Container shipping to Europe?

[Nj]

Gents, does anyone know of a good company to ship a 20ft container from Glasgow to Finland? I'm working out whether to send a couple of pallets at £500 & vat each or buy a 20ft container near me for a fraction more than that, pay for shipping and then resell the container at the other end.
I just need a ball park figure so I know whether to be utterly ruthless or if I can take all my tools, kids' toys, furniture etc.

cheers
Nj

[spink]

If you buy a container make sure it has a current safety cert or it won't be allowed out of the UK

[Nj]

really? Good job you said that as I wouldn't have thought of it. thanks mate

[spink]

out of interest how much was the container you saw ?

[Error404]

You will be able to ship a container to Finland way cheaper than £1000 Noel, try some shipping companies, you won't need to mess around will buying one and transporting it then, also Spink is right, if its for sale cheap chances are its not useable anymore

[Nj]

actually that makes sense lads. it was £500 so i'm guessing that means these ones are no use for shipping any more so can only be used as storage?
Under a grand would be brilliant since I was told £500 and vat for a pallet.

[dest]

The company I work for deals in container shipping, I cant help with prices though. We also do single/multiple pallets aswell

https://www.dsv.com/uk

[Nj]

I reckon you told me that before and I forgot mate. doh! cheers i'll call tomorrow morning.. or tuesday if it's closed for the ban hol.

[raymor]

Was it a standard pallet for £500 + VAT.... I paid around £200 for a pallet @170Kgs to Repo in Finland about two months ago

[Nj]

aye that's why i replied "that stings a bit. i'll shop about" to the response I got. who did you use to send yours?

[dest]

http://www.thepalletnetworkltd.co.uk/

These are very good, I shipped a pallet to southern ireland for 70 quid (cost price via work, normally £100) they are fast too

[Nj]

jesus, that is good. I've been paying around £80 to £100 from Glasgow to bristol and generally most places south of the border. thanks for that mate