Rolats ships cargo to Africa from Barking & Dagenham and this is where we live — our depot sits at 494 Gale Street, Dagenham, RM9 4NU, minutes from Dagenham Heathway and Barking town centre. We collect your barrels and boxes free from your door in Barking, Dagenham, Chadwell Heath, Becontree or anywhere across RM8, RM9, RM10 and IG11, often the same day. Ship by air (£5.90/kg + £20 handling) or sea (from £70 per bag) to Nigeria, Ghana and right across the continent. Door-to-door, all-in GBP, nothing to pay at the African end.
Your local shippers — literally down the road
There is no closer freight forwarder to you than Rolats, because our depot is inside your borough. We are at 494 Gale Street in Dagenham, a short hop from the Heathway, Becontree station and the A13.
That means when you book a collection from Barking, Chadwell Heath or the Becontree estate, we are often on your doorstep within hours rather than days. No long-haul waiting, no depot far across London — just neighbours shipping for neighbours since 2007.
A borough shipping home every week
Barking & Dagenham has one of the fastest-growing African and Nigerian communities in East London, alongside a large Eastern European population. Around Barking town centre and the market you will hear a dozen languages, and plenty of those families send cargo home.
We handle it all:
- Barrels and boxes of food, clothing and household goods
- Cars and vans shipped RoRo or in containers
- Full house removals for families relocating
- Business and commercial stock for traders
Air and sea — you choose the pace
Air freight is £5.90/kg plus a flat £20 handling charge — best for urgent parcels, documents and lighter loads that need to land in days.
Sea cargo starts from just £70 per bag — the economical choice for barrels, furniture and bulk shipments where a couple of weeks is fine. Cars and full containers are quoted per shipment. Whichever you pick, the price is all-in GBP and there is nothing to pay when it arrives in Africa.
Paperwork sorted, so you don't worry
We are HMRC Customs Authorised, EORI registered and have been trading as Companies House 06153914 since 2007, with a 4.7/5 Google rating.
For Nigeria we prepare your Form M and SONCAP; for Ghana and West Africa we handle the CTN/ECTN. You drop off or we collect — we do the customs legwork at both ends so your goods clear cleanly and arrive door-to-door.
Free collection across the whole borough
Whether you are on the Becontree estate, near Chadwell Heath station, off Ripple Road in Barking or by Thames View, collection to our depot is completely free. Nationwide too, if you have goods elsewhere in the UK.
Call or request a quote, tell us your postcode and roughly what you are sending, and we will book a slot that suits you.
Ship from Barking & Dagenham to any African country
We collect in Barking & Dagenham and deliver door-to-door across all ~45 African countries. Pick your destination — or just get a quote and tell us where.
West Africa
Central Africa
Shipping to Nigeria from Barking & Dagenham
Nigeria is our busiest route. For local pickup details in your part of Barking & Dagenham, see:
Shipping to Ghana from Barking & Dagenham
For local pickup details in your part of Barking & Dagenham for cargo to Ghana, see: