Shipments done by Travellers

Here some info about flying a a bike from Kuala Lumpur, Malasyia to Perth in Australia. I decided to fly because it is very much quicker and the money which I would spend on waiting I spend on flying. Flying from KL is really easy and you definitly do not need a shipping agent. I drove at 11:00 in the morning on the cargo part of KLIA and flew the same afternoon at 17:00, everybody is very helpful and interested (if not suprised that you do it yourself). I followed the following steps:

1) Go to Malaysian Airlines Cargo (popular called MAS Cargo) and reserved the space for the bike, they give you a confirmation.

2) Go to 3rd floor Customs (walkable distance) and request a form to fill in, whilst handing over the confirmation for MAS Cargo.

3) Let the form check on the 1st floor, they also check the license plate of the bike whilst you are there (thats the only thing they check).

4) Back to MAS Cargo where you drain the petrol and disconnect the battery, tape up the leads and wrap up the battery.

5) You place the bike on a big metal plate, they strap it down with straps, cover it up with plastic and off you go! I even left my lugage strapped on the bike and nobody even bothered opening it up to check it.

Price breakdown in Ringits, (roughly 3.8 ringit to the US dollar)

MAS Cargo:

- Weight charge (see below) 1592.50
- Airway bill fees 5.00
- Terminal charge(250*.20) 50.00
- Security charges 84.36 - Due Carrier (?) 142.50
- Dangerous goods fees 50.00 -------------- 1924.36

Customs:
- Export tax 21.00

Total cost = 1950.00 = roughly $ 512.00

They have 2 brackets for weight charge:
- 7.38 ringit per kilo for up to 202 kilo
- 6.37 ringit per kilo for up to 250 kilo

Choice was simple because my 40 kilo lugage had to be tranported and it would be cheaper like this then as extra luggage. So I chose the highest bracket. In both cases they calculate upwards which means you always pay the 202 X 7.38 or 250 X 6.37

My flight was 1450 ringit but you can fly cheaper with Singapore airlines for about 1200, just wanted to be on the same flight (and it was my birthday;)

Getting in to Perth was easier then I expected:

1) Hand in you Aiwaybill at Quantas airfreight (unfortunatly no MAS cargo here)

2) Proceed to Customs which is just opposite and tell them you have a carnett, otherwise they give you a huge form to fill in (I spent 1 hour filling it in for nothing). They are extremely unfriendly I must say....

3) Let customs and quarantine check the bike. make sure they have they keys of any lugage becuase they just broke open all my zips and they are wrecked now...

4) When they sign you can pay your warehouse charges and fill the tank with petrol, connect the battery and of you go. Guys in warehouse were extrememly friendly, interested and helpful though!

Prices:

Ware house charges: 76.35 AusDollars = roughly $ 46.00

I heard that they are extremely difficult so I cleaned the bike thoroughly before flying it. Despite reports about fumigation nobody asked me anything. The contents of all my lugage was checked thoroughly though.

Hope this gives you an idea of what it takes to fly from SouthEast Asia to Australia, easy peasy (not that cheap)!

Ronald Colijn http://www.RonaldColijn.NET

I collected our bikes this morning from the Durban Harbour. We shipped them from Banjul in Gambia.

Just to share the info with you, this is what we paid and what had to be done:

- Booked through a shipping agent (Pablo Shipping, main street in Banjul, and shipped with P&O-Nedloyd);
- Freight: U$ 1000,- in a 20 foot container;
- We strapped the bikes ourselves=> don't let the locals do it: they will mess up your bike!
- Ship took app. 20 days (planned was 15 days);
- In Durban we had to pay U$ 550,- (In Gambia the PNO guy said it would be only U$ 75,-, so this was not a nice surprise!

* Wharfage (U$ 175,-);
* Terminal Handling Charges (U$175,-)(lifting the container from the boat):
* Transport to unpacking depot (U$ 80);
* Unpacking the container (U$ 40 per item);
* Customs Exam (easy with a carnet) (U$ 40); We had a shipping agent helping us in Durban:

Freight Impact, 1 Victoria Embankment, Durban.

They cost about 800 Rand They know the way. You can do it your selves, that saves you U$95,-.

We checked all the fees with the customs office and the national ports authority, which are across the street from the shipping agent. It could be cheaper to ship to a smaller harbour... We shared our container with a Land Rover, so 2 bikes and a 110 Land Rover fit easily in a 20 foot container. When you ask the price, be sure they give you the freight price and the price of clearing the container in de arrival harbour! Mail me if you want to know more... Cheers, Corne

We shipped three bikes in separate crates. Mrs. Kittima is very nice and we were very happy with the service and everything. They have a guy who does the crating but i would advise that you stay there to make sure everything is done like you want it (and the crate gets as small as possible). It took them about one week to do crating, paperwork etc. until the bike was in KTM. They actually say that it takes more time but if you always ask nicely and 'remind' them every second day or so it should be possible in one week. Shipment_Cost: Crating was THB 3000 (our crates for Honda Transalps were between 1,6 to 1,9 m3, so actual weight was higher than volumetric weight) Handling/Paperwork incl. Dangerous Goods check etc. THB 3500 Freight rate THB 57/kg fuel surcharge THB 2/kg security surcharge THB 2/kg KAT surcharge THB 1/kg Total was about 26.000 to 28.000 THB per bike. Freight rates/handling at other companies were about the same but crating was more expensive everywhere we asked. After a bit of 'negotiating' the bikes flew the same day then we and arrived safely. To get the bikes back was no problem (except on Saturday which is holiday in Nepal). A bit of running around with the paperwork (carnet). Everybody was really nice and helpful (although a bit 'overcomplicated') but after about 1,5 h we could start to put the bikes together again. Make sure that you go with them and watch them filling out the carnet as you have to tell them what and where to do it ! Only cost in KTM was a few Nepalese rupees (based on weight) for customs. It was about 4-5 US$ per bike and you get a proper receipt.

Paid to ship the bike to Bogota, but it ended up in Caracas. Panavia was a few bucks cheaper than Girag out at the Panama Airport, so being cheap, I took their offer.

I arrived in Bogota and waited for the bike. It never showed. At the Panavia office in Bogota, they told me there was a problem with the paperwork coming into Bogota, and that the bike would not arrive for at least a week. They COULD send the bike to Caracas, however, at no extra charge that day. Being that I was headed east anyway, and was mildly nervous about going through Colombia on the bike, I took their offer, and headed out to Caracas after what had already been a full week waiting around Bogota.

Got to Caracas and the bike still had not arrived. Now there was a problem with security clearances as the panniers were locked and the Panama airport folks wanted to know if there were any bombs or drugs inside. I tried to explain that the drugs normally go in the OTHER direction, but they wouldn't hear it. After another five days of arm wrestling and getting some friends in Panama City to call the airport and hassle them for me, the bike arrived in Caracas. Two days and $50 later, I was on the road.

In the end it was a cheap way to get the bike to Caracas, but not a pleasant experience in any way.

it cost me around 1000 usd totally with the crate etc ...
sorry, it was 2 years ago, i don t have much details left.
but most of the companies were same price.
the bike got stucked on its way at karachi for 15-20 days, not so good ...
the airline (pia), my agent also, did their best to make it quick but this is pakistan
all the documents were ok, pakistan recognize the carnet de passage en douanes.
in paris airport, nothing to pay (no handling charge, no extra), only had to pay french customs (i m french and the bike is registered in france) around 80 euros.