To European members about shipping your car!

[cavemanno1]

Hi guys!

I'm trying to organise my car shipping fiesco and was wondering if you guys get a car shipped by a import company or you just went directly to shipping companies like Schumacher cargo and such!

I'm trying to do the whole paperwork process myself to save a bit of money on the shipping cost.Anything i can save is a good think,since i have to still trailer the car home from the shipping port,which is another 1000 euros!

So my question would be,other then the title and bill of sale,what paperwork do shipping companies and custom needs?
I was told by a few guys they rather pay someone to handle the paperwork since something always missing and such but i would need a first hand experience if you have!

I will get in touch with the shipping port as well and hopefully they can get me some answer as well but i'd like it from this point of view as well!

Thanks,

Peter

[kokxville]

Hi Peter,

Don't worry man.
Shipping a car isn't so hard.
Over here in the Netherlands i have good experiences with Marlog Car handling( Google them and ask some questions what you may concern )
They work well together wit a lot of different companies like Schumacher cargo.
Call Joey from Schumacher cargo about the location where the car is and where it needs to go.
Call Marlog car handling and tell that you ship your car that will come to them.
They will arrange all the paperwork and such for you.

It takes a little more effort to do it like this,but it will sve you a couple of hundred bucks.

Good luck.

John

[cavemanno1]

Hi John!

Thanks a lot not to give me horror stories about shipping the car yourself 

I'm in touch with Joe from Schumacher cargo and will look for Marlog car handling!

Thanks again!

Peter

[kokxville]

Always glad to help a brother out 

[skip68]

Hey Peter, if you need parts try and get some before the car is shipped and put them in the car.  If I remember CB did that when he had his shipped to Belgium.  King joop and CB have shipped cars more than once.  You might want to send them a pm.   

[kokxville]

Hey Peter, if you need parts try and get some before the car is shipped and put them in the car.  If I remember CB did that when he had his shipped to Belgium.  King joop and CB have shipped cars more than once.  You might want to send them a pm.   

That is indeed a real smart thing to do.
I forgot to mention that 
But sometimes the car you've bought needs to get out of the former owners way asap,and there's no time to have parts shipped out to that adress. 

[skip68]

True.   I stored CB's car in my garage next to mine for 8 or 9 months.   

[cavemanno1]

Thanks guys!

That is my plan,collect the heavy and big items and put them inside the car.Luckily i have a good friend in Philadelphia who stores the car for me and put all my parts into the car!
The really big items are really only the floors but i will get half onse to be able to put them into the trunk.Then magnum 500's with tires mounted on.The rest are disc brake,seat covers,carpet,headliner,wire harnesses and stuff!
Can't fit lower quarters inside so i have to get my bodyman to make them!
Do you guys know how I could fix them onto the car somehow?Metal screws maybe?Oh need gas tank as well but that will get fixed to it's place with straps or something!

Thanks again for thinking about me!

[Lennard]

Lower quarters/half quarters do fit in a Charger.

[cavemanno1]

Lower quarters/half quarters do fit in a Charger.

Really?That's good to know!How do you fit them inside?I can Not block the passenger seat becuase they need to get in and out from that side,shipping company said!So everything has to fit inside the trunk and on the back seat.

[six-tee-nine]

Peter,

Google Marlog forwarding.

they're in the Netherlands but I think they ship anywhere.

[cavemanno1]

Peter,

Google Marlog forwarding.

they're in the Netherlands but I think they ship anywhere.

Thanks guys!

Marlog quoted me $500 less then Schumacher cargo.Seems a lot less and if something is too good to be true...
Since they are "the middle man" i can't see how they can do it for less.Also they will not charge me for a non running car and items inside which Schumacher cargo would 

I have to ship my car to Rotterdam because the custom is more "flexible"

[Lennard]

Lower quarters/half quarters do fit in a Charger.

Really?That's good to know!How do you fit them inside?I can Not block the passenger seat becuase they need to get in and out from that side,shipping company said!So everything has to fit inside the trunk and on the back seat.

That might be a problem.  I had one seat flat.

[Trulyvintage]

Parts inside a car tend to disappear between the shipping agent & the destination.

Itemize each part - take pictures of each part & all parts inside the car as they are packed.

Have a shipping manifest detailing every part.

Make sure all parties agree to take responsibility for disappearance - theft - damage.

Insure if possible at 200% minimum replacement value at your destination.


Good Luck !


Jim

[cavemanno1]

Thanks Jim!

Thought of that,some low life would steal my parts but will make it somehow safe!Maybe number them or stuff the small items just behind the back seat in the trunk and put the wheels in the trunk to block it off from site.The shipping company requires a complete list about the items in the car.

Any more suggestion how i could make it safe?Maybe lock the trunk and say it's jammed can't be opened?
Will think of something!

Thanks anyway

Peter

[polywideblock]

after customs has checked your car could the trunk/ glove box key be "lost" 

[areibel]

Lower quarters/half quarters do fit in a Charger.

Would it be worth cutting the lower quarters in half (say from the top of the wheelwell up) and fitting them in?  I just wondered if it would be easier to weld them back together on the car that to try and form them up from scratch?

[ws23rt]

This topic of international shipping is interesting from a sellers point of view as well.

It's come to my mind when I am contacted by a buyer from overseas.

Is the current norm for the buyer to make all the arrangements for shipping?

I ask this out of curiosity.  I've heard of many choosing to only sell domestic. (even just parts selling)--- Is this choice mostly due to not wanting to deal with a complex transaction?

I haven't researched middle men and shipping companies so maybe it can be smooth for sellers with the right leads and information.

[polywideblock]

        I've used  shipping company's that arranged shipping to port and  payment for car on pick up and pack car for shipping (some better than others ) 

                         I pay them here and pick up car at port over here

                   I just find em and get them inspected myself , then contact them 

                   a lot of overseas buyers prefer to arrange for  inspection /payment /pick up themselves as it cuts the scam rate somewhat 

[cavemanno1]

Lower quarters/half quarters do fit in a Charger.

Would it be worth cutting the lower quarters in half (say from the top of the wheelwell up) and fitting them in?  I just wondered if it would be easier to weld them back together on the car that to try and form them up from scratch?

I think the lower quarters can be secured onto the old ones with metal screws!

This topic of international shipping is interesting from a sellers point of view as well.

It's come to my mind when I am contacted by a buyer from overseas.

Is the current norm for the buyer to make all the arrangements for shipping?

I ask this out of curiosity.  I've heard of many choosing to only sell domestic. (even just parts selling)--- Is this choice mostly due to not wanting to deal with a complex transaction?

I haven't researched middle men and shipping companies so maybe it can be smooth for sellers with the right leads and information.

It's not a current norm to ship the car yourself since i have not found anyone who done the whole think themselves!The only reason i wanna do it to save a few bucks but so far i haven't found it out the price difference!
Still don't know what it takes and what it involves do ship it myself!

So far what i learned is that all i have to provide is the title,bill of sale,prof of payment and a list of parts inside the car!!!
Everybody i have talked to said they used such and such companies to handle the whole thing!When i asked the companies they quoted me for shipping the car but NEVER answered the question of what's involved in the process.

Interestingly when i talked the Schumacher cargo which is a main container shipping company they quoted me for $2100+insurance and tax.For a non running car the fee is $150 and for items inside the car also $150!That seems a lot to me and Marlog the "middle man"company in Netherland quoted me $1500 plus insurance and tax.Both companies would ship the car to Rotterdam plus Marlog the "middle man" has his fee in that quote so I'm kinda confused here!

Is it that Marlog didn't quote me for the additional non running car fee and items in the car fee,although i have asked them specifically about it and they said NO EXTRA charge for that!Or Schumacher cargo which is physically shipping the container has a higher price?
Don't know who Marlog is using to ship the container but if their price stay that low after they have answered all my questions them i just use their service!
Although i still haven't got an answer for my original question,but if Marlog can do it for me less then me doing the whole thing myself with Schumacher,i will go with Marlog!

Does it make sense at all?I guess in order to find out what i have to do to ship the car myself,i have to just go for it and do it.Than i can learn as i go along,which i don't really want.Preparation is the key to success!

[polywideblock]

a lot of the cheaper shipping company's make up the difference by packing "crap" in and around your car in the shipping container 

  some "high seas" and your pride and joy arrives looking like it been kept in a kindergarten playground    ask me how I know   

[cavemanno1]

a lot of the cheaper shipping company's make up the difference by packing "crap" in and around your car in the shipping container 

  some "high seas" and your pride and joy arrives looking like it been kept in a kindergarten playground    ask me how I know   

Well,mine can't get any worse 
As long as they won't steal anything from it they can pack whatever they want around it!

[fc7_plumcrazy]

This topic of international shipping is interesting from a sellers point of view as well.

It's come to my mind when I am contacted by a buyer from overseas.

Is the current norm for the buyer to make all the arrangements for shipping?

I ask this out of curiosity.  I've heard of many choosing to only sell domestic. (even just parts selling)--- Is this choice mostly due to not wanting to deal with a complex transaction?

I haven't researched middle men and shipping companies so maybe it can be smooth for sellers with the right leads and information.

If ou talk about shipping a car:
The buyer usually arranges it.

If it is about parts: The seller got to do it

Regards

Carsten

[ws23rt]

This thread reminds me of a shipping container I got a close look at while working a job at the port of Tacoma Wa.

The container had a big bulge at either end and inside was a land rover that was about two feet shorter than when it was made.  
Insurance is a good thing but it can't make everything whole again.

[cavemanno1]

This thread reminds me of a shipping container I got a close look at while working a job at the port of Tacoma Wa.

The container had a big bulge at either end and inside was a land rover that was about two feet shorter than when it was made.  
Insurance is a good thing but it can't make everything whole again.

No way!You ceriously telling that they rummed in the land rover into a shorter container?Well those guys i have talked to have a very good reputation so that won"t happen!