We are the UK’s leading air freight forwarding company, offering professional, flexible, time-efficient solutions. With regional expertise and extensive knowledge.
Utilising all major airlines to offer the best variety of international freight solutions.
Davies Turner promises to deliver with high-level communication from your local branch.
Davies Turner air cargo offers delivery from any origin to any destination worldwide.
Davies Turner has multiple air freight delivery options, 24/7 for leading courier and e-commerce products.
With hubs all over the UK, each and every warehouse optimises its space for year-round storage with extra requirements during peak times for all warehouse storage solutions.
With over 140 years of service, we have been able to develop a strong base to house our network
Our hubs are strategically located in all major areas of the UK, to offer unrivalled coverage.
We are constantly updating our systems to best deal with your requirements.
Our global sea freight and logistics solutions run seamlessly, ensuring only the highest of standards.
Whether you’re looking for a single carton move or a much larger contract, our experienced team can ensure a quality ocean export solution.
Whether it's for a large or small project, our experienced ocean team will manage your import freight effectively and...
We offer a range of LCL solutions to meet all your supply chain needs.
Using decades of experience, Davies Turner delivers a leading cost-effective FCL service.
Davies Turner launched the Express China Rail service in January 2016, providing a fast, competitive third freight option for clients.
Pioneering DIRECT weekly consol service
Direct weekly groupage service from China to the UK
Express China Rail rates - up to 70% cheaper than air
Davies Turner's export rail service offer LCL and FCL capability, moving cargo from the UK and Europe to China.
Our highly trained operators can provide a complete range of groupage, part load and full load service with express transit.
Managed by satellite communication, ensuring safety and control over cargo distribution.
DDP Smart Border solution for Road exports to the EU
New service to the South Caucasus region
Our road system operates an in-house customs service for a seamless import.
There’s no job too big or too small for Davies Turner. Our specialist capabilities ensure that we can cater to any project and ensure every customer is 100% satisfied with every project.
We are accredited as a full authorised economic operator, ensuring that our role in the international supply chain is secure.
With a long history of working with the fashion and retail industry, we are confident we can help you and your business.
Our expertise of Customs regulations combined with unique local knowledge ensures that we offer a comprehensive menu of services
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Date Added: 22 January 2021
Davies Turner, the UK’s leading independent freight forwarder, has opened a new, state-of-the-art customs services floor at its regional freight hub at Dartford. This, together with similar, slightly smaller centres at some of its other UK freight hubs including Avonmouth and Manchester, houses one of the company’s newly created national customs processing teams set up in 2020 in preparation for the end of the Transition Period. Davies Turner director Alan Williams says that the new development allows the forwarder to increase numbers in the office by 30 percent, whilst still observing Government rules on social distancing, adding: “We have recruited over 30 new people and it will allow us to dramatically scale up the number of customs clearances that we perform.” The new centre will not only house customs clearance activities but will also include a training suite to increase the number of staff at the forwarding company that have customs processing experience and qualifications. Davies Turner operates an apprenticeship scheme with entrants spending time in all departments, giving it a skills base that is not permanently assigned to customs clearance duties but that can be tapped into with very little notice meaning it is well placed as a business to deal with the challenges now facing the freight sector. The Dartford customs suite has been fully partitioned in line with Government Covid guidelines and each booth is fitted with two computer screens to allow staff to check company and HMRC information simultaneously. “This means that they can be more productive – and proactive,” says Williams. Davies Turner will be able to offer customs clearance services at every UK site and it also plans to offer a 24-hour service. Williams added: “Despite the fact that the UK and EU agreed a free trade deal, customs clearances have been required for both imports and exports from 1 January, so we have been planning for a major upsurge in activity.” But, as Williams says, the freight industry is nothing if not adaptable: “At the end of the day, everything is a process. When regulations like C-TPAT in the USA or the Verified Gross Mass rules came in, it was said that everything would grind to a halt, but trade has kept on flowing. It will be the same with customs clearance.”
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