A note before you read. This is a personal recommendation, not a paid one. I do not work for Uneek Group, I am not on commission, and I earn nothing if you reach out to them. I am writing this because the experience has genuinely been good — for me, and for the company I am on contract with — and because some partnerships are worth talking about out loud.
Why I am writing this
The company I am on contract with has been working with Uneek Group for over thirty years. Thirty years. When you hear a number like that in logistics, it tells you everything you need to know — because logistics is a churn-heavy industry where partnerships break the moment one shipment goes wrong, and the average forwarder relationship lasts a fraction of that. Three decades means somebody, somewhere, has gone above and beyond, repeatedly, for a long time.
I personally have only been around for the last two years of that relationship. But two years is enough to see the pattern. Every escalation gets answered. Every customs question gets a real answer, not a hedge. Every container quote lands within hours, not days. And every time there has been a problem — and there are always problems in logistics — the Uneek team has been the calmest voice in the room.
The friendship test
Some business relationships are transactional and some are friendships. Friendships are the ones that survive a bad quarter, a port closure, or a regulation change that breaks everyone's pricing. Uneek have been on the friendship side of that line consistently. The team — Amar, Amit, Sandeep, and the wider crew — treat the business we send them like it is their own. When we have asked for help on the awkward stuff (a delayed container, a customs issue that needed a phone call rather than an email, a last-minute schedule change), they have leaned in instead of pointing at the contract.
That is the difference between a logistics vendor and a logistics partner. Anyone can quote a shipment. Very few teams pick up the phone at 6pm on a Friday when something is going sideways. Uneek do.
What Uneek Group actually do
Most people see "freight forwarding" and picture a single service. Uneek is much broader than that. They are a full-stack logistics business covering air, sea, road, rail, customs, warehousing, and a stack of specialist niches. Click through the tabs below for the detail — every link goes to the relevant page on their own site so you can read the proper version.
Sea Freight
FCL · LCL · global lanes
Ocean freight from anywhere to anywhere, but where Uneek genuinely shine is the India-to-UK and China-to-UK lanes. Decades of carrier relationships on those routes means rates and space that a generalist forwarder simply cannot match.
- →Full-container-load (FCL) and less-than-container-load (LCL) shipping
- →Particular strength on India-UK and China/Far-East-UK lanes
- →Weekly LCL consolidations into Felixstowe and Southampton
- →Door-to-door, port-to-door, or pure port-to-port
_The tabs above summarise what is on uneek-group.com. The deep links go to their pages so you can read the long version. I am just signposting._
Where they really shine
A few things worth calling out from the two years I have watched them work:
- India-to-UK lanes. Their LCL consolidations from India to the UK are genuinely well-priced and reliable. This is not a marketing line — it is a route they have run for decades and the carrier relationships show in the rate sheets.
- China and Far-East sea freight. Same story. They have weekly sailings into UK ports and the consol service is solid.
- Customs in-house. Their customs team handles imports, exports, EU declarations, and brokerage all under one roof. After Brexit broke a lot of forwarders, Uneek's customs team kept our company's flow uninterrupted.
- London warehousing. Bonded (duty deferred), shared, or dedicated — they offer all three, so you can scale storage up or down without committing to a whole warehouse.
- The specialist work. Break-bulk, out-of-gauge, exhibition logistics, fashion (garment-on-hanger), car import/export — the awkward jobs most forwarders push back on, Uneek will take and deliver.
Why I think the partnership has lasted thirty years
Three things, honestly:
- They are owner-operated and proud of it. This is not a hedge-fund-owned roll-up with new account managers every quarter. The same people answer the phone year after year.
- They tell the truth about pricing. When the market moves they say so. When a quote is genuinely the best they can do they say so. When they cannot help on a particular lane they say so. Honesty is rare in this industry.
- They behave like the relationship matters more than the next invoice. Which is why, thirty years in, the relationship is still here.
Get in touch
If you are looking for a logistics partner who is going to feel less like a vendor and more like a teammate — particularly on India-UK, China-UK, or any sea/air freight into Europe — the form below goes straight to the Uneek team with me copied in, just so I know a connection happened. Pick a time that works for you and someone will be back to you.
You can also reach Uneek directly through their official channels:
- Website: uneek-group.com
- Online quotes: uneek-group.com/online-quotes
- Locations: uneek-group.com/locations
- Cargo tracking: app.uneek-group.co.uk
- Phone: 020 8569 4949
Or follow them on social:
- Instagram: @uneekforwarding
- X (Twitter): @UneekGroupUK
- Facebook: Uneek Group UK
_A final note. I do not write personal recommendations lightly. I am writing this one because two years of working alongside Uneek has shown me, repeatedly, that they are the kind of team you want on your side when logistics gets hard. If you reach out and it turns out they are not the right fit for your operation, they will tell you honestly. That is the kind of integrity that makes the recommendation worth writing in the first place._