Car transportation to Australia - any info ?

[JasonS8]

Does anyone have any experience of, or advice on, shipping a car to Sydney. Would only be for a couple of weeks.

How long does it take and how much does it cost?

Any reputable transporters?

[JMGS4]

you're looking at 6-10 weeks each way and costs of around £10000,- round trip!!!

[CJN]

I work as an accountant for a freight forwarders. Call our office & ask for Eamonn Ashton (our Export Manager). He should be able to give you an idea of cost.
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[CJN]

Erm,

I think 6-10weeks each way & £10k is a bit wide of the mark. If we could get away with charging that much, I'd be driving a 360

[gtir]

quote:
Erm,

I think 6-10weeks each way & £10k is a bit wide of the mark. If we could get away with charging that much, I'd be driving a 360

Or doing a 360! (drive like you stole it etc)

[mondeoman]

I had in mind 3-4 wks and about £3k.....

[JMGS4]

Talked to my freight jonny, he insists that containered from any EU port to AUS would take a MINIMUM of 6 weeks and cost around 15000 Euros round trip...... OK german overpricing perhaps, but do you want to send it with the latvian navy or croatian airways? I assume it's something special otherwise no-one would send a car to AUS for 2-3 weeks......

[KenD]

Just bought a container back from Oz took approx 9 weeks door to door, cost aus $2500 = insurance at 3.5% of value shipped. shipping to Oz will take similar time but cost a bit more. customs clearance times may add to this. to do it quicker you have to use airfreight

[LOVEMYTVR]

I am a Director of a freight forwarding company and can quote you as follows;

Collection London Postal Area - through to Sydney port
Total Cost £1850.00
Insurance 2% of value -all risks policy.
Transit time 35 days
Sails every 10 days

Hope this helps
Best Regards

Neal
W9 TVR

[maranellouk]

**LOVEMMYTVR

Can you give me a rough quote from London to Hong Kong. Also London to New York.

Thanks

[marki]

quote:
I am a Director of a freight forwarding company and can quote you as follows;

Collection London Postal Area - through to Sydney port
Total Cost £1850.00
Insurance 2% of value -all risks policy.
Transit time 35 days
Sails every 10 days

Hope this helps
Best Regards

Neal
W9 TVR

Looks like a very fair deal to me

[JMGS4]

quote:
I am a Director of a freight forwarding company and can quote you as follows;

Collection London Postal Area - through to Sydney port
Total Cost £1850.00
Insurance 2% of value -all risks policy.
Transit time 35 days
Sails every 10 days

Hope this helps
Best Regards

Neal
W9 TVR

Gulp, gulp, WOW!! I'll have to ask you for prices in the future.... I cant get a truck from Berlin to Lörrach with 38 tonnes for that!!! and thats only 900kms!!!!

[LOVEMYTVR]

MARENELLOUK,

"Can you give me a rough quote from London to Hong Kong. Also London to New York."

No problem - can you tell me what car you want to move?? Will revert tomorrow.
Thanks
Neal
W9 TVR

[marki]

quote:

quote:
I am a Director of a freight forwarding company and can quote you as follows;

Collection London Postal Area - through to Sydney port
Total Cost £1850.00
Insurance 2% of value -all risks policy.
Transit time 35 days
Sails every 10 days

Hope this helps
Best Regards

Neal
W9 TVR

Gulp, gulp, WOW!! I'll have to ask you for prices in the future.... I cant get a truck from Berlin to Lörrach with 38 tonnes for that!!! and thats only 900kms!!!!

Hi JMGS4 try DFDS they are very resonable i use the between Holland and Scandiland but i think the are working all over

[JasonS8]

Many thanks for all the helpful responses.

Especially Neal!

I'll have to consider the pros & cons of doing this quite carefully - planning to visit the outlaws with my wife in the near future - would be fantastic if I could drive my own car (996 C4) instead of a Toyota Camry from Budget rent-a-car.

However, increases the cost of the holiday significantly , but might be worth it for the novelty.
They drive on the same side of the road as us, too!

[twit]

Have you thought about buying something over there, assuming you want to blat about you can easily pick up a camper or something for next to nothing. When you get to Sydney just duck into a backpacker hostel and there will be loads of adverts for things from manki combis through pretty top nick Toyata's.

Use for the duration of the holiday and then flog it on at the end, you can easily lose no money doing that. Also, when it comes to 4x4s Toyotas rule in Australia, certainly I found it much easier to get spares etc when needed which is worth thinking about for when you are outside the major cities and towns.

[LOVEMYTVR]

MARENELLO UK,

QUOTE
"Can you give me a rough quote from London to Hong Kong. Also London to New York."

Ok here goes,

New York - £1400.00 collected London area to New York - Insurance if required 2%. Weekly service,transit time 9 days.

Hong kong -£1340.00 collected London area to Hong Kong - Insurance 1.8% if required. Weekly service, 25 days transit time.

Trust this helps
All the best
Neal
W9 TVR