Freeport is Grand Bahama's planned free-trade city, and it has its own container port, so your goods clear here, not in Nassau. We connect you with one vetted partner for barrels, containers and full homes. It's free to ask.
✅ The quick answer — Tell us what you're shipping to Freeport and we connect you with one vetted partner. Free.
📦 How you ship — Barrels, a shared load, or a full container for a home.
⏱️ How long — Roughly 4 to 6 weeks, usually transhipped through a US or regional hub.
⚓ Where it clears — Clear at the Freeport Container Port on Grand Bahama, the island's own port in the free-trade zone, so they don't route through Nassau.
🏠 Coming home? — Returning residents bring effects and a vehicle in duty-free, within limits.
Freeport, on Grand Bahama, is the country's second city and unlike anywhere else in the islands. Built as a planned free-trade city under the Hawksbill Creek Agreement, it has its own deep-water harbour and container port, so cargo for Grand Bahama clears here rather than routing through Nassau. That makes shipping to Freeport straightforward, with a major port on the doorstep. The city draws a mix of local families, workers and a steady expat community.
Whether it's a single barrel or a whole home, the same free service connects you with one vetted partner who packs, ships and clears it at the Freeport port, then delivers to your address.
From a single barrel to a whole home, here's how most people ship to the islands.
Clothes, food and gifts in a barrel, from around £80.
Shared or full 20ft and 40ft for a large load or a home.
Coming home for good? Bring effects and a vehicle in under the concession.
Barrel, container and car prices compared, and ways to save.
Goods for Freeport clear at the Freeport Container Port on Grand Bahama, the island's own port in the free-trade zone, so they don't route through Nassau. A broker files the entry in Click2Clear, and ordinary shipments may attract import duty, which varies by item, plus VAT at 10%, a 1% customs processing fee and an environmental levy on the landed value. If you're a returning resident, a Bahamian or permanent resident home to live after at least 24 months away, you can bring used household effects in free of duty up to 10,000 dollars, plus one vehicle up to 30,000 dollars, with Ministry of Finance approval, once every five years. Your vetted partner and the broker handle the paperwork.
With the Freeport Container Port on the island itself, delivery across Grand Bahama is a short final leg once your goods clear, with no inter-island hop. Your vetted partner times the delivery with you and handles access at your address. Shipping to another island or town? Browse every area on the Bahamas hub.
Sending a barrel or moving home often goes hand in hand with sending money. The Bahamian dollar is held on par with the US dollar. For years we've connected customers with trusted partners who handle any currency, so the money side is simple and fair. It's offered through our partners, with no hidden fees.
Whether it's a barrel or a full home, we connect you with one partner suited to the Freeport route and Bahamas customs, not a call centre. We work hand in hand with established overseas removal companies and international movers, the moving companies in our network, so for a full relocation you get a mover holding FIDI FAIM accreditation, the global benchmark, with BAR Overseas the UK marker, and a broker clears your goods in the Bahamas.
International Removals Companies isn't a shipper itself; we pass your enquiry to one vetted partner who does the work, free since November 2010, with more than 850,000 enquiries connected since. DATACONTEXT (UK) LTD, company 07425576, ICO ZB022743, Norman House, Saint Saviours Estate, Abbey Street, London, SE1 3DH. Working Member of AGM Group since 2010.
Tell us what you're sending and where in Freeport it's going, and one vetted partner comes back with a price, a sailing schedule and the customs steps. No cost, no obligation.
Get my free quoteYour partner confirms every price, transit time, insurance and customs point before you book.
International Removals Companies is the official enquiry service for three FIDI FAIM and BAR Overseas certified international moving companies in AGM Group, members of IAM, EUROMOVERS and FEDEMAC. It works hand in hand with established overseas removal companies and international movers, and it's a free route-matching service that connects you with them, not a removal company itself, a man with a van or a house clearance service.
Use this page to send your Freeport removal enquiry, then speak directly with the partner mover we connect you with before booking.