europe to us by ship

[racer196]

I'm trying to get info on shipping my bike and myself to the west coast this summer. I've heard it's possible to book on a freighter with your bike. Anyone know anything?

[BruceP]

West coast ? That will be a long trip, via the suez canal. Summer will be over.

Get the RoRo from Liverrpool to Halifax, Canada, with WWWW www.2wglobal.com . They also go from Southampton.

I posted details on the trip planning section recently

[lmhobbs]

Fly it don't ship it! Why because it will cost about $50 to retrieve it from customs by air and about 300 by ship, so check out total cost before you decide. We only paid about £100 more to send by air and we got bike immediately.

We are sending bikes back to UK by ship

[BruceP]

JC quoted £1500 to fly 1 bike to Halifax. We sent by RoRo for £700, and yes $300 to get out of port. That was fees and agent fees ($160) for agent. The bikes were ready when we arrived, 2 hours to get to agent and leave Halifax.

You don't need an agent, but time was against us. I( do agree flying is quicker, but costs appear to be soaring (pun intended).

In 2010 it was only £900 to fly to Toronto. And £650 by sea.

[seouljoe]

Originally Posted by BruceP

West coast ? That will be a long trip, via the suez canal. Summer will be over.

Get the RoRo from Liverrpool to Halifax, Canada, with WWWW www.2wglobal.com . They also go from Southampton.

I posted details on the trip planning section recently

Same line will go via Panama , all the way to LA, Seattle, Japan. Korea and China. Then it turns around then goes right back ,, alll the way to Bremerhaven.
Bi-Weekly schedule. It will take about a month from S.Ham to LA,, appx 1400 quid.