Charleston is one of the few places on this site where the container port and the delivery address are in the same city, so your goods clear a short drive from where they are going.
Published 2026 schedules put the sailing from the UK at around sixteen days port to port, one of the shorter Atlantic runs. With no inland stage afterwards, most moves land in the four to six week range door to door.
Charleston handles large container volumes, which also means frequent sailings and less waiting for shared container space than on thinner routes.
The historic houses here are built side on to the street, with the front door opening onto a porch that runs down the length of the property rather than facing the road. It is a lovely arrangement for shade and an awkward one for furniture, because the way in is rarely the way a crew would expect.
Describe the entrance when you enquire. Not the address, the entrance: whether you come in from the street, through a side gate, along a porch, or up a flight of steps to a raised floor. That one answer changes the plan more than the size of the shipment does.
The lanes themselves are narrow and in places cobbled, which limits vehicle size and sometimes means stopping short and carrying further. Suburban addresses across the rivers are considerably easier and worth mentioning as an alternative if you have not committed to a property yet.
On customs: clearing in the same city you are moving to keeps this about as simple as it gets. Effects used by you, or in a household where you were a resident, for a year normally enter free of duty. See duty free eligibility and CBP Form 3299 for the detail.
Published 2026 schedules put the sailing at around sixteen days port to port. With no inland leg afterwards, most moves run four to six weeks door to door.
Yes. It is a direct Atlantic call, so clearance happens locally and delivery follows shortly after.
It helps. There is no inland stage to pay for and sailings are frequent, so shared container space moves more quickly.
Many are entered from the side through a porch rather than the front, and the lanes are narrow. Both need planning for rather than discovering.
For a large vehicle, sometimes. It usually means stopping short and carrying further, which is worth knowing before the day rather than during it.
Yes, and suburban addresses across the rivers are usually far easier for vehicle access.
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Written by Darren Benjamin, Founder.