Shipments done by Travellers

The blog post does not give all the contact info for the TDG and AC cargo people.

After 24hrs, Air Canada had moved our bikes from the airport to an offsite warehouse. This was because we were late in arriving to Bogota due to a missed connection in Houston.

The service is roll on/off, fee is paid based on weight and rough volume. We shipped two G650xchallenges with full soft luggage and it was $1100 per bike. The bikes were weighed at the airport then rolled onto a large metal pallet and lashed down. 

Fellow riders,

perhaps useful shipping information for you guys, since I got stranded in the Himalayas with my KTM 690R. I transported the immobilized bike to Chandigarh.

I tried to ship the bike out of Chandigarh. I got recommended by KTM to use DHL.

Another useless advice of KTM.

I just can warn you in case you will meet the same situation to do anything with DHL:

Very unprofessional, highly priced and it was not sure to receive the CdP exit stamp, since Chandigarh has no customs office. The guys name is Kunal Bhatt/ DHL Retail Manager, as I mentioned, very unprofessional and corrupt (additional USD 300 to receive the CdP exit stamp!)

After long discussions with DHL I made a step back and transported the bike to Delhi. 

My choice was then Lalli Singh in Delhi.

I highly recommend this company, and particular Lalli Singh. It took 1 day to set up the plan for packing and shipping, on day 2 the packer arrived, made a great box, on day 6 I got the papers including the CdP exit stamp (in case missing, Indian customs fine with 500% of bike's value!!!).

After approx. 8 weeks the bike arrived well in Vienna. Costs 700USD (INR 40,000) in Delhi, another USD 700 (EUR 500) in Vienna (port costs, austrian customs costs, etc). Total costs EUR 1,000

Hope this helps you in case you meet this unfortunate situation: Shipping out only at major points like Delhi, Mumbai, etc. Don't waste your time if you get stranded in the countryside.

India is very corrupt, my toughest part was to find a company to trust, which was in my case Lalli Singh/ Indermotors in Karol Bagh/Delhi.

We send the motorbikes with a container ship from Europe to Rio de Janeiro, where they arrived on 19th October.
We can't get them thought the customs. Our custom agent said that they changed the law for the temporary import on 23th October 2013. And that they don't have the new formulars (papers) to do the import.

later...

It was difficult and expensive, but we did it!

If you want to transport your motorbike to South America, do it anywhere you want, just to Brazil not. There you will have to deal with a lot of documents, slow bureaucracy and you will spend a lot of money and nerves! If you are a very lucky and have the right custom broker you can get the bikes in 10 days. A good one is Alessandro with his assistant Wanller. He was honest to us and always available.

But the next year the things in Brazil for the temporary import should be much better. They will simplify these procedures because of the World cup. They are also in a process to accept ATA Carnet, with which you can temporary import goods much easier and with less taxes.

Contact from the custom broker:
Alessandro Rabello
Rua Dom Gerardo, 63 Sala 1508 Centro- RJ
Telephone: 55 21 2203 0483 |55 21 7871 6658
Email: alessandro.rabello@rjaduaneiros.com.br

Shipping costs for two bikes from Slovenia to Brazil:

- Wooden box 195 EUR
- Transport from Maribor to Koper 95 EUR
- Transport from Koper to Rio de Janeiro 601 EUR
- Insurance of the freight 70 EUR

Custom clerance and temporary import in Rio de Janeiro:

- Copies of documents and verification 63 EUR
- Shippig company - local costs 342 EUR
- Custom broker (his woek and taxes) 667 EUR
- Passport translation 34 EUR
- Signature verification 18 EUR
- Marina Mercante 182 EUR
- Storage for 3 weeks (with discount) 486 EUR
- Transpoer from the warehouse 74 EUR

All together 2826 EUR for two bikes.

A Peruvian Shipping Tale

Me and my friend have recently returned from an absolutely amazing motorcycle trip from the USA to Peru, which took us through 11 Central and South American countries. At the end of the trip I decided to ship my motorcycle back to Miami from Lima, Peru. I hired a local shipping company (“Amber Worldwide Peru”, co-owned by Edwin Pinedo), who said it wouldn’t be a problem to ship my bike & luggage (which could stay on the bike, so their words) back to the USA. “We do it all the time, it’s standard procedure”, were the famous last words.

I handed my motorcycle & luggage over to the shipping company, along with a power of attorney, notarized copies of my motorcycle title, temporary import permit, passport, driver’s license and a list of accompanying personal belongings. It all seemed to be going according to plan. I was quoted $1,850 + $100 for customs charges in Miami.

When I arrived in Miami my bike was nowhere to be seen. The shipping company told me that there were problems with Peruvian customs. Apparently my personal belongings could not be shipped with the bike because the customs agent at the port of entry in Tumbes, Peru, gave me the necessary temporary import permit for my Beemer, but not for my personal belongings. My luggage needed an import permit? We’ve traveled through 11 countries on this trip and my luggage never needed a permit to enter and/or leave a country. The shipping company, who deals with customs on a regular basis didn’t know that either. Unfortunately they also didn’t feel obligated to step up to the plate and fix the sticky situation. Peruvian customs had messed up on one end or the other and I had lost my personal belongings. What did the shipping company do to help? Nada. “Customs is at fault and we can’t do anything for you”, I was told. They could mail my stuff to the USA for an additional $600-700. They clearly did not feel responsible for the “mishap”. I was further told insurance wouldn’t cover my loss because it happened at customs and not during shipping. What? Isn’t going through customs part of the shipping ordeal? It shouldn’t matter during what stage of the process things go wrong. I signed over my power of attorney to the shipping company and legally, the person/company who holds the property is required by law to deliver my belongings to me and to take care of them in my best interest.

After 2 months of more and more aggravated emails back and forth between Lima and Florida, and still no resolution in sight, I found a fellow HUBBer who heard out about my situation and who offered to take my belongings with him to the USA! Wow! That was absolutely amazing. So after almost three months I was reunited with most of my belongings. Of course customs agents and people from the shipping business had gone through my stuff and had decided that they liked certain items. Not everything made it back to me. Did the shipping company care? Nope, apparently they don’t consider it their responsibility to keep your belongings safe while in their “care”.

Besides their inability to deal with customs, they gave me the wrong information about US customs fees where the estimated $100 turned into $700! Maybe they did not know about the actual cost, but I’d say it’s their job to know. Not knowing is no excuse if you’re running a business. The quote of $1,950 turned into a bill of $2,700! Ouch.

My advice: DO NOT SHIP WITH “Amber Worldwide Peru”!!! It is an unprofessional shipping business and not fit for international customers. Beware!

Moto_girl

January 2014

Nothing to say, everything was well made and professional. I just had to make a crate I actually made on my own and costed me in total about 150 USD. Customs in Chile were quite good as well. About three days to get the bike because a paper I forgot in Belgium ;)