Houston has one of the largest British working populations in the United States, and a good share of moves there are paid for by an employer rather than the family doing the packing.
Houston is served directly by sea from the UK. Published 2026 schedules put the ocean leg at around nineteen days port to port, which sits between the short Atlantic run to New York and the long haul to California. Because it is a direct Gulf call rather than an inland destination reached from somewhere else, goods clear at the port and then travel out to the address without a second handover.
Whoever is paying, the process is the same. Tell us the move and we connect you with a vetted international moving company from our network that runs the Gulf route, and you deal with that company directly.
If your employer is covering it, the one thing worth doing before the survey is reading the relocation policy. Storage, insurance excess and duty on anything owned under twelve months are the three that most often fall outside it, and finding that out afterwards is how a covered move turns into a bill.
Direct Gulf Coast call · around nineteen days port to port · five to seven weeks door to door
Deliveries spread a long way from the port. The suburbs west and north of the city are a substantial drive from the terminal, and that leg belongs in the quote rather than turning up as an extra afterwards.
Many addresses sit in gated communities with their own access rules and delivery hours, so the community name is worth giving at enquiry stage. Suburban houses usually make loading straightforward, which means time goes into the drive rather than the carry. Summer heat is a genuine planning factor for anything sensitive to temperature.
On customs: effects used by you, or in a household where you were resident, for a year normally enter free of duty. Where an employer is paying, note that duty follows the goods and their owner rather than whoever books the freight. See duty free eligibility and employer paid assignees.
Published 2026 schedules put the ocean leg at around nineteen days port to port. Door to door, most moves fall in the five to seven week range once collection, clearance and delivery are added.
Yes. Houston is a direct Gulf Coast call, so goods arrive and clear there rather than being trucked in from another state.
The process is the same, but the paperwork is not. Check what the relocation policy covers, particularly storage, insurance excess and items owned for under a year.
Yes, though access rules and delivery hours vary. Tell us the community at enquiry stage so the crew arrives with the right arrangements.
No. The introduction is free and the moving company quotes you directly.
Send the collection address, the Houston delivery address, your date, the inventory and the relocation policy if an employer is paying. A moving company from our network takes it from there.
A Working Member of AGM Group. Enquiries are connected with vetted FIDI FAIM certified and BAR Overseas accredited international moving companies from the network.
We do not move anything ourselves. The Houston move is arranged, quoted and carried out by the moving company you are connected with.
Written by Darren Benjamin, Founder.