Shipments done by Travellers

the company deal with us in good way from the first day, all the employees are professionals and experienced.
I will be using this company in future for sure.

The usual way is by ferry from Vladivostok to Japan via Korea. It takes two days and you have to bring the bike on Monday in Vlad., but the ferry goes Wednesdays.

But they must book at least 1-2 weeks in advance, everything else is full, incredibly.

The whole cost together with Agent, Customs etc. € 1000.

We decided to go from the Russian island of Sakhalin to Japan.

The Ferry goes from Vanino, 520km northeast of Khabarovsk. Attention is, in Vanino it just a hotel for 60 € ... So camp before. It has beautiful places there and the track is fun.

We have filled some Papers on the harbor entrance, turn right into the container, and they gave us a little note. So always follow the main harbor road to the other side, there is quite a big house, the Ticket Office. There are the costs per person and Bike: 75 €.

http://www.sasco.ru/en-Vanino-Kholmsk-i37

On Sakhalin, we are equal to the port of Korsakov on. Always in place until the end, you can see the harbor entrance. Is a large office building, 3 floor, left, almost at the end of the hall is the office. I've almost forgotten the name ... something with Landflot, I think. But everyone knows there.

Who know each other from great, not afraid. It is the Internet the Ferry timetable.

http://www.heartlandferry.jp/english/

And best of all, does not require a carnet! They don't want to have it! Much too complicated, so the statement of the customs.

Opposite is a small "hotel" the woman from the agency solves everything.
We paid for all complete 13 100 rubles, or 325 € (2 people, 2 motorcycles). In the morning we had to be at the port, 10 min inch, passport control, done by 8 clock!

On the Japanese side then you pay for Moped:

The ferry ticket: 90 € - 9000 yen, (only for each Bikes)
Insurance for the bike, 7300 yen, (was for 6 months, one month costs 5500 Yen)
and 5000 for the agent ...

All in all, were there for our two bikes at a discount only 20,000 yen, 200 €, each.

The customs fees and insurance, of course, would be due even if the Vladivoskok ferry.

In Wakkanei were all very helpful, the agent took us to get some money in the little town, perfect! Then it was just a good trip.

And finally, one more thing: Hokkaido in Japan is THE motorcycle paradise! The ferry to the main island costs for the two of us together even just 84 €, that is quite cheap.

Another tip, in the major bookstores (found everywhere), there are in the motorcycle newspaper corner, the best cards. perfect of all the small streets. So you can ride almost without cars in Japan!

Have fun in Japan .

I recently moved from the US to the UK and I decided to ship my bike (2007 Yamaha FJR1300a) with me. Besides being too attached to sell her, I paid 13500usd brand new and here is 15500gbp (22k usd) mrsp. Pricey!!
Since i'm going through it right now, I wanted to share the process in case someone decides to do the same. I guess if it's a rare or an expensive bike, it's worth the cost, but forget about shipping a cheap bike here because it doesn't make sense economically.
I wish I knew this before, I would have given it a second thought.

Ship to uk. I used Shumacher Cargo. Professional and decently priced. I got a shared container for 500usd + 200usd insurance (optional) 6 weeks from Long Beach to London. (uncrated)
At arrival paid another 200Gbp custom clearance and fees
Book MSVA (motorcycle single vehicle approval) with VOSA early (it can take a month) - 80gbp. your bike will have to comply with msva regulations (http://www.dft.gov.uk/vosa/repositor...%202010%20.pdf)
It can be a big pain u know where. I had to add white position lights to headlights (us bikes don't have them) and work on the electrical circuit to make the yellow position lights be normally off except for when u turn direction lights.. Also the emergency lights have some weird requirements.. Anyway read the link CARFULLY
I went to Teslayn Engineering in Oxford and got raped to have the job done. 24hr to put LEDs in my headlight and 650 Gbp later.. Shoot me please
Next week I have the test. Hopefully it will pass.
After that I need to get insurance. Make sure you get a 'letter of experience' from your insurance provider. Basically it's a piece of paper where they state how many years you have been insured and how many claims your had. For me I had 6 years no claims so insurance went from 1100gbp to 450gbp (basic legal policy)
After insurance, go to DVLA (our DMV) and show documents. Pay the MOT (road tax) around 100gbp and they'll give you a plate and off you go.
Moral of the story it's a big headache! Just shameful how picky they can be about two stupid lights.. And all the money it costed to have them fixed.
I'll update next week at process (hopefully) completed.

One important thing to remember is that you only have to pay VAT or sales tax (20% of market value) if you buy used bike from US. If you have owned your vehicle for more than 6 months and lived in the US for more that 12 months (my case) you don't have to pay that - thank god!

Hope this helps,
Damiano

leaft the bike in malmo and paid 492 euro or 5250 sweden kroner .i cratet the bike may self the time from sweden to chile whas 29 august to 02 october in chile i had to pay 180 pesos four papper whork and i pick the bike upp in valparaiso att the wearhouse easy no nead four any healp yuo can do all this bay yuor self the wear house is a few kilimeters aout side off Valparaiso contakt in Chile is sparber chile c/o chile s.a evaristo lillo 78.piso 6 las condes. Santiago de Chile chile Rut 96. 974.340-k '5625700900 it whas one of the most easy shipment i have ever done both in Sweden and Chile

1. Cost: $2350 total from their depot to the runway in Seoul. This includes them organising the Dangerous Goods paperwork.

2. Dangerous Goods - when I was shopping around I got various views/instructions as to what needed to be done to the bike. The most common was 1/4 tank or less of fuel, battery disconnected, oil in engine OK. However some insisted all petrol out and oil out - apparently different companies and airlines have their own rules that they apply on top of the international regulations. So it pays to ask - draining the oil would be a pain but I know of people who have had to do it.
Timing: Shipping companies are all used to frieghting goods at short notice. When you, as a nervous first timer, phone up 6 months in advance you will get a polite but generally uninterested response. Solid contact about 4-6 weeks out seems to work.

3. Crating: I used a Triumph pallet - these made of metal with fork lift points, tie down points, wheel guides etc.. They have metal arches that go over the top of the bike which then support the cardboard side and top. They are beautifully made and free from the local dealer as he sends them up the tip. The downside of themetal pallet is you cannot tailor the size to minimise it to suit your bike. For me this meant I ended up on a pallet a bit longer than strictly necessary, the benefit was I could leave the front wheel on and dismantling was limited to removing the handlebars to reduce width and sliding forks upthrough triple clamps to reduce height. Downside was cost increased by about $200-$300. If you want to minimise cost BMW crates are also easily available and wood and hence more customisable. One interesting comment from the shipping agent was it was much better the bike was fully covered and not visible - he said airlines always give them much more trouble when the goods can be seen and problems can be imagined than with innocuous plain packages.

4. Additional luggage in crate with bike: I was told strictly no - although I know of others who have successfully done it. I didn't push it (other than making sure all spares and tools were strapped on to the frame) as I thought if I have to carry it all to the aircraft it will make sure I keep my load to 25kg and not overpack.

5. Seoul was only the arrival point for the bike - I really wanted to get it to Vladivostok via the ferry from Donghae, Korea. You can temporarily import into Korea and then ride or you can arrange shipment on a truck "in bond". I have chosen the transport in-bond for simplicity although I think it is slightly more expensive and it has been quoted to me as $600-$700 by Wendy Choi (wendychoi2-at-gmail dot com) - based on the contact to date she really does seem to be as efficient as everyone else has reported here on the HUBB.

6. Ferry Donghae Korea - Vladivostok. This is run by DSB Cruise and Wendy Choi will make a booking for you. Cost is about $500 you and bike. Sailings are weekly leaving on a Sunday and apparently very busy throughout July and August. Pre-booking is recommended - without Wendy (and also advice from another HUBB regular in Korea Seouljoe) my trip planning almost collapsed before I had left Australia.