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Palletmove Limited operates this export guidance website, and Portsmouth Pallets publishes local pallet supply and contact information for Portsmouth and surrounding areas. Buyers can discuss the physical requirement directly; they do not need to complete a technical checklist before asking for a quote.
This page brings the export questions together so the enquiry can identify both the pallet and the intended movement. The product offered, treatment arrangements and delivery are confirmed against the actual job.
Choose by cargo and handling
Describe whether the load is boxed goods, drums, bags, equipment or another format. Give its gross weight and how it bears on the pallet. Include racking, conveyor or pallet-truck requirements where relevant. The same outer dimensions can be used in several constructions with different suitability.
A customer-specified CP or licensed exchange pallet should be named explicitly. New condition, a familiar colour or an HT code does not establish all those separate requirements.
Separate pallet delivery from freight departure
Identify the place where empty pallets are needed. That may be your Portsmouth premises, a warehouse or a packing contractor elsewhere. Include the site postcode, unloading equipment and booking contact. A ferry or freight departure reference is not an empty-pallet delivery instruction.
Where the request involves a controlled or restricted facility, provide the access process for review. Delivery timing and access must be agreed; no port affiliation or unrestricted terminal service is implied.
Plan for the receiving customer
Before fixing the base, ask how the recipient unloads, stores and handles the goods. A pallet that fits your forklift may not suit their pallet truck or automated system. Send any receiving-site packaging instructions with the enquiry.
For loads travelling through several handling locations, identify constraints at each stage. This is particularly valuable where the freight booking and the packaging order are handled by different people.
Bespoke equipment and timber packaging
For a non-standard load, send a drawing showing support points and lifting directions. If the pallet is part of a crate, include the material schedule for framing, panels and internal blocking. Processed panels and raw timber supports need to be distinguished.
Do not change a supplied export pallet by cutting or adding boards without review. A modification can affect both structural suitability and the treatment and marking process.
Portsmouth-area delivery details
For Portsmouth, Fareham, Gosport, Havant, Waterlooville or another delivery location, give the complete postcode rather than relying on the nearest city name. State the available receiving space and any restrictions on delivery vehicles or times.
Portsmouth Pallets publishes local service information on its own website. For this export enquiry, confirm the exact product and delivery requirement with the team. General local coverage is not a guarantee of stock or a particular arrival time.
Repeat supply and purchasing records
A repeat order should reference the current product specification and any agreed inspection criteria. Explain expected quantities and frequency, and identify who can approve a substitution. Keep the supplier acknowledgement available to goods-in and packing staff.
If the cargo, customer or destination changes, review the specification before the next batch. Repetition is useful only when the underlying requirement remains the same.
Contact and pre-dispatch checks
Use the contact page for phone, the existing enquiry form and the published Portsmouth Pallets email. Send the size, quantity, load, destination, delivery postcode and date needed for packing. The optional brief builder can organise those details but is not a prerequisite.
Before dispatch, check the final packaging, markings and condition, including loose timber added during packing. Keep the order reference and relevant photographs with the shipment information so any query can be addressed against the actual goods.
Sources & further reading
Portsmouth Pallets: local supply and contact information (opens in a new tab)Forestry Commission: wood packaging material for import and export (opens in a new tab)References reviewed 7 October 2026. Confirm the current rules for your shipment with the relevant authority or freight adviser.