A shared container suits a part load, where you pay only for the space you use; a full 20ft or 40ft suits a whole home and can take a car too. We connect you with one vetted partner who loads, ships and clears it. It's free to ask.
✅ The quick answer — Tell us your volume and we connect you with one vetted partner. Free.
📦 Shared (groupage) — Pay for the space your goods take in a shared container.
🚚 Full container — A sole-use 20ft or 40ft for a whole home, car included if you like.
📋 Paperwork — Bill of lading, commercial invoice and packing list, handled for you.
⚓ Where it clears — Nassau or Freeport, then on to your island.
If you're sending more than a few barrels, a container is usually the answer. A shared, or groupage, container lets several customers split one box, so you pay only for the space your goods take, ideal for part of a home. A full container, a sole-use 20ft or 40ft, suits a whole household, works out better value by volume, and can carry a car alongside the furniture. A quick pre-move survey, in person or by video, sizes your load so you're quoted the right option.
Either way, one vetted partner packs and protects your goods, loads the container, books the sailing and clears it at the other end.
Container shipping runs on a few key documents, and your partner prepares them with you. The commercial invoice sets out the value of your goods; the packing list and inventory record what's in the box, box by box; and the bill of lading is the carrier's receipt and contract for the voyage. At the Bahamas end, a broker uses these to file the customs declaration in Click2Clear. Getting them right and matching is what keeps a container moving through the port without delay.
A full door-to-door home move, survey to delivery.
Add a car to a full container, or ship it on its own.
How shared and full containers are priced.
Every island and service for the Bahamas.
Your container clears at the Nassau Container Port on New Providence, or at the Freeport Container Port on Grand Bahama, which has its own port in the free-trade zone. A broker files the customs declaration in Click2Clear against your invoice and packing list. Ordinary household goods 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. Returning residents bring used effects in within the duty-free limit. For the Family Islands, your partner arranges the onward inter-island freight.
A container move usually means moving money too. 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 you get a fair rate without the hassle. It's offered through our partners, with no hidden fees.
A container move rewards experience, in packing, in paperwork and at the port. We connect you with one partner suited to the Bahamas route, working hand in hand with established overseas removal companies and international movers. For a full load, partners hold FIDI FAIM accreditation, the global benchmark, with BAR Overseas the UK marker, and a broker clears your container at Nassau or Freeport.
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 roughly how much you're moving and where it's going, and one vetted partner comes back with a shared or full price, a 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 Bahamas removal enquiry, then speak directly with the partner mover we connect you with before booking.