Container Logistics Planning: UK Operational Guide 2026
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Operator licence OF2023521 Freight liability £6,500/t Since 2019
01473 851924Felixstowe, London Gateway, Southampton, Tilbury, Purfleet and Liverpool. Priced the same working day.
Jagelo Haulage has moved over 75,000 containers since 2019, run by people who have been doing it since 2015.
Each port has its own page with what we move from there and how we handle the booking system. The three Thames terminals are planned together.
Our home port. The yard at Woolpit is about 35 miles from the gate.
20ft, 40ft, high cube, reefer, overweight
Container haulage from FelixstoweDeep-water Thames terminal, planned alongside Tilbury and Purfleet.
20ft, 40ft, high cube, reefer, overweight
Container haulage from London GatewayPort of London container work, on the same Thames runs.
20ft, 40ft, high cube, overweight
Container haulage from TilburyThames terminal collections, planned with London Gateway and Tilbury.
20ft, 40ft, high cube
Container haulage from PurfleetSouth coast deep-sea boxes, delivered inland across the UK.
20ft, 40ft, high cube, reefer, overweight
Container haulage from SouthamptonNorth west collections, including the Liverpool2 deep-water berths.
20ft, 40ft, high cube, overweight
Container haulage from LiverpoolStandard dimensions are published to ISO 668, so they are stated exactly. Heavy, refrigerated and out of gauge work each change the vehicle or the route, which is why the quote form asks.
| Container | Length | Height | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20ft standard | 6.06 m | 2.59 m | The everyday box. |
| 40ft standard | 12.19 m | 2.59 m | Double the floor, same height. |
| 40ft high cube | 12.19 m | 2.90 m | An extra 30 cm of height. Check bridge routes on older lanes. |
| 45ft high cube | 13.72 m | 2.90 m | The longest ISO box on UK roads. |
| Refrigerated | 20 or 40 ft | 2.59 or 2.90 m | Genset where the run needs one. |
| Out of gauge | 20 or 40 ft | Varies | Flat racks and open tops. Route and notice planned before collection. |
You book the haulage, not the shipping line. Your slot, your rate, your say.
Full container loads in 20ft, 40ft, high cube and 45ft, port to door.
Heavy boxes planned against axle weights and route, legal on the road.
Reefers moved with the power and timing the temperature needs.
Flat racks and open tops, with the route planned before collection.
APHA registered to carry Category 3 feed in containers. Most hauliers are not.
40 vehicles and 40 trailers of our own, on operator licence OF2023521, with vetted partner hauliers behind them when a week’s volume demands it. Partners run on their own licences and their loads carry the same cover as ours.
Port, delivery postcode, container size and the date. Overweight or hazardous, say so now: both change the vehicle.
By email, or a call if that is quicker. If something about the box changes the price, we say so when we quote.
Booked against the container’s release and your free time, not against optimism. If a slot is at risk, you hear it from us first.
Every haulier says it. These are the registrations and limits behind ours, so you can check them rather than take our word.
Felixstowe, London Gateway, Southampton, Tilbury, Purfleet and Liverpool. Felixstowe is our home port: the yard at Woolpit is about 35 miles from the gate.
London Gateway, Tilbury and Purfleet are all Thames terminals and we plan them together, so if you split work across the three you are still dealing with one haulier.
The same working day. Send the port, the delivery postcode, the container size and the date, and we come back with a price. If the collection is urgent, call 01473 851924 instead.
Freight liability at £6,500 per tonne under RHA 2024 conditions, which is five times the RHA standard of £1,300. Loads we subcontract carry the same limit. Higher limits up to £10,000 per tonne are available by arrangement for high value freight.
We also carry employers’ liability of £10,000,000 and public and products liability of £5,000,000 each.
Sometimes, and we would rather say so up front. We run 40 vehicles and 40 trailers of our own on operator licence OF2023521. When a week’s volume needs more, vetted partner hauliers running on their own operator licences take the overflow, and those loads carry the same £6,500 per tonne cover as ours.
Yes. Each changes the vehicle or the route, so tell us at quote stage rather than on the day. For overweight boxes we need the gross weight; for reefers the set temperature and whether the run needs a genset; for out of gauge the dimensions.
To price it: the port, the delivery postcode, the container size, how many and when. To book it: the container number, the shipping line, whether the box is released, and the gross weight if it is heavy. If you are not sure of the date yet, say so and we will price it anyway.
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Send the port, the postcode and the box. We price it the same working day, and tell you straight if a slot is tight.