Shipments done by Travellers

Bernd is a biker, so he will help as he can to make it easier the shipment. For me he was very helpful to find the best way to send the bike at the best price on Kuala Lumpur side, a real biker friendship.
At the Warzaw side with the same company, I first met Lukasz by having a BBQ at his house, is this necessary to say more?

To make it cheap, I disassembled my Enfield, removed, whells, fork, head and side boxes to make it as compact as possible, a key point to make a air shipment reasonnable. By the end, it was only 400 USD more than a shippment by sea to Istanbul. And if we consider the heavy customs clearance fees in Turkey contrary to Poland fees, it was probably almost the same price, tanks to Bernd and Lukasz.

I recommend these guys, they made the shipment as smooth as possible reagarding logistic and cost point of view. Both have a good bikers sipirit.

Motofreight specialise in bike shipping and were really easy to deal with and very efficient. They use Econotrans as their agent in Cape Town who were equally pleasant and efficient

Shipping time was estimated as 3 weeks and bike arrived on schedule, but I was advised to leave at least 2 week margin between estimated delivery date and when I needed bike as sea conditions at Cape Town often delay unloading. Econotrans don't mind storing the bike for a couple weeks - in fact I was then delayed a further 3 weeks before I could pick up the bike and they charged me nothing extra for this.

Reliable: I asked a quote for BOTH sides. I got a quote which was transparent, specified for handling in Perth, shipping and handling in Durban. I paid nearly exactly the quoted price.
Good service: administration and crating was done as promised.
On time: shipment took a month as was statet before.

Sandra and Javier are running a motorcycle workshop in Buenos Aires and they understand exactly the needs of overland travellers.

They will introduce you into the process, make all appointments and tell you exactly what do to at what time. Everything is well prepared.

The shipping went perfectly, my motorcycle arrived in time in Cape Town.

Dakar Motos also handle other destinations.

Definetly recommended!

Shipping did not work as planned, the vessel over Hongkong refused the Cargo as being Dangerous good (even the tank was drained and battery disconnected).
BTAP used another vessel that went over hamburg, this took 3 month instead of two and more $$ per CBM, but the additional cost was absorbed by BTAP.

So i could say it didn't work out very well, but BTAP is a small company and they are just so friendly and responsive to deal with. I think i exchanged almost 200 mails with them, never waiting longer than a few hours for an answer.

Freight and Document Cost: 620AUD (2.5cbm, USD 150.00 per cbm)
Transport of my own crate to port: 120AUD (180AUD if done by BTAP)

Destination (3 working days till release):
~180k Chilean Pesos Agent (Villa Kunterbunt)
307k Chilean Pesos Freight forwarder destination
157k Chilean Pesos Depot fees (can vary a lot depending on depot/no. of days...)

I always thought Valparaiso is an easy AND cheap port to ship to, not for me...