Shiplink Ltd packs, crates, and ships fragile, valuable, oversized, and difficult-to-move items for businesses and private clients across the UK. From fine art, antiques, and furniture to machinery, commercial equipment, and exhibition materials, our specialist team manages collection, bespoke packing, customs coordination, and delivery to destinations worldwide
Whether you are shipping one important item or coordinating a complex commercial movement, ShipLink brings the right packing, freight, and project expertise together through one point of contact.
Every artwork and antique has its own construction, condition, value, and handling risk. Shiplink Ltd assesses the item before recommending the packing, crating, and transport method.
We support artists, collectors, galleries, auction houses, museums, interior designers, and private clients with UK collection and worldwide delivery. Services can include museum-grade protective materials, bespoke wooden crates, collection from auction houses, customs coordination, and delivery to galleries, exhibitions, or private residences.
Heavy, sensitive, or high-value equipment needs more than transport. It needs a safe lifting, securing, packing, and freight plan.
Shiplink Ltd works with manufacturers, engineering companies, workshops, universities, laboratories, and commercial organisations to move machinery and specialist equipment across the UK and worldwide. Depending on the equipment, protection may include reinforced pallet bases, internal bracing, foam, moisture barriers, and fully enclosed export crates.
Interior projects often involve valuable pieces from several suppliers, different collection dates, and a fixed installation programme. Shiplink Ltd coordinates the moving parts through a single logistics contact.
We arrange supplier collections, professional packing, custom crating, shipment consolidation, and domestic or international delivery for interior designers, architects, furniture makers, retailers, property developers, and private clients.
From a single designer chair to a complete residential, hotel, or commercial installation, the solution is planned around the item, destination, access requirements, and project schedule
Commercial freight often involves larger goods, strict deadlines, several collection points, or specialist handling. Shiplink Ltd provides planned road, air, and sea freight solutions for businesses that need more than a parcel carrier.
We coordinate collections, palletisation, export packing, consolidation, temporary storage where agreed, documentation, and delivery. Customers have one point of contact instead of managing separate packing, collection, and freight suppliers.
We support manufacturers, engineering firms, retailers, universities, interior designers, construction suppliers, exhibitors, and other organisations moving equipment, materials, and specialist goods.
Different industries bring different risks, handling requirements, and deadlines. We assess the item, value, destination, and delivery conditions before recommending a solution—never a one-size-fits-all service.
Different industries bring different risks, handling requirements, and deadlines. We assess the item, value, destination, and delivery conditions before recommending a solution—never a one-size-fits-all service.
Share photographs, dimensions, weight, value, collection address, destination, and required delivery date
We recommend the packing or crating method, transport route, customs requirements, and appropriate insurance options
Our team coordinates collection, packing, documentation, freight, and final delivery, keeping you informed throughout
Every shipment presents a different challenge. These examples show how Shiplink Ltd combines protective packing, practical planning, and the right freight solution
Bespoke protection and export coordination for 22 paintings, including a work measuring 182 × 122 cm, together with a substantial collection of sketches
Specialist handling and international transport planning for a Yamaha U1 upright piano weighing approximately 285 kg
Careful collection, protective packing, and worldwide delivery for bespoke furniture, interiors, lighting, and design pieces.
Protection designed around the item—not a standard parcel-packing method
Bespoke crates built for the item’s dimensions, weight, fragility, and journey
A specialist coordinator manages the process from initial assessment to delivery
Air, sea, and road solutions selected according to urgency, risk, and budget
Practical assistance with export requirements and international shipping documents
Real people, practical advice and progress updates throughout the shipment
Trusted by businesses and private clients to protect and transport items that are valuable, fragile, large or operationally important
Shiplink Ltd arranges specialist collections across the UK, with operational coverage centred on London, South East, Sussex, South West and Surrey. From there, we coordinate domestic and international delivery by road, air or sea
Common destinations include Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, the Middle East and other major international markets
ShipLink specialises in items that require more care than standard parcel delivery. This includes fine art, antiques, sculptures, furniture, electronics, machinery, exhibition materials, personal effects, fragile goods, oversized items and other high-value or complex shipments. If an item is difficult to pack or transport, speak to our team, and we will assess the most appropriate solution.
Yes. Professional packing is one of our core services. Depending on the item, we can provide protective wrapping, specialist cartons, reinforced packaging, palletisation or bespoke wooden crates. Our packing solution is designed around the size, weight, fragility, value and destination of each shipment.
Yes. Your items do not necessarily need to be packed before collection. We can arrange collection of unpacked items before professionally preparing them for transport. For larger or more complex projects, we can also assess the items beforehand using photographs, video or an on-site survey where appropriate.
Yes. We provide worldwide shipping solutions by air, road and sea. We assess each shipment individually before recommending the most suitable transport method based on the item, destination, urgency, size and budget.
Absolutely. Large, heavy, oversized and awkward items are a key part of our specialist service. From sculptures and furniture to machinery or unusual one-off pieces, our team can plan the packing, collection and transportation required to move them safely.
Yes. We provide specialist logistics solutions for artwork, antiques, sculptures and other valuable or irreplaceable pieces. We work with private collectors, artists, galleries, interior designers, auction houses and businesses requiring careful handling from collection through to delivery.
Yes. International shipping can involve customs declarations, commodity information and supporting documentation. Our team can guide you through the requirements and help prepare the necessary shipping documentation. Import duties, taxes or destination charges may apply depending on the goods and destination.
Protection options depend on the type of goods, declared value, destination, method of transport and how the item has been packed. Where available, we can explain the appropriate warranty or transit protection options before you proceed. Certain exclusions or conditions may apply, particularly where items are packed by the customer.
No. ShipLink serves customers across the UK. Depending on the shipment, we can arrange collection from homes, businesses, galleries, auction houses, storage facilities and other locations, then manage the onward UK or international transportation.
Simply tell us what you are shipping, where it is being collected from and where it needs to go. Photographs are extremely helpful, particularly for fragile, valuable or unusual items. If available, also provide the approximate dimensions, weight and value. For complex shipments, we may recommend a video assessment or site visit before preparing the final quotation.
Tell us what you need to move and where it needs to go. Our specialists will recommend the right packing and shipping solution.
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