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Wooden transport pallets · not aircraft ULDs

UK airport pallet supply for landside air freight and export

New and used wooden pallets, UK 1200x1000 and Euro-size 1200x800, plastic, presswood and bespoke bases — supplied to freight forwarders, cargo handlers and off-airport warehousing. The South Coast is our commercial priority; capability is national.

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All supply and collection requirements are assessed individually.

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Pallet range

What we supply

New wooden pallets

New timber pallets are specified when the load, the customer or the destination requires a known, consistent starting point rather than a graded second-hand base.

Used wooden pallets

Used pallets are the working currency of UK domestic distribution. The important question is never simply 'used' — it is which grade, how consistent, and what the pallet is being asked to do.

UK standard 1200x1000

The 1200 x 1000mm footprint is the default across most UK grocery, retail and general distribution flows, and it is the size most commonly asked for on the South Coast.

Euro-size 1200x800

1200 x 800mm is a footprint. EPAL is a licensed pallet specification with its own marking and exchange rules. Asking for one and receiving the other causes real problems at delivery.

Plastic pallets

Plastic pallets are chosen for washability, consistency and repeat-cycle durability — and, for cross-border movements, because they sit outside the wooden packaging treatment rules entirely.

Presswood pallets

Presswood pallets are moulded from wood fibre under heat and pressure. They nest, they are light, and they are widely used for one-way export where weight and storage volume both cost money.

Bespoke pallets and cases

When cargo does not fit a standard footprint, the base is designed around the cargo rather than the other way round.

Priority airports

Bournemouth, Southampton and Gatwick first

Those three catchments are where we concentrate. Our airport and regional pages cover the main landside freight areas we serve, with other locations assessed individually.

Bournemouth Airport (BOH)

Bournemouth Airport has its own dedicated cargo operation — Cargo First, the airport's cargo division — alongside an aviation engineering estate, so pallet demand here spans air freight consolidation and component movements alike.

Southampton Airport (SOU)

Southampton Airport sits at Eastleigh inside one of the densest engineering and distribution catchments on the South Coast, and the pallet work here is landside: build-up, consolidation and export packing rather than anything airside.

London Gatwick (LGW)

Gatwick's cargo activity is dominated by belly-hold freight on passenger services, which shapes exactly how consignments get palletised and re-palletised around it.

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An orange forklift carrying a wrapped, labelled load in the doorway of a storage building, with tall stacks of timber pallets behind it — Illustrative stock photography — not our premises or equipment. Photograph by imagesourcecurated (Envato Elements).

Who we work with

Built around freight operations

Pallets get handled hard and fast in freight environments. The specification that works is the one that survives the handling and satisfies the route.

Freight forwarders

Consignments get built, split and rebuilt several times before they fly. Consistent batches cut re-work.

Cargo handlers

Pallets are handled fast by many hands. Sound decks and no lifted fasteners matter more than looks.

Off-airport warehouses

Space is the constraint. Nestable options and a reliable route for empties are part of the supply.

Logistics parks and 3PLs

Mixed customer specifications on one site, from new export timber to graded used domestic stock.

Exporters and importers

Wood packaging rules follow the movement. We tell you what needs checking before you load.

Manufacturers with awkward loads

Machinery, aerospace and marine items usually need a bespoke skid, base or case, not a footprint.

Coverage

England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Regional coverage for airport-adjacent warehouses, exporters and freight operations across the UK.

Guides

Rules, standards and paperwork

Reviewed 10 September 2026. Every guide links to the official source and none of them certifies compliance.