Barrington Freight

Barrington Freight: international freight forwarding from the UK

Barrington Freight presents itself as an international freight shipping company based in the United Kingdom, working with businesses that need to move goods across borders. Its activity centres on door-to-door delivery and on coordinating import and export shipments through several transport modes, with a stated emphasis on quick and cost-effective global delivery.

Shipping modes and core services

The company organises freight by sea, air, road and rail, and lists a set of related services around those modes:

• Air freight and express shipping
• Sea freight in both FCL (full container load) and LCL (less than container load) formats
• Groupage and express groupage shipping
• Road transport across Western Europe, Scandinavia and the Baltics, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, European islands and offshore isles and Ireland
• Rail freight, with a dedicated pallet service covering European destinations and the USA
• Abnormal loads and ship spares
• Export packing and carnet shipments
• Container haulage and third-party logistics
• Customs clearance as an agent, including import clearance by sea and road
• Marine cargo insurance

Import and export coverage

For imports, the company details clearance points at UK sea and road ports such as Dover, Felixstowe, Grangemouth, Harwich, Hull, Immingham, Liverpool, London Gateway, Southampton, Teesport, Thamesport and Tilbury, and at a long list of UK airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Cardiff, Bristol, Newcastle, Aberdeen, East Midlands, Leeds Bradford and Liverpool. Its import origins span Europe, China (with numerous named ports and cities), India, the United States and other markets such as Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea, Thailand and Turkey.

On the export side, the company lists destinations across Europe, the United States, Turkey and beyond, alongside export services that include air freight, carnet shipments, export packing, express shipping and groupage. Goods categories named in its material range from automotive and books and paper to clothing, cosmetics, electronics, semiconductors, gym equipment, LED lights, machinery, medical goods, motorbikes, office supplies, pet products, plastics, solar panels, steel, timber and wholesale items.

Industries and specialist freight

Barrington Freight groups its offer by sector as well as by mode. The industries it cites include art, car parts, exhibitions, film and media, FMCG, footwear, games, IT and networking, machinery and industrial equipment, medical and pharmaceutical goods, laboratory equipment, retail and e-commerce, and ship spares. It also references Alibaba, Amazon FBA, Amazon pallet delivery and drop shipping as part of its e-commerce-related work.

Tools and practical resources

The company publishes a set of online tools and reference pages for shippers, including a cube calculator, an import duty calculator, a UK postcode finder, container sizes, vehicle sizes, guidance on EORI numbers and a comparison of LCL versus FCL. It also provides Brexit information and identifies itself as a BIFA member.

Contact and working hours

The main telephone line is 01268 525 444, with a general email address at info@barringtonfreight.co.uk. The site indicates opening hours of 09:00 to 17:00 GMT. Additional contact addresses listed include matt@bfreight.co.uk, simon@bfreight.co.uk, lee@bfreight.co.uk and accounts@bfreight.co.uk.