers as well as the smaller islands that surround it, such as Sark and Herm. At Barrington Freight, we offer a truly professional service that is designed to meet and exceed the needs of modern British exporters.
Unrivalled Experience Shipping to Guernsey
Barrington Freight is a team of professional and experienced forwarders to the Channel Islands, including Guernsey which is known in French as the “Bailliage de Guernesey ”. Heavily influenced by its proximity to France, laying just 45km (28 miles) from the coast of Normandy, Guernsey still has an undeniable Gallic ambience. You may hear the ancient local dialect of Dgernesiais (Norman patois) still being used if you listen carefully.
Lush botanic gardens, hidden beach coves and glorious sunsets over the Atlantic give Guernsey a distinctly sub-tropical feel. There are more than a few quirky gems to explore such as the Little Chapel and Castle Cornet, as well as the great French writer, Victor Hugo’s house (owned by the city of Paris) which attracts numerous international visitors. As a bailiwick (a district area or jurisdiction), Guernsey is made up of ten parishes. These are Castel, Forest, St Andrew, St Martin, St Peter Port, St Pierre du Bois, St Sampson, St Saviour, Torteval and Vale.
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In addition, Guernsey serves as the gateway to the islands of Alderney and Sark (each with its own parliament), plus the smaller islands of Herm, Jethou and Lihou.
Barrington Freight operates as the premier freight forwarder to Guernsey, offering exceptional shipping rates beyond the parishes and islands to towns and villages. Typical consignments we organise will be to places like Brecqhou, Capelles, Duval, L’Islet, La Collinette, La Tonnelle, La Tour, Les Martins, Newtown, Rousse, St. Anne and St Germain, among others.
GBG haulage (Great Britain-Guernsey) has all the basics covered including consumer goods, food and drink, alcohol, motor vehicles and spares, computers and accessories, white goods and manufactured goods. Major imports to Guernsey from the UK include coal, petrol, oil, machinery and equipment, whilst primary exports from the island include cut flowers and tomatoes. We look forward to helping you organise and ship your full or part cargo load to Guernsey. Rest assured that your freight to Guernsey is safe in our hands.
Unrivalled Experience Transporting Freight To Guernsey
Our groupage to Guernsey is a popular economic delivery service that only takes as little as three to four days to arrive. We also offer express road freight for urgent cargo. We can ship to Guernsey via our extensive network of depots across the UK, providing door-to-door haulage delivery to the island. We guarantee fast deliveries for urgent import and export consignments. When it comes to full load consignments, these are typically also at their intended destination within three to four days.
Bear in mind that some large deliveries require special care and expertise in Guernsey due to the often tight, winding local roads and vehicle size restrictions on the island. With an extensive network of small streets across Guernsey, large delivery shipments will benefit from our local know-how.
Road Freight Transit Times to Guernsey from the UK
The exact pickup and drop locations determine road freight transit times to Guernsey. We aim to deliver 3-4 days for groupage and full load deliveries while express services are frequently much quicker. Specific delivery timing depends on customs compliance.
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Whatever your consignment type, our regular services to and from Guernsey will provide an elegant solution for your shipment. This includes time-sensitive, fragile or even secure loads. For more information about our services to Guernsey or if you have an unusual request, please contact our sales team on 01268 978660 or email sales@barringtonfreight.co.uk.
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2023-11-14
The guys at Barrington are brilliant! I've used them for my shipments for around 12 years now and they never let you down. Always happy to help with anything!
David Darrock
2023-11-10
Barrington Freight are extremely helpful and professional, promptly answering any questions or queries. Communication from them has been great and they have taken the difficulty out of importing freight.
Scott Glazebrook
2023-11-01
Our business is the supply of high end luxury furniture and as such we rely on Barrington Freight to provide a 5* delivery service which they have done time and time again.
Reliable, friendly and efficient sums up this great approachable freight forwarding business.
Krishan Dhillon
2023-11-01
10/10, dealt with everything start to finish. Customer service was friendly and helpful
Sharmane Barrett
2023-10-20
We had a last minute request and Lee was fantastic in helping us to arrange transportation and facilitate delivery from Europe, very quickly with no hiccups. I would highly recommend.
Simon Edgecombe
2023-10-16
HAVING USED MANY SHIPPERS TO IMPORT OUR GOODS FROM THE USA (NONE OUTSTANDING) I DECIDED THIS TIME TO HAVE A SEARCH AROUND TO SEE IF I COULD FIND A BETTER OPTION. I FOUND BARRINGTON FREIGHT AFTER EMAILING MANY OTHERS, SOME OF THEM (UPS,DHL,FEDEX) SIMPLY TOOK SO LONG TO CONTACT ME, THAT IT BECAME STUPID, SIMON AT BARRINGTON CAME BACK TO ME VIRTUALLY STRAIGHT AWAY WITH A VERY GOOD PRICE, ALSO GOOD SHIPPING TIMES. NOW A SERVICE IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE RESULTS, AND THEY WERE AS GOOD AS THEIR WORD. HAPPY TO HAVE FOUND THEM AND SIMON AT BARRINGTON FREIGHT WILL BE THE FIRST PERSON WE GO TO NEXT TIME, WELL DONE!!
Emir Danial
2023-09-26
Brilliant EXW freight forwarding services from China to the UK. Professionally done, readily available for support, and our shipments were trackable. There were last minute issues on regards to customs clearance and redirecting of goods that we take responsibility for, but with their quick action, we were able to swiftly solve it all in much less than 24hrs. Fantastic experience working with Simon and his team, will continue to engage them for the foreseeable future. Thanks again Simon and the BF team!
Tom Gilbey
2023-09-18
Barrington Freight was brilliant from start to finish. We had a very good shipping experience with them.
Dean Marsh
2023-09-09
What a superb company especially Simon Poole the agent who handled all my inquiries even worked over weekend to clear and arrange for my items to be removed from airline shed to save us storage charges Then when there were a little issue with the airline loosening items he dealt with it very quickly. We will only use him for our import Clearence’s now
Tilly H
2023-08-10
I highly recommend Barrington freight. Simon could not do enough for me and as a first time user of freight services I was anxious. Simon guided me smoothly through the whole process from start to finish. I am beyond pleased with the service I was given.
