Air freight to the USA takes 1-2 days from the UK. You can opt for direct services or indirect, depending on frequency of flights, space, timings and of course cost.
There are daily flights to the USA from the UK from and to the major airports. Mercator typically handles export air freight to USA from London Heathrow and Manchester. Our regular customers ship to LA, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta and New York to name a few, but we have excellent coverage of the USA, so please get in touch to enquire about a specific airport in the USA.
Mercator’s export air freight to USA services include pick up from the door in the UK. Once your shipment has arrived in the USA, we can call on one of our partner agents in the USA (thanks to our founding membership of the freight forwarding network MarcoPoloLine) who can assist with clearance and even onward delivery if required.
Our services cover everything from door in the UK through to door in the USA. Our export team can complete UK export customs clearance, book the pick up of your goods in the UK, deliver to the airline and book space with the airlines for air freight to the USA. Once your export shipment has arrived in the USA, we can coordinate with our partner offices locally to handle the remaining leg of the journey.
Mercator’s export team can handle most commercial goods for export from the UK, including hazardous commodities. We offer a comprehensive service with excellent coverage of the USA, with air freight services to the main airports across the country.
If you have commercial cargo to ship via air freight to the USA, then get in touch with our team who will be happy to provide you with a quotation. You can call our team on (+44) 02392 756 575, email sales@mercatorcargo.co.uk or complete the form below and someone will be in touch.
Mercator Cargo is an independent freight forwarder, based in the UK. Having been operating for over twenty years, we regularly arrange export shipments to the USA from the UK.
Direct sea freight shipments from the UK to the USA depart from a number of UK ports, including Liverpool, Southampton, Thamesport and Felixstowe. Each of these departure ports have direct sailings to different parts of the USA.
Sea freight transit times vary from 7 days sailing to New York, to 31 days sailing to Los Angeles via the Panama Canal.
There are daily departures for air freight direct to various airports in the USA, including New York, Chicago, Texas and Miami.
As founding members of the global network Marco Polo Line (MPL), we have contacts with various freight forwarders across the USA. These connections allow us to offer a comprehensive door-to-door service across the States.
For exports to the USA from the UK, documentation needs to be prepared no less than three days prior to vessel departures.
So if you’re looking for an experienced freight forwarder to handle your export shipment to the USA, then give us a call – Tel. 02392 756 575. Email: sales@mercatorcargo.co.uk.
Construction of a new bridge has begun, linking the freight forwarding container ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles (LA) on the West Coast of the USA.
The current bridge linking the two international container ports is to be replaced by a higher bridge, allowing for some of the world’s largest freight vessels to visit the freight forwarding port of Long Beach.
The clearance of the new bridge will be 200 feet, an additional 45 feet on the current height. This will mean larger freight forwarding vessels will be able to safely pass to the port.
The project at the freight forwarding port is estimated to take around four years in total and cost approximately $1 billion USD.
If you are looking to export goods to the USA via the Long Beach or Los Angeles ports, or import through these ports, give our team of freight forwarders a call to discuss your requirements – Tel. 02392 756 575. Email: sales@mercatorcargo.co.uk.