A family-run trucking outfit working out of Blackfield, moving everything from 40ft containers off the docks to abnormal loads that need pilot cars and a police escort — without the corporate runaround.
"We've used Forest for fourteen years. They collect when they say they'll collect, every single time. That's the whole brief, and they nail it.
— Operations Director, Southampton-based manufacturer
From Curtainsiders to low-loader trailers, based five minutes from the M27.
Everything we do comes off the same Blackfield yard and the same twenty-odd drivers. No subcontractor chain, no anonymous subbies turning up in someone else's livery. If we say we'll move it, we move it.
STGO moves up to 80 tonnes, with route surveys, pilot cars, police notification and the right trailer for the job — step-frame, low-bed or extendable. We've moved transformers, wind turbine sections, marine engines and bridge beams.
Direct haulage from Southampton Container Terminal to your warehouse or yard. We handle customs clearance paperwork, VBS bookings and slot management, so your container turns up where it needs to be.
Day-to-day freight movement across the M27 corridor and beyond. Curtainsiders for fork-lift loading, mega-cube trailers for voluminous loads, and a same-day courier option when it absolutely has to be there before close of business.
When you need a vehicle — or a fleet of them — on standby for your operation, we dedicate units and drivers to your business. Same faces, same vehicles, your livery if you want it. Fixed monthly rate, no surprises.
Our Blackfield yard holds 15,000 square foot of secure, CCTV-covered warehouse space with cross-dock facilities. Use it for short-term overflow, container devanning, pallet breakdown or stock holding — billed by the pallet per week, no long-term contract required.
Forest Transport started in 1986 with one second-hand artic and a contract to move gravel from the New Forest to building sites across Hampshire. Nearly four decades on, we're still family-owned, still based five minutes from where Reg started, and still answering the phone ourselves.
Today the fleet runs to eighteen articulated vehicles plus a handful of rigids, working out of a 15,000 sq ft yard in Blackfield. We're RHA members, FORS Bronze accredited, and fully insured for abnormal loads. The customers Reg signed in the eighties are still on the books — we'd like to think that says something.
Member since 1989. We hold ourselves to their code of conduct.
Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme — safety, efficiency and environmental best practice.
Fully insured for high-value and abnormal loads. Certificates on request.
Standard National Goods O-License. Maintained to DVSA standards.
We're not going to tell you we "go the extra mile" or "treat your goods like our own". Everyone says that. Here's what's actually different about working with a family haulier that's been at it since 1986.
Get a quote →No call centre, no ticketing system, no "your reference number is…". The phone gets answered by someone who can see the yard and knows which driver is going where.
Every move is done in Forest livery, by a Forest driver, in a Forest vehicle. If we can't do it ourselves, we'll tell you — and recommend someone who can.
Contract rates are fixed for the duration of the contract. Fuel spikes are our problem, not a line item on your invoice three months later.
We don't churn drivers. The average length of service on the fleet is eleven years. They know your yard, your staff, and where to reverse without taking the gate off.
Blackfield isn't glamorous, but it's well-placed. We can have a unit at Southampton Container Terminal inside twenty minutes of you calling.
Our standard operating radius covers Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, West Sussex and the western Home Counties. Beyond that, we'll quote by arrangement — we've run loads as far as Aberdeen and Plymouth.
Check we cover you →The quickest way to get a quote is to phone us — we'll usually have a price back to you within the hour during working times. Otherwise, drop the details in the form and we'll come back to you same-day.
Tell us what needs moving, from where, to where, and by when. We'll do the rest.