Shipping Baggage to Australia from UK

All your possessions will be professionally handled by our own staff. As members of various International Associations, our staff are trained to exacting standards.

Our quotations are based on volume, and we can tailor made to suit your needs and requirements. We will provide you with a written quotation outlining the services offered and our contract conditions and exclusions. Prices will vary depending on whether you are baggage shipping 1 item or have several items to move.

Generally, with an international shipping baggage to Australia from the UK by sea, it is approximately 12 weeks depending on Final destination. By liaising with your Move Manager, it may be possible to reduce or increase these delivery times so that they fit in with your travel arrangements.

As specialist baggage shippers to Australia from the UK, we are constantly able to fit clients in a short notice for collection dates, normally we work on a fortnight notice is best, however we can accommodate clients on 24 hours’ notice if time is of the essence.

All we require prior to shipping, is a contact address and contact details. Once your baggage shipment has arrived in Australia and has been through the customs clearance and the quarantine formalities, it is at this point, we will require a delivery address, however if you are not in a position to provide, we can arrange storage on your behalf.

Insurance is an important consideration in any relocation. If you are packing the baggage shipment yourself, we would be able to offer you a total loss policy, if we are professional packing your consignment for you, then we can provide an all risks marine transit insurance policy. A transit
proposal form will be provided with all our quotation extended. We advise you to read the information we provide you carefully; if there any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to ask.

Prior to your moving day, our operations team will confirm the date and approximate time scale. Once crew has arrived at your collection address, we will prepare the baggage shipment for transit, with owner packed cartons we will check, that they confirm to international moving standards and are in good condition for the journey, if not we may suggest that we repack for you at an additional costs. We will also number and list on a specialised inventory form each individual item and give you a copy for your records, we will then load our vehicle and return to our depot where we will consolidate into a shared / groupage container service and ready for shipping to Australia.

We will contact you before your consignment arrives at the port in Australia, once it has arrived, we will arrange for your baggage consignment to be customs cleared by Australian Customs and Border Protection Services. To assist us with your clearance you will be required to complete an unaccompanied effects statement which is an Australian customs form B534, this can be completed in the UK before your departure or in Australia. If baggage shipment arrives into Australia before you do, you can nominate a member of your family or a friend in Australia to act on your behalf, but in this scenario you must complete the Australian customs form B534 yourself before you depart the UK. You will also be required to present the following information to Australian Customs. Once customs are quarantine formalities have been completed, we will require delivery address.

Quotation extend will be based on a ground floor door to ground floor door service and will included terminals and custom clearance formalities, what is not included in our quotations are deliveries above ground floor i.e. lift and stairs, abnormal access i.e. long carry, parking, customs inspection fees, any customs duty or taxes on new goods are goods that do not meet the unaccompanied effects ruling. (AQIS) Australian Quarantine inspections which are mandatory in Australia. (AQIS) Australian Quarantine inspection fees will not been included in any quotations extended and are payable direct to our colleagues in Australia.

On booking of your baggage shipping to Australia from the UK we will take a 15% deposit to secure your nominated collection date, Once your shipment has been collected we will provide you with a final balance invoice which is In accordance with our trading terms we will respectfully request that we receive payment of the invoice within 72 hours of it being issued.
Once payment has been received your consignment will be scheduled to depart as per your quoted terms. Of course if we can assist you further at any time please do not hesitate to contact our office on 01323 763689 or info@relouk.com