Shipping from the USA

KTL’s import services from the USA include export customs brokerage, trucking and inland drayage from any US State up to the port or airport ready for departure, we can then offer sea freight or air freight to England.

No matter if you use sea freight or air freight, we can arrange the full package shipping from the USA, including handling payment of Duty and Taxes to UK Customs.

Shipping by sea freight is cheaper but takes longer than air freight especially if your shipment is heavy or large.  Ocean freight between the USA to the UK normally takes between seven and thirty days depending on the US load port.  With multiple options from all USA ports and airports we guarantee daily departures.

Air freight is fast, effective and perfect for urgent or fragile, high value goods when shipping from the USA to the UK.  There are hundreds of airfreight options from the USA, many have multiple daily departures from and we have the possibility to send to not only the main LHR (Heathrow) and MAN(Manchester) Airports, but also several regional airports around the UK.

We recommend your good are insured and we can offer insurance solutions that give full coverage against all manner of incidents. We will help provide the right level of support should your goods be declared damaged or lost under general average. We can assist you with high value and special goods insurance too. We can give you an instant quote and normally cover straight away.  

By using KTL to handle your logistics you are trusting us to get the shipment to the UK as soon as possible, we understand how important your shipment is, and we will carefully monitor and check to ensure timely arrival and use our expert knowledge and contacts to make sure cargo arrives on time.  Our negotiated rates with various agents, airlines and shipping lines along with personal relationships with our partners makes it an easy decision to use KTL when you are considering who to use, and who you can trust to handle your USA shipping.

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