📦 Moving to Singapore 🇸🇬 • Luggage Shipping • Air & Sea • Since 1998

Moving to Singapore ?
Ship your luggage and personal effects from the UK

Moving to Singapore is not just a logistics exercise — it is the start of something significant. The luggage shipping piece should be the easy part. We collect from your UK door, handle the export documentation, and ship your personal effects to Singapore by air in 4-8 working days or by sea. Sender and receiver must be the same person.

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4–8d

Air freight

28yr

Est. 1998

202

Countries

What to know

Shipping personal effects to Singapore — key facts

Relocating to Singapore — Luggage Shipping means getting your belongings there safely. We ship luggage, send suitcases and move boxes of personal effects to Singapore — Luggage Shipping door-to-door (subject to your destination) from anywhere in the UK. From a suitcase to a household’s worth of boxes, our service to Singapore — Luggage Shipping covers collection, customs clearance and delivery for your move.

Singapore Customs operate an Approval of Exemption (AoE) process for personal effects. Items must be used and owned prior to import. Certain items — alcohol, tobacco, vehicles — are excluded from personal effects exemption.

Excess Luggage Co. • Moving to Singapore since 1998

Singapore is a high-spec destination — UK professionals relocating for finance, tech or regional operations roles. The transit time by air is excellent at 4-8 working days, and Singapore Customs are efficient when documentation is correct. We know this route well.

FAQs

Moving to Singapore — luggage shipping questions

How do I ship my luggage when moving to Singapore?−

Call us on 0800 096 38 39 or request a quote online. Tell us your UK collection postcode, destination in Singapore, what you are shipping and when you need to move. We confirm the quote for air freight (4-8 working days) or sea freight (4-5 weeks via Singapore). These sea transit times are approximate — the actual time depends on when your LCL container finishes loading and consolidating, the vessel’s sailing date and route, any transhipment hub before the final destination, and customs clearance, so please allow a week or two either side. We collect from your door. You handle customs clearance at the Singapore end.

What documents do I need to ship personal effects to Singapore?+

Itemised packing list with declared values for every item. Passport copy of the receiver (same person as the sender). Singapore Customs operate an Approval of Exemption (AoE) process for personal effects. Items must be used and owned prior to import. Certain items — alcohol, tobacco, vehicles — are excluded from personal effects exemption. We help you prepare the right documentation at booking.

Is air or sea freight better for moving to Singapore?+

Air freight (4-8 working days) for essentials you need quickly. Sea freight (4-5 weeks via Singapore) for larger volumes and household goods where time is not critical. Many customers moving to Singapore use both — air freight for the first shipment, sea freight for the bulk.

What cannot be shipped when moving to Singapore?+

No lithium batteries in a standard shipment. Batteries can be packed and exported as declared dangerous goods — ask us before you pack. Undeclared dangerous goods are a criminal offence and the duty sits with the sender, so tell us what is in the shipment. No aerosols or perfumes. No laptops on door-to-door (subject to your destination) air service. Singapore Customs operate an Approval of Exemption (AoE) process for personal effects. We advise on destination-specific restrictions at booking.

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Excess Luggage Co.

Moving to Singapore luggage shipping • MetEx House, Hounslow • Since 1998

Excess Luggage Co. has been shipping personal effects for people relocating to Singapore since 1998. We know the documentation requirements, the customs expectations and the common points of delay. Call us on 0800 096 38 39 before you start packing.

UK Collection

We collect from your door anywhere in the UK

Door collection Monday to Friday from any UK address. Select your nearest city for local collection times and details:

London Manchester Birmingham Leeds Glasgow Edinburgh Liverpool Bristol Sheffield Newcastle Nottingham Leicester Bradford Cardiff Coventry Southampton Portsmouth Oxford Cambridge Reading/Slough Brighton Luton Milton Keynes Derby Stoke Wolverhampton Swansea Aberdeen Dundee Middlesbrough Exeter Plymouth York Belfast Hounslow Heathrow

✍ Within M25: Mon–Fri 09:30–16:00 • Outside M25: Mon–Fri 10:00–17:00

📋 Collection & Booking Rules

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Collection hours: Within M25: Mon–Fri 09:30–16:00 • Outside M25: Mon–Fri 10:00–17:00. Weekend collections applicable within Greater London only, subject to availability and surcharge. No weekend collections outside Greater London.

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Collection fee: All luggage, baggage and boxes collected for shipping or storage are subject to a collection fee of £27.50 + VAT per 25 kg item (UK mainland), or £75.00 + VAT per item (Scottish Highlands and Northern Ireland). Additional weight is charged at £1.50 + VAT per kilo thereafter, plus any surcharge for overweight items.

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Heavy-weight handling charge: Any single item of luggage, baggage, bags or boxes of 30 kilos physical weight, or exceeding 200 centimetres in combined dimensions (L + W + H), is liable to a heavy-weight handling charge of £30.00 per item.

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Barrels & oversized items: Barrel shipments — commonly used for Caribbean and West African routes — are subject to a handling surcharge. Please advise at enquiry stage if shipping barrels so we can confirm the correct charge before booking.

Moving to Singapore ?Ship your luggage and personal effects from the UK

Shipping personal effects to Singapore — key facts

Moving to Singapore — luggage shipping questions

Moving to Singapore?

We collect from your door anywhere in the UK

Moving to Singapore ?
Ship your luggage and personal effects from the UK