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Top 25 Ocean freight forwarding companies based in the United Kingdom

Name: Ocean freight forwarding companies based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 15, 2026 1,257 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,257 ocean freight forwarding companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 20,170 professional contacts across them, including 5,670 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers ocean freight forwarding companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 15, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 15, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest ocean freight forwarding companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,257 ocean freight forwarding companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 15, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to ocean freight forwarding companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Inchcape Shipping Services	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,324 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Global trade has always depended on the port and since 1847 Inchcape Shipping Services has provided the local knowledge and means to deliver port calls that enable business to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
2	Zodiac Maritime	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,701 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Starting with a single ship, Zodiac Maritime has grown into one of the world's largest and most respected shipping companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
3	Davies Turner	Partial evidence	Coleshill, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	501-1,000	440 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Davies Turner - Your worldwide Freight and Logistics partner As an International Freight Forwarder, Davies Turner can arrange to move your cargo to any International destination…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
4	METRO	Indirect evidence	Birmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	201-500	331 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Metro power the supply chains of leading global brands and manufacturers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
5	AIR Menzies International	Indirect evidence	Crawley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	201-500	300 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Air Menzies International (AMI) was established in 1976 to provide wholesale Airfreight and Express services to forwarders, customs brokers, and courier agents.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
6	Union Maritime LTD	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	240 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Union Maritime is a leading provider of smart shipping solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
7	Mentfield Logistics Group	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	501-1,000	210 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Mentfield Logistics Group provides international freight forwarding, shipping, warehousing, customs brokerage and customs clearance, including all relevant logistic services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
8	Cory Brothers Limited	Indirect evidence	Ipswich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	201-500	175 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Cory Brothers Limited has been a trusted supply chain partner for over 180 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
9	Quality Freight Services Limited	Strong evidence	Shipley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	201-500	143 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Quality Freight Services Limited - Global Freight Forwarding Specialists” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
10	Clarksons Port Services	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	139 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Part of the Clarksons Group, the world’s leading provider of integrated shipping services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
11	AGI Global Logistics	Strong evidence	Westerleigh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	120 contacts →
	Strong evidence “AGI Global Logistics are an international freight forwarding company, with a goal of supplying our customers with the most personal, flexible, seamless and competitive product…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
12	NYK Group Europe LTD	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	10001+	117 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha is one of the world's leading transportation companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
13	Customs Clearance LTD	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	11-50	112 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CCL is a specialist gateway logistics service provider handling all aspects of importation and exportation, gateway customs clearance and compliance, warehousing, break bulk and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
14	Alpi UK	Strong evidence	Basildon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	110 contacts →
	Strong evidence “ALPI UK is part of the Albini & Pitigliani Group, an international freight forwarding and logistics organisation with over 80 years of experience delivering supply chain solutions…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
15	Logicall UK	Partial evidence	Feltham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	5,001-10,000	108 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Logicall UK delivers multi-modal freight solutions to more than importers and exporters across the UK, Europe, Asia and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
16	Kestrel Liner Agencies LTD	Indirect evidence	Stansted, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	99 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The UK’s largest Liner Agency company, the market leaders representing niche carriers to global destinations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
17	Norsk Global	Indirect evidence	Slough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	99 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Norsk Global: Delivering the World!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
18	KRL	Partial evidence	Aldershot, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	501-1,000	96 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Having recently celebrated our 30th Anniversary KRL is an established nationwide and worldwide company with growing teams and offices being able to provide multi-modal freight…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
19	Meachers Global Logistics	Partial evidence	Southampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	201-500	93 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Meachers Global Logistics is one of the UK’s leading independent providers of international freight and transport logistics services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
20	Uniexpress Limited	Partial evidence	Bradford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	92 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Uniexpress is one of the UK’s largest independently owned freight forwarders, providing reliable global logistics solutions across sea, air and road, supported by comprehensive UK…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
21	Edge Worldwide Logistics Ltd. 'a DP World Company'	Indirect evidence	Sale, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	85 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Edge Worldwide Logistics (EWL) was formerly known as A.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
22	Seagull Maritime Agencies	Indirect evidence	Reading, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	85 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Seagull Maritime Agencies were incorporated in 1992.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
23	EFM Global	Strong evidence	Egham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	84 contacts →
	Strong evidence “EFM provides award-winning freight forwarding by air, sea and land for some of the most discerning clients around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
24	Supreme Freight Services LTD	Strong evidence	Southampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	79 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Supreme Freight Services Limited is a leading international shipping and forwarding agent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
25	Portico Shipping	Indirect evidence	Portsmouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 15, 2026	51-200	79 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Portico provide complete, expert handling for international cargo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: ocean freight forwarding companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names ocean freight forwarding companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of ocean freight forwarding companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name ocean freight forwarding companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Ocean freight forwarding companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 15, 2026

28.1%Verified-email coverage

16.0Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

15.9%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 15, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

641

11-50

414

51-200

144

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 1,257 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among ocean freight forwarding companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “ocean freight forwarding companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names ocean freight forwarding companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among ocean freight forwarding companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 5,670 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 15, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names ocean freight forwarding companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many ocean freight forwarding companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 1,257 ocean freight forwarding companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Inchcape Shipping Services, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most ocean freight forwarding companies?

London leads with 200 headquartered companies, followed by Felixstowe (50) and Manchester (44).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 5,670 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,257 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 15, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.