I might need to relocate from Shanghai to London soon. Does anybody has an idea how much a 20” container cost? Including packing, handling and so on. Thanks for help.

I'd give Links Relocation a shout.

They have this online quotation thing at http://www.linksrelo.com.

Hope useful.

You need a 20 footer for your stuff? You have that much to move? For a normal 20' container for export purposes ball park figure is something like 1000usd + 200usd BAF. That's ball park. Then you add on local costs such as stuffing of the container (where is it to be stuffed?). Paperwork. Do you have wood material? Dangerous goods, etc, etc, etc

Think your logistical problem is a bit more than the cost of a container. There are all sorts of issues related to customs, etc which will be a nightmare to handle by yourself.

Suggest you contact someone like Santa Fe or Crown or the like.

I'm just going through this exercise.. door-to-door service (excl insurance) will be around 50,000-70,000 RMB. This is with packing etc and a full 20 feet container. Exact amount will of course depend on your destination (I don't move to London but to a very remote place that is difficult to access, so your move might be a bit cheaper).

Herr_Maier wrote:I might need to relocate from Shanghai to London soon. Does anybody has an idea how much a 20” container cost? Including packing, handling and so on. Thanks for help.

erm... isn't 20" = twenty inches?

lol that would make things easier indeed, 20"...

greenmark wrote:

Herr_Maier wrote:I might need to relocate from Shanghai to London soon. Does anybody has an idea how much a 20” container cost? Including packing, handling and so on. Thanks for help.

erm... isn't 20" = twenty inches?

You are right. My mistake. Would be a bit small

However, supposed to be feet!!

Herr_Maier wrote:

greenmark wrote:

Herr_Maier wrote:I might need to relocate from Shanghai to London soon. Does anybody has an idea how much a 20” container cost? Including packing, handling and so on. Thanks for help.

erm... isn't 20" = twenty inches?

You are right. My mistake. Would be a bit small

However, supposed to be feet!!

Beyond the correct symbol for feet ("), perhaps you're missing some other element(s) of your requirements. Even in feet, wouldn't the height, width and length all determine your cost?

^containers are standard sizes

http://www.sjonescontainers.co.uk/dimensions.htm

If you can be bothered with the hassle, its cheaper to buy the container and split your transportation costs. Use the services of a company in China to ship it to the UK and use a company in the UK to deal with customs and transportation by road to your required destination. After that, sell the container.

jmg06shanghai wrote:

Herr_Maier wrote:

greenmark wrote:

Herr_Maier wrote:I might need to relocate from Shanghai to London soon. Does anybody has an idea how much a 20” container cost? Including packing, handling and so on. Thanks for help.

erm... isn't 20" = twenty inches?

You are right. My mistake. Would be a bit small

However, supposed to be feet!!

Beyond the correct symbol for feet ("), perhaps you're missing some other element(s) of your requirements. Even in feet, wouldn't the height, width and length all determine your cost?

I appreciate everybody’s comments. Nevertheless, don’t bash on me, not knowing all details of international container shipment. If I would know everything already, I would not ask in a forum.
I have about 30m³ with less than 2 tons.

You can get a quotation from Hiboo. We are local company in Worldwide move.

you should be able to take your 20" container as carryon luggage on your flight.

20' Container could do about 20 tons legally but only offers 17cbm. From Shanghai to UK port should be about USD 2000 but the inland freight is horrendous. Almost another USD 1000. Turnaround time would be about 30 days door to door.

All the best.

mat wrote:you should be able to take your 20" container as carryon luggage on your flight.

I swear the China Eastern Staff would not even notice.

a 20' they would notice, but not 20". It would fit in well with all those boxes of fruit and bags of yoghurt and milk.

Adam7 wrote:

mat wrote:you should be able to take your 20" container as carryon luggage on your flight.

I swear the China Eastern Staff would not even notice.

Anything smaller than a family sized fridge is OK