International Removals to and from Vigo
Vigo removals can lean on the port’s weekly ro-ro services to British ports, but the council’s permit, sign and zone rules have not been confirmed.
A few short questions. Nothing is sent until you check and confirm.
What can we confirm for a Vigo move?
Two things, and one gap. The port of Vigo publishes a table of ro-ro shipping services, and some of them call at British ports. Galicia also has a regional holiday that lands on a Monday in 2027. The gap is the council: we could not read any rule from the Concello de Vigo on moves, parking or low-emission zones.
For belongings crossing the border, see our customs page for removals to Spain. The rest of this page says what the port list shows and what to ask the council.
Which ro-ro services does the Vigo port list?
The port authority’s ro-ro page (opens in a new window) sets out each service with its route and frequency. Three weekly entries end in or pass through British ports: one runs Vigo, Zeebrugge, Bremerhaven, Drammen, Cuxhaven and Southampton; one runs Vigo, Le Havre, Zeebrugge and Sheerness; and one runs through Bremerhaven and Zeebrugge to Portbury before continuing to the Mediterranean. A monthly service to the Americas also calls at Southampton.
The table gives shipping lines, their agents, routes and frequencies, and no dates or prices. It does not say what cargo each service takes, so we cannot say whether any of them carries household goods. A removal company that proposes a sea leg has to confirm that with the operator.
What does Vigo’s council still have to confirm?
The council’s website dropped our connection, and the file of its low-emission zone ordinance on the city’s news site did not load, so we cannot give a lead time, a number of days for signs, a fee or a zone boundary. Nothing on this page should be read as a Vigo rule.
Four questions will do most of the work. Which council office takes a request for a removal lorry to stand outside a flat, and can it be made online? How many days before the move must it be filed and the space marked? What is the fee for your street? And is a zone in force on your street, with a register or permit for a foreign-plated lorry?
Which Galician date should you avoid in 2027?
In the state list of 2027 holidays (opens in a new window), 17 May is the Día das Letras Galegas, a Monday in 2027. Councils and shops may be closed, so ask before setting a delivery that Monday. Local holidays are chosen by each council and we have not read Vigo’s.
What about A Coruña, Santiago, Pontevedra, Ourense, Lugo and Ferrol?
Each is a separate municipality with its own council, and a request for a street in one goes to that council and not to Vigo. Populations below are from INE, the national statistics institute, for 1 January 2025.
- A Coruña, the largest of the group, has a page of its own: its council reserves road space through a procedure that names moves, asks for three working days’ notice and allows up to five days.
- Santiago de Compostela (100,842) publishes a council procedure to authorise a removal lorry on the public road after a technical and road-safety check, and asks for proof that the municipal fees have been paid before you apply. We did not find the amount.
- Lugo (100,071) has a Local Police traffic form, in a March 2019 edition, with a tick-box for a move. It asks for the request at least five days before the date wanted and lists a moves tax, Modelo 153, whose amount we did not obtain.
- Ourense (105,609) names vehicles that provide a removal service among those needing authorisation for its low-emission zone and, separately, its pedestrian zone. The council’s own answers give it a month to decide, and a request may follow the first entry by up to five working days.
- Pontevedra (83,339) is also a council of its own, and we have not confirmed a moving rule there. Ferrol (64,903) is the same: its council site did not load for us, so ask the town hall.
Rules like these change and differ by street, so treat each line as a pointer to the council’s page rather than a promise.
If your route to Galicia starts on the north coast, our Santander guide lists that port’s services to Britain, and the guide to removals from the UK to Spain covers the road and sea options.
Questions about moving to or from Vigo
Do ships from Vigo call at British ports?
The port authority’s ro-ro table lists weekly services that call at Southampton, Sheerness and Portbury.
It does not say whether they take household goods.
Does Vigo have a low-emission zone?
We could not read the council’s ordinance, so we cannot confirm a zone, its boundary or its rules.
Ask the council before your date.
How early must you book a street space in Vigo?
We could not read the council’s procedure, so the lead time, sign days and fee are unconfirmed.
Ask the council which office handles the request.
Start a Vigo move enquiry
Send the Vigo address and floor, whether you would use the port or a road haul, and the weeks that suit you.
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