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Ipswich is home to the UK's leading grain export port – a distinction that reflects East Anglia's position as Britain's agricultural powerhouse and shapes the freight profile of the entire region. Road haulage from Ipswich handles far more than agricultural commodities: the port processes over 2 million tonnes of cargo annually, including fertiliser, cement, aggregates, and construction materials, all requiring onward road transport to reach final destinations across the country.
The Sizewell C nuclear construction project has added a significant new dimension to regional freight demand. EDF has pre-let over 1 million square feet at Orwell Logistics Park for its freight management facility, and the port itself serves as a strategic handling point for structural steel, abnormal loads, and aggregate bound for the construction site. This kind of major infrastructure programme creates sustained haulage volumes measured in years rather than weeks.
Beyond port operations and energy infrastructure, Ipswich supports a mix of light manufacturing, food processing, and distribution businesses. Hemisphere Freight Services recently returned to the Port of Ipswich following a £250,000 warehouse refurbishment by Associated British Ports, signalling continued investment in the city's freight-handling capacity and its role as a regional logistics hub.
zipmend provides road haulage from Ipswich for consignments ranging from single pallets of processed food to multi-tonne deliveries of construction components. You book online, receive a fixed price before confirming, and gain visibility through proactive updates from collection to delivery – full transparency over timing, cost, and cargo status at every stage.
The small van is ideal for transporting packages or documents. It has space for up to 2 Europallets. The vehicle can only be loaded from the rear, has no dock height, and no tail lift.
The small van is ideal for transporting packages or documents. It has space for up to 2 Euro pallets. The vehicle can only be loaded from the rear, has no dock height, and no tail lift.
Capacity
Max. shipment weight
up to 400 kg
The medium van is suitable for up to 4 Europallets. The vehicle can only be loaded from the rear, has no dock height, and no tail lift.
The medium van is suitable for up to 4 Euro pallets. The vehicle can only be loaded from the rear, has no dock height, and no tail lift.
Capacity
Max. shipment weight
up to 800 kg
The large van can carry up to 5 euro pallets. The vehicle can only be loaded from the rear and has no dock-height access and no tail lift.
The large van can carry up to 5 euro pallets. The vehicle can only be loaded from the rear and has no dock-height access and no tail lift.
Capacity:
Maximum shipment weight:
up to 1,200 kg
The curtain-side van is suitable for heavy shipments and can carry up to 8 euro pallets. The vehicle can be loaded from the side and from the rear and has no dock-height access and no tail lift.
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The curtain-side van can carry up to 8 euro pallets. The vehicle can be loaded from the side and from the rear. The vehicle has no dock-height access and no tail lift.
Capacity:
Maximum shipment weight:
up to 1,000 kg
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The van with lifting platform is suitable for heavy shipments and can carry up to 8 Europallets. The vehicle can be loaded from the rear, it has no dock height.
The van with tail lift is suitable for heavy shipments and can load up to 8 Europallets. The vehicle can be loaded from the rear, it has no dock height.
Capacity:
per package up to 200 x 150 x 200 cm
Max. shipment weight:
per package up to 500 kg
up to 800kg in total
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The 3t partial load is suitable for up to 14 pallets. The tarpaulin truck can be loaded from the rear and the side and is at dock height. A tail lift is available as an additional service.
The 3t partial load is suitable for up to 14 Europallets. The tarpaulin truck can be loaded from the rear and the side and is at dock height. A tail lift is available as an additional service.
Fits inside
Max. shipment weight
up to 3,000 kg
The 5t partial load is suitable for up to 14 pallets. The tarpaulin truck can be loaded from the rear and the side and is at dock height. A tail lift is available as an additional service.
The 5t partial load is suitable for up to 14 Europallets. The tarpaulin truck can be loaded from the rear and the side and is at dock height. A tail lift is available as an additional service.
Fits inside
Max. shipment weight
up to 5,000 kg
The 12t partial load is suitable for up to 18 pallets. The tarpaulin truck can be loaded from the rear and the side and is at dock height. The vehicle does not have a tail lift.
The 12t partial load is suitable for up to 18 Europallets. The tarpaulin truck can be loaded from the rear and the side and is at dock height. The vehicle does not have a tail lift.
Fits inside
Max. shipment weight
up to 12,000 kg
Our standard truck can carry up to 33 pallets. The tarpaulin truck can be loaded from the rear and the side and is at dock height. The vehicle does not have a tail lift.
Our standard truck can carry up to 33 Europallets. The tarpaulin truck can be loaded from the rear and the side and is at dock height. The vehicle does not have a tail lift.
Max. shipment weight
up to 24,000 kg
The prices for our freight forwarding services include 120 minutes for loading, unloading, and other waiting times. Each additional started hour costs 60 € net. No loading or unloading assistance from the driver. We do not conduct pallet exchanges. Island transports are generally only possible on request. Invoicing is done via email.
| Vehicle | Price | Dimensions | Payload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small van | from 49 € | 2 Europallets 160 x 120 x 120 cm |
Max. 400 kg |
| Mid-Sized van | from 69 € |
4 Europallets 320 x 130 x 160 cm |
Max. 800 kg |
| Large van | from 119 € |
5 Europallets 420 x 135 x 180 cm |
Max. 1,200 kg |
| Curtainside van | from 149 € |
8 Europallets 420 x 210 x 210 cm |
Max. 1,000 kg |
| Tail lift and pallet truck | from 179 € | 8 Europallets 420 x 210 x 210 cm (200 x 150 x 200 cm per package) |
Max. 800 kg (500 kg per package) |
| Vehicle | Price | Dimensions | Payload |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3t Partial load | from 159 € | 14 Europallets 600 x 240 x 230 cm |
Max. 3,000 kg |
| 5t Partial load | from 189 € |
14 Europallets 600 x 240 x 230 cm |
Max. 5,000kg |
| 12t Partial load | from 249 € |
18 Europallets 720 x 240 x 270 cm |
Max. 12,000 kg |
| Standard-Truck | from 279 € | 33 Europallets 1,360 x 245 x 270 cm |
Max. 24,000kg |
The prices for our freight forwarding services include 120 minutes for loading, unloading, and other waiting times. Each additional started hour costs 60 € net. No loading or unloading assistance from the driver. We do not conduct pallet exchanges. Island transports are generally only possible on request. Invoicing is done via email.
Ipswich sits where East Anglia's agricultural and industrial hinterland meets international trade routes. As a tri-modal port with road, rail, and sea access, the city connects inland freight origins to European markets – and zipmend's transport network ensures that the road leg of these supply chains runs without friction. Vehicles are available for collections across Ipswich and the surrounding Suffolk area, including the port zone and the logistics parks along the Orwell corridor.
For freight arriving by sea that requires onward distribution, or outbound cargo heading to the port for export, zipmend provides the connecting road transport – so you can coordinate your entire supply chain through a single booking point rather than managing separate carrier relationships for each leg.
East Anglia's economic geography concentrates significant freight-generating industries within practical road distance of Ipswich. The region's agricultural sector – among the most productive in Europe, covering grain, sugar beet, malting barley, and processed food – creates a year-round baseline of outbound haulage demand that peaks during harvest and processing seasons. Layered on top are the construction material flows feeding infrastructure projects across Suffolk and Norfolk, and the substantial logistics activity surrounding Felixstowe, Britain's largest container port, which lies immediately to the south-east of the city.
Felixstowe's proximity is a defining feature of the Ipswich freight landscape. Containers arriving at the port need onward road haulage to distribution centres and manufacturing facilities across the UK, creating a steady flow of full loads and part loads moving out of the area. In the opposite direction, export-bound goods from Midlands and northern manufacturers regularly transit through Ipswich and Felixstowe, adding inbound freight volume to local road infrastructure and keeping vehicle availability in the region consistently strong.
Norwich, to the north, anchors Norfolk's economy and generates its own haulage demand through food processing, financial services infrastructure, and healthcare logistics. The corridor connecting Ipswich and Norwich carries agricultural output, building materials, and retail supply freight in both directions – a relationship that reflects how closely the two cities' economic activities are interlinked across the East Anglian region.
Southbound and westbound, Ipswich connects to the distribution and logistics belt surrounding the M25 – one of the UK's densest concentrations of warehouse and fulfilment capacity, handling goods for the metropolitan area and the broader South East market. For European freight not routed through Felixstowe, Channel port access via the south coast provides a direct corridor to France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, with competitive transit times for cargo originating in eastern England.
When port activity processing over 2 million tonnes annually, an agricultural sector that accounts for roughly 12% of East Anglia's employment, and major construction projects like Sizewell C converge in a single region, the resulting freight demand is not uniform – it arrives in waves, with seasonal peaks overlapping infrastructure deadlines and export schedules. A haulage arrangement that treats each of your consignments as an independent operation, with its own collection window and vehicle specification, gives you the flexibility to respond to these fluctuations without restructuring your logistics setup each time demand shifts.
A full truck is too big for what you want to send? No problem, because we also offer express journeys with smaller vehicles and a maximum payload of 1200kg.
