Same-day courier, London-wide
Dedicated van and a named driver from booking to drop-off. Average City-of-London pickup is 38 minutes. No consolidation, no shared loads — your freight is the only freight on the vehicle.
Same-day courier, pallet network distribution and white-glove delivery — run from a single control desk on City Road. Fourteen vehicles, one phone number, no call centres.
From a single urgent envelope across London to a fully-calibrated ADR load bound for the Eurotunnel — every job runs through the same control desk on City Road.
Dedicated van and a named driver from booking to drop-off. Average City-of-London pickup is 38 minutes. No consolidation, no shared loads — your freight is the only freight on the vehicle.
Full membership of the Palletways UK network — overnight delivery to any UK mainland postcode from a single pallet upward. Economy and premium timed windows available.
Two-person crews for art, electronics, fixtures and high-value retail. Carpet protection, timed window, room-of-choice placement and full debris removal on exit.
Qualified drivers and plated vehicles for hazardous (ADR) and calibrated loads. Full chain-of-custody paperwork, temperature loggers and DGSA oversight on every job.
Dedicated vehicle and driver contracts for businesses running regular London distribution. Stock holding, pick & pack and monthly consolidated reporting.
Weekly consolidated departures to France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Direct Eurotunnel crossing with full CMR documentation and customs clearance handled in-house.
The difference
The difference between a freight broker with a website and a fleet operator with a control desk is everything. Here is the same job, run both ways.
We own the vehicles, we employ the drivers, and we answer the phone. Three things most "logistics companies" in London can't honestly say.
Cargoshift Transport Ltd has operated from 124 City Road, EC1V 2NX since 2014. We started with two transit vans and a single contract for a Shoreditch print studio that needed same-day paper deliveries across the M25. Ten years on, we run fourteen vehicles — from sprinter vans to 7.5-tonne rigids — and our control desk is staffed twenty-four hours a day.
We are a Palletways UK member, an ADR-qualified operator, and a holder of a Standard National O-licence. Every driver is directly employed, DBS-checked, and trained in-house on fragile handling, ADR compliance and customer-facing conduct. No agency drivers, no sub-contractors, no exceptions.
The business was built on a single principle: the person who answers the phone is the person who can move the vehicle. There is no sales queue, no account-manager hand-off, no waiting for someone to call you back. You ring City Road, you speak to the controller on shift, and your collection is booked before you hang up.
Today we move freight for London print studios, central-London galleries, East-End manufacturers, fintech offices, three NHS trusts and a handful of private individuals who simply need something moved properly. We are not the cheapest option in London. We are the option that picks up on time, every time.
Our control desk sits on City Road, half a mile from Old Street roundabout. From there we deploy fourteen vehicles into London and — through our Palletways UK membership — reach every mainland postcode by 10:30 the following morning.
For European work, weekly consolidated departures leave City Road every Tuesday and Friday, crossing via Eurotunnel with full CMR paperwork and customs clearance handled in-house.
No portal, no ticketing system, no automated phone tree. One call to City Road and the wheels are turning before you've put the phone down.
One phone number, answered by a human controller on shift 24/7. Collection address, delivery address, goods, weight, timed window — booked in under three minutes.
Nearest available vehicle is deployed. You receive the driver's name, vehicle registration and a live tracker link by SMS before they reach your collection point.
Direct A-to-B routing on a dedicated vehicle. No consolidation, no shared loads. Driver calls the recipient 30 minutes before arrival with a one-hour timed window.
Signed proof of delivery — with photo and timestamp — emailed to you within ten minutes of drop-off. Invoice follows the next morning, never before.
We moved 1,400 framed prints across ninety London venues in six weeks. Not one was damaged, not one was late. I don't know another operator in EC1 I'd trust with that.
Ring City Road and you'll be talking to the person who can move a vehicle within thirty seconds. Or fill in the form — we'll call you back inside fifteen minutes during business hours.