International Removals from Pembrokeshire

The terminal is set inside a working dockyard: “The Irish Ferries terminal is situated within the Royal Dockyard, along with various cargo-handling and warehousing facilities operated at the Port of Pembroke.” A trade page from Freightlink agrees on the route: “From Pembroke freight ferries operate to Rosslare in the Republic of Ireland with Irish Ferries.” The council page gives no sailing times and was last revised in November 2023, so confirm the route and the times with the operator before a lorry is booked.

The council adds that Pembroke Dock is well served by local bus services and has access to the rail network, which helps foot passengers rather than a lorry.

Stena Line describes its own product with the words “the shortest, fastest crossing between South Wales and Ireland with a choice of 4 sailings daily”. That is marketing copy, though the figure of four sailings is a useful guide for planning. The ferry terminal has direct rail access, which the council puts this way: “There is direct access to the rail network from the ferry terminal”.

Two ports in one county give a household a choice of route, and the removal firm will know which one suits the load and the date. Because the council calls Stena Line the sole operator at Fishguard, that company's freight booking rules, set out below, are the ones that apply there.

Removals are not named, so whether a removal firm's lorry is booked as freight is a question for the firm. The page also separates vans up to 7m, with no VAT applied, from longer ones. On the Holyhead and Fishguard routes, a van that carries goods for commercial purposes and needs an Irish pre-boarding notification must be booked through the freight reservation office. Ask the removal firm how it books, and whether the notification is part of its quote.

At the 2021 census, Milford Haven's built-up area held 14,249 usual residents, Haverfordwest 12,086 and Pembroke Dock 9,663. We did not find a council page that sets a fee or notice for reserving road space in Pembrokeshire, so that is not confirmed, and the car park pages we read said nothing about removals. Next door, the Carmarthenshire waiver fees are a table with a three-day notice. Further north the Gwynedd Menai bridge limits matter for the Holyhead sailings, and the Monmouthshire car park and bridge rules apply on the road to England. The compare removers rules by council compares the other areas. Cardiff has a port run by Associated British Ports, covered in the Cardiff port and permit rules.