Britannia AuctionsWarehouse and logistics equipment sales in Newcastle upon Tyne
Warehousing on Tyneside is shaped by the river. Offshore and subsea engineering firms at Walker and Newburn keep project stores, which are warehouses built to hold heavy fabrications, cable, valves and tooling between jobs, with cantilever racking, heavy duty pallet racking, forklifts rated well above the usual and lifting gear. Away from the river, distribution firms use the sheds at Benton Square and the Airport Industrial Estate, and many Newcastle businesses use Team Valley across in Gateshead.
We sell equipment from both by online timed auction. When a project store empties at the end of a contract, the racking and handling kit suits other engineering firms along the river and further afield. When a distribution shed changes hands, the racking, reach trucks and dock levellers suit other operators. Bidding runs online and is not limited to the area, and the trade in Gateshead and Cramlington is well placed to attend the viewing. Use the contact form to tell us what you are clearing.
Project stores when the contract finishes
Offshore and subsea work runs project by project. A store that was full of cable drums, subsea hardware, valves and tooling for two years is empty when the job ends, and the firm may not need the space or the equipment for the next one. The racking is heavier than a retail warehouse's, the forklifts are higher capacity and there is usually a gantry crane or a jib somewhere in the building.
We catalogue the racking by run with ratings, the cantilever racking by arm length, the trucks by capacity and hours, and the drum stands, cradles, slings and lifting gear as separate lots. Engineering firms along the Tyne and up towards Blyth and Cramlington use this kind of equipment, and stockholders and dealers bid online. If the whole store is closing, we sell the crane and the workshop equipment in the same auction. Buyers see it all on one viewing day and the building is cleared once.
Access along the riverside and out to the A1
The A1 Western Bypass is minutes from Newburn Riverside and Benton Square, while the older roads along the river at Walker are narrower and some yards are tight. Rather than judge it from the address, we walk the route out before anything is listed and check the turning space, the door dimensions, the floor levels and the loading facilities. What we find goes in the catalogue, including the largest vehicle that can reach the door.
Where the route is difficult, the trucks and loose equipment can be collected to our premises and only the racking sold for dismantling on site. Where it is straightforward, buyers load direct and arrange their own removal. For the distribution sheds by the airport and at Team Valley, a contract loss sale usually runs to the familiar shape, trucks first and racking last, with the auction closing a week or two before the handover, though the dates depend on the lot count and the access.
What these sales can include
- Counterbalance forklifts
- Reach trucks
- Powered pallet trucks
- Hand pallet trucks
- Pallet racking
- Mezzanine floors
- Longspan and cantilever shelving
- Conveyors and sortation
- Roll cages and stillages
- Stretch wrap machines
- Pallet scales
- Battery chargers
- Order pickers and stackers
- Dock levellers and loading equipment
How the sale runs
After a site visit we agree what is in the sale and what stays. We catalogue and photograph each lot, list the sale online and market it to warehouse operators, dealers and contractors. Bidders view on a set day, then bid online over the sale period, with lots closing in sequence.
Lots are offered as seen under the auction terms, with buyers expected to inspect before bidding. The buyer pays the hammer price plus a buyer's premium, with VAT charged where it applies and shown separately. We collect payment before release.
Collection runs over a window agreed with you. Buyers arrange and pay for the removal of their lots, with suitable handling equipment or specialist contractors where the item needs them. Our staff attend to release lots against paid invoices and see that dismantling is done safely.
The warehouse and logistics equipment sales page covers racking and how it comes down, forklifts and the records that matter, the small equipment adds up, timing a sale around a site handover.
Questions about selling in Newcastle upon Tyne
- Our store at Walker has a gantry crane and cantilever racking bolted to the slab. Can they be sold?
Yes, on the basis that the buyer removes them with a competent contractor. The crane is sold with its span, capacity, height of lift and the latest examination report, and the cantilever racking with arm lengths and ratings. Removal is arranged and paid for by the buyer, in a window agreed with you once the loose lots have gone. If the crane belongs to the landlord under the lease, we leave it out. That is worth checking early, because on older riverside sites the crane often predates the tenant.
- We use Team Valley but our company is registered in Newcastle. Does it matter which side of the river the sale is on?
No. We run sales anywhere on Tyneside and beyond, and Team Valley is as easy for buyers to reach as any estate north of the river. What matters is the equipment, the access, the ownership and the date the unit has to be clear. We visit, agree what is in the sale, catalogue on site and set the viewing and collection days to suit the landlord's deadline. Online bidding brings in buyers from across the UK either way.
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