A container is the way to move a whole home, or a large load, from the UK to Barbados. You can take a sole-use 20ft or 40ft container, or share one (groupage) and pay only for the space you fill. Everything sails to the Port of Bridgetown and clears there. Here's how to choose and what fits.
✅ The quick answer — Tell us your load and we connect you with one vetted container partner. Free.
📦 Shared (groupage) — Pay for the space you use; best for a part load.
🚚 Full container — A sole-use 20ft or 40ft, best for a whole home.
📏 What fits — A 20ft holds a small home; a 40ft a larger home, and a car.
⏱️ How long — About 9 days at sea to Bridgetown, 2 to 4 weeks door to door.
📍 Where it clears — At the Port of Bridgetown, then on to your address.
The right size depends on how much you're moving. Here's a rough guide; your mover surveys your home and confirms it.
| Container | Capacity | Suits |
|---|---|---|
| Shared (groupage) | The space you use | A part load; pay per cubic metre |
| 20ft full | Around 33 cubic metres | A one to two-bedroom home |
| 40ft full | Around 67 cubic metres | A larger home, and a car |
If you have less than a full load, a shared container is the economical choice. See the cost guide to compare, or the barrel guide for smaller sends.
A container suits furniture and bulky items well. Your partner export-packs each piece and, where needed, builds timber crates for fragile, heavy or high-value items, then loads and lashes everything so nothing shifts at sea. Beds and wardrobes can be dismantled for transit and reassembled at the other end. Sending specific pieces rather than filling a container? See furniture shipping to Barbados.
Send clothes, food and gifts in a barrel from around £60.
Barrel, container and car prices compared, and how to spend less.
Roll-on roll-off or container, with the duty and paperwork explained.
Whole-home moves: survey, packing, shipping and delivery.
For years we've connected customers with trusted partners who change money in any currency.
A whole-home container move usually comes with a property to pay for, so the rate on your pounds counts. The Barbados dollar is pegged to the US dollar, keeping island prices steady, but the exchange on a deposit still matters. We've long connected customers with trusted partners who handle any currency.
Everything clears at the Port of Bridgetown, then travels on by road. Pick your area for local detail, or start a quote and give the full address.
Tell us what you're moving to Barbados, and we connect you with one partner suited to a shared or full container on the Bridgetown route. No call centre, and no wading through quotes.
For a full container move your partner holds FIDI FAIM accreditation, the global benchmark for international movers audited by Ernst and Young, with BAR Overseas the UK equivalent. They load, secure and ship containers to Bridgetown as routine work.
A note on us: we don't ship containers ourselves. International Removals Companies connects your enquiry to one vetted partner who does, free since November 2010. 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 what you're moving and one vetted partner advises shared or full, prices it and sets a sailing date. 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's a free route-matching service, not a removal company, a man with a van or a house clearance service.
Use this page to send your Barbados removal enquiry, then speak directly with the partner mover we connect you with before booking.