Haulage Companies in Ipswich

Ipswich has no shortage of haulage companies, and on paper many of them look similar. The differences that matter in practice are equipment range, how quickly someone answers the phone, and whether the haulier is close enough to react when a container clears late.

We are a container specialist rather than a general haulier. That is a narrower offer than some, but it means the equipment for awkward container work — lightweight chassis, sideloader, genset trailers, extended twistlocks, the low loader — is already on the fleet rather than hired in.

Our lightweight chassis moves 40ft and 45ft containers up to 31,400kg — often too heavy for a standard skeletal — without splitting the load across two vehicles. Our underslung genset trailers keep reefers chilled without the cost of a separate clip-on unit. And where a load is hazardous, oversized or out of gauge, our Broshuis low loader and ADR-equipped vehicles cover it.

That range means a Suffolk business with an awkward container rarely needs a second supplier — the equipment for the exception is already local.

Much of our work is repeat business for Suffolk importers and freight forwarders who need containers moved from Felixstowe to their own premises, or from their premises back to the port for export. We also carry containers for many of the major shipping lines calling at Felixstowe, which is as much a function of being local and reliable as it is of any one relationship.

Because we are ten miles from most of our customers, the relationship tends to be a phone call rather than a portal. That suits a lot of operators better than it suits a national account structure.