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.
As the UK’s export market grows, first time exporters are looking to the States for business opportunities. Shipping goods to the USA from the UK has many benefits to a growing company. Obviously the biggest impact exporting has on a small to medium business is the growth in revenue and increased production as a result of demand for the goods.
There are also specific benefits to trading with the USA:
We are a family-run and managed shipping agent, our team of experienced export freight forwarders deal with shipping to the USA on a daily basis. Whether your goods require transit via sea or air freight, we can offer a comprehensive freight forwarding service for your shipping to the USA.
Give the export team a call today to discuss your freight forwarding needs for shipping to the USA, we can provide you with a quotation and advice relating to your shipment with us – Tel. 02392 756 575. Email: sales@mercatorcargo.co.uk.
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.
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Mercator is a family-run, UK based independent freight forwarder, offering highly effective sea, road and air freight services around the world.
