Shipping Tenders
See open shipping tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.
Shipping and freight procurement covers freight forwarding, maritime and ferry services, and cargo handling, bought by central government, ports, defence and councils moving goods rather than mail or parcels.
Stotles has tracked 870 shipping and freight notices to date, including 408 awarded contracts and 113 at pre-tender stage. Freight transport agency services (CPV 63521000) and water transport services (CPV 60600000) are the two codes that show up most in the sample.
861 results
- Awarded contract
Provision of Data on Commercial Shipping Services
- Awarded contract
Community Needs Assessment: Northern Isles
- Awarded contract
Logistics Services for Accompanied Goods (Project Chaperone)
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 10 June 2026
Highways and Infrastructure Professional Services Contract
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 9 June 2026
Woolwich Ferry - Fuel by barge & road tanker
- Awarded contract
Shipyard Detailed Design and Build Contract “Freight Flex” Ro-Pax Vessels
- Closed tenderPublished 5 June 2026
Northern Isles Ferry Services 4 (NIFS4)
- Awarded contract
Provision of customs clearance and freight forwarding services - BHC Lusaka
- Expired contract
Colombia Green Ports
- Closed tenderPublished 25 May 2026
Framework Agreement for The Provision of External Coaching Services
- Closed tenderPublished 11 May 2026
Houton & Lyness Linkspan Painting
- Awarded contract
Supplier Relationship Management Software
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 1 April 2026
Expression of Interest - Freight Analysis and Modelling Environment (FAME)
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 18 March 2026
Provision of Data on Commercial Shipping Services
- Awarded contract
Travel Management Services
- Awarded contract
Time Charter Passenger Ferry Service
- Awarded contract
CHFS3 - Contract award notice
- Awarded contract
Woolwich Ferry Power Management System Service Support and Improvement Actions
- Awarded contract
Mersey Ferries Catering Concession Contract Lot 1B - Seacombe Ferry Terminal Café
- Awarded contract
Community Needs Assessment - Outer Hebrides, Small Isles, Skye and Raasay
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about freight forwarding, freight services, shipping services, maritime services, cargo handling, ferry services in the UK public sector.
How do I find shipping tenders in the UK?
Search live portals for freight, maritime and ferry service tenders, or work earlier by tracking the buyers who publish them. On Stotles you can filter by buyer, stage and CPV code, and read the documents behind a live procurement before it closes. Platform-wide, 2,198 tenders are open right now across every category Stotles tracks.
What counts as shipping and freight procurement?
This covers moving goods rather than mail or parcels: freight forwarding, maritime and ferry services, cargo handling, and the shipping side of import and export logistics. Postal and courier contracts, which move mail and parcels rather than freight, sit on Stotles' separate postal tenders page. All of this page's scope sits inside the 870 notices Stotles has tracked to date.
Which CPV codes cover shipping and freight?
Freight transport agency services sits under CPV 63521000, which matches 194 notices alongside the keyword filter. Water transport services is CPV 60600000, matching 45. Cargo handling and air-charter services also turn up regularly in the sample.
Do shipping contracts run through frameworks?
Often. National freight and logistics framework agreements sit alongside individual ferry, port and freight contracts from councils, defence and government departments in the sample, and 44% of suppliers nationally say frameworks are their main route into public sector work.
How many shipping tenders has Stotles tracked?
870 shipping and freight notices to date, made up of 408 awarded contracts, 113 at pre-tender or early market-engagement stage, and the rest open or closed for bids. New notices are added continuously as buyers publish, so return to this page rather than relying on a single search.
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