Send three months of shipments. That is the whole ask.
No tender document, no volume forecast, no commitment. Lanes, weights and how often — and you get your actual routes priced against what you pay now, itemised so you can see where the difference comes from.
An account is not right for everyone yet
There is no minimum volume and we will not turn you away for being small. But an account is administration, and administration should earn its place.
Any two of these are true
- You ship at least a few times a month, on lanes that repeat
- Somebody re-types the same addresses regularly
- You are quoting the same route again and again
- Paying per shipment is creating work for your finance team
- Your customers ask you where their orders are
- You are sending high-value goods, even in small numbers
This sounds more like you
- You ship occasionally, with no pattern to it
- Every consignment is a different route and a different commodity
- You are sending one thing, once
- Your supplier already arranges and pays for the freight
- You are comparing us out of curiosity rather than need
Nine fields, five of them required
Deliberately short. What decides your rates is the shipping history, not the form — so put your effort into the attachment rather than into filling boxes.
Four steps, and you can stop after any of them
Nothing here commits you. Two of these conversations regularly end with us saying a business is fine as it is — which is a better outcome than signing someone up to save them nothing.
We read the history
Your actual lanes, weights and frequency. If something important is missing we ask, rather than pricing around a guess.
We price your routes
Against what you pay now, line by line, so you can see whether the difference is in the base rate or in the charges underneath it.
A straight answer
Including "this would not save you enough to be worth the disruption" if that is what the numbers say.
Set up, then one lane
Account opened, portal access issued, named contact introduced. Prove it on a single route before moving anything else.
What setup usually asks for
None of this is needed to apply. It is here so nothing arrives as a surprise once a conversation is under way.
Company details
Registered name, trading address and billing contact, so invoices go to the right entity and the right person.
Checks, if credit terms are wanted
Accounts settled at booking need very little. Where invoicing on terms is requested, the usual commercial checks may apply.
Authority to declare
For international shipping, written authority for our brokers to make customs declarations on your behalf. Standard, and quick.
Three other doors
Price one shipment
You have a consignment now and an account is a later problem. The quote form is quicker and gets you a number.
See what an account includes
Tools, rate factors and how the stages work, before you decide whether to apply for one.
Just ask a question
If you are not sure an account is the thing you need, describe the problem instead and we will tell you what is.
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