Shipments done by Travellers

Despite the help with paperwork and easy to contact, my bike did not shipped with the vessel they promised. They could not tell me the reason why. So my bike arrived to late. on my check of the paperwork they send me all the information was right but not the brand of the motorcycle.

after some mails they finally send me the right paperwork. Total costs from germany to canada and back again was about 2600 euro 

The Line Sakaiminato-Vladivostok is a normal Car Ferry as I know it from Europe. Well at least in Japan it is, the Russians see it a bit differently.

In Vladivostok the Ferry arrived on Monday 14.00h. I'm not allowed to drive my bike off the ferry. In Japan and Korea you can drive yourself.

They unloaded the bike on Tuesday???? On Wednesday my agent got the papers and with a bit good luck I drove off at 16.00h

I used the service from Yuri Melnikov. He arranged the compulsory insurance for Russia on Tuesday. It's the first time I used an agent to get custom clearance. I'm glad I did.

Cost:

Sakaiminato:

Bike: usd 700

Cheapest cabin: usd 240

Bill of Lading in Japan: usd 120????

Vladivostok:

Customs, unloading the bike, storage: usd 100

Yuri Melnikov, agent: usd 150

Compulsory insurance: usd 57

Yuri Melnikov, General Manager Links, Ltd.
89 Svetlanskaya str.,
office 312, 690001,
Vladivostok, Russia.

Tel/fax: +7(423)222-15-78 Tel: +7(423)222-08-87

Mobile: +7 902 5243447

ymel...@links-ltd.com

Costs:

473 AUD shipping costs for one bike (2,64 m3), Affordable Shipping in Sydney

50 AUD for a second hand crate for a BMW GS 1200 (100w, 245l, 110h), Procycles Sydney

469 NZD port service & fees, Carotrans/Mainfreight in Auckland

86 NZD cargo handling, Carotrans in Auckland

88 NZD clearance certificate, Biosecurity Authority/Ministry for Primary Industries

We contacted Bob from Affordable Shipping by phone and email. He needs a copy of your passport and the stamped out CdP and is very reliable and easy going. Vessels go once a week (Wednesday), cut off is one week earlier. You will get the bill of lading by email after the vessel left Sydney. It will contain the contact details of the shipping agency in charge in Auckland and information about the whole procedure in NZ. The vessel arrives in Auckland the following Sunday. We were still able to pick it up 2 days later (Tuesday afternoon), with the boat being 1 day late.

Bikes and gear need to be cleaned thoroughly for Biosecurity in NZ. You can pack all your motorbike gear, tools and spare parts with the bike. It has to be crated but this can be done at the storage. Got the crate from Procycles in Sydney (148 George St., Hornsby NSW 2077, tel. 02 99109500) for 50 AUD. We picked it up by trailer and brought it directly to Kings storage. You will need a hammer to nail the timber for the lid, cling foil to close the box will be provided by Affordable Shipping.

Customs is at the airport, international terminal (10 Cooks River Drive, tel. 1300558287). You need a proof of the booking, 100 points identification and the carnet to get stamped out. There is an additional office in the city center.

If you want to ride in South Korea and sending multiple bikes they need 1 Air Way Bill each. We messed up while trying to save money (1 AWB and 1 DG certificate saves money) http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/2prats/005631.php

We hit some paperwork issues but it's all been smoothed out in a matter of days.  Shipment was organised under a week.