Container haulage services
Six services, each with its own page, all on the same operator licence and the same freight liability cover. Most of the work is standard boxes, and the rest is the work that changes the vehicle, the route or the paperwork.
- Ports
- 6 UK container ports
- Own fleet
- 40 vehicles, 40 trailers
- Freight liability
- £6,500 per tonne, RHA 2024 conditions
The standard box, and the ones that are not
Jagelo Haulage has moved more than 75,000 containers since 2019, run by people who have been in container haulage since 2015. The everyday work is 20ft and 40ft containers on our own skeletal trailers, collected from the port and delivered to a door somewhere in Great Britain.
The services below are how we split the rest. Each one changes something about the job: who books it, how heavy the box is, whether it needs power, whether it fits a standard trailer, or whether the cargo needs a registration to carry at all. Each page says what changes, how we handle it and what we need from you to plan it.
If your box does not fit any of them, send the details anyway. We tell you straight whether we can take it, and what it needs if we can.
Jagelo Haulage in figures
- Containers moved since 2019
- 75,000+
- Containers a year
- 13,000+
- Vehicles of our own
- 40
- UK ports served
- 6
Six services, one haulier
Each page covers how we handle the work, what we need from you, which ports it runs from and the questions forwarders ask first.
Merchant haulage
You book the haulage, not the shipping line. Your slot, your rate, your say.
FCL container transport
Full container loads in 20ft, 40ft, high cube and 45ft, port to door.
Overweight containers
Heavy boxes planned against axle weights and route, legal on the road.
Refrigerated containers
Reefers moved with the power and timing the temperature needs.
Out of gauge
Flat racks and open tops, with the route planned before collection.
Animal feed, Category 3
APHA registered to carry Category 3 feed in containers. Most hauliers are not.
Container sizes, stated exactly
Standard dimensions are published to ISO 668, so they are given to the centimetre. The last two rows each change the vehicle or the route, which is why the quote form asks about them.
| 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. |
Container work a standard haulier has to turn away
Two registrations let us carry container cargo that a haulier without them cannot legally take. The animal feed one is the rarer of the two: a forwarder with Category 3 feed on the water has a short list of hauliers to call.
Animal feed, Category 3
Anyone transporting animal by-products must be registered with the Animal and Plant Health Agency, unless an exemption applies. We are registered to carry Category 3 animal feed in shipping containers, quay to premises. Category 3 is the low risk category, and the rules still apply to it: covered, leak-proof vehicles and containers, cleaned, disinfected and dried before and after every use. How animal feed collections work.
Other people’s waste, upper tier
In England, carrying other people’s waste needs an upper tier registration with the Environment Agency. Ours is upper tier, as a carrier and a dealer. The government’s duty of care code expects anyone handing waste to a carrier to check that registration on the public register first, so we publish the number and link to the entry.
Registrations, and where to check them
- Waste carrier and dealer, CBDU471791Our entry on the Environment Agency public register
- Operator licence, OF2023521Find lorry or bus operators, on GOV.UK
- Animal by-products, U1433815/TRANSAPHA registration, Category 3, animal feed in shipping containers
The licences and cover behind every service
Whichever service a box moves under, and whether it moves on our vehicle or a partner’s, these are the registrations and limits behind it.
- Operator licence
- OF2023521
- 40 vehicles and 40 trailers, on the DVSA public register.
- Freight liability
- £6,500 per tonne
- Under RHA 2024 conditions, five times the RHA standard of £1,300. Subcontracted loads carry the same limit. Up to £10,000 per tonne by arrangement for high value freight.
- Waste carrier and dealer
- CBDU471791
- Environment Agency, upper tier.
- Animal by-products, Category 3
- U1433815/TRANS
- APHA registration to carry animal feed in shipping containers, quay to premises.
- Employers’ liability
- £10,000,000
- Any one event.
- Public and products liability
- £5,000,000
- Each, any one event.
Container haulage services, answered
How quickly will I get a price?
The same working day. Send the port, the delivery postcode, the container size and the date. If the box is heavy, refrigerated, out of gauge or hazardous, say so in the same message, because each changes the vehicle and so the price.
Do you carry hazardous containers?
Send the UN number and class with the request and we confirm whether we can take it before we quote. Hazardous work changes the vehicle and the paperwork, so it is never something to raise on the day.
Can you move out of gauge or abnormal loads?
Send the dimensions and the weight. We check them and confirm at quote stage what the load needs and whether we can move it. Flat racks and open tops change the route and the notice needed, so they are planned before collection, never on the quay.
Do you carry waste in containers?
We hold an upper tier waste carrier and dealer registration with the Environment Agency, CBDU471791, which is what carrying other people’s waste in England needs. Tell us what the waste is and where it is going, and we confirm whether we can take it before we quote.
The register is public, and the duty of care code expects you to check a carrier on it before you hand waste over. Check ours.
What cover applies to my container?
Freight liability at £6,500 per tonne under RHA 2024 conditions, five times the RHA standard of £1,300, whichever service it is. Loads we subcontract carry the same limit. Up to £10,000 per tonne is available by arrangement for high value freight.
Not sure which service your box needs?
Send the port, the container and the postcode, and anything unusual about the box. We price it the same working day and tell you what it needs.