Shipping out of Port Sudan

[Mousse83]

Hi all,

Currently in Ethiopia heading north and looking for possibilities to get our vehicle back to Europe. As we have only 5 weeks left (unfortunately, expected to be back at the office at 3rd March ;-), we are looking for a quick solution.

Will try to get a transit visa for Saudi Arabia to reach Israel but not sure if this will work out in Khartoum. If not, we thought shipping out of Port Sudan by container/RoRo to any port in Western Europe should always be an option, but so far I can't find any info/freightforwarders for this. Anyone with more info?

And, anyone experience with shipping from Israel to Western Europe? (so not to Greece/Italy/Turkey)

If all plans fail, anyone who can tell us about possibilities to sell the car in Sudan?

THANKS in advance!

Marloes

[Mike K.]

Hello,

have a look here:
Verschiffung eines Land Rovers von Port Sudan (Sudan) nach Piräus (Griechenland) | The MacMillians
They ship their car with MSC from Port Sudan to Greece.

Good luck

Mike

[the windleys]

Hi where are you. We are two vehicles going north. We are on the border of etheopia driving to Sudan looking for a way to Europe . We will be in khartom in the begining of Feb. Our etheopian phone for text is 0934744968 and our international phone for text is +447906315251
We are looking at options hope to meet up for a Colin and Diana Ivo and Gabriela :

[roamingyak]

Note: You may need to get a permit to go to the coast (Port Sudan/Sarakin etc). If from the Ethiopia border you want to go straight there, you can get it in Kassala.

Erkowit is a not stop over on the way - cool at 1,000 metres and old British ruins.

[Mousse83]

That's very useful Mike! I've contacted them for some additional info and also contacted M.S.C. in the Netherlands. Will keep everyone posted!

Windleys, surprising we didn't meet yet ;-) We are currently in Addis, waiting for some repairs to be done on our car (suffered from Marsabit-Moyale) Then Lalibela - Gonder (+Tim/Kim) - Simien - border Sudan (around 6 Feb)

Roamingyak, will go to Khartoum first anyway, but thanks for the reminder!

[itchyfeet38]

The Grimaldi ships that you get from Israel dock first in Italy but then go on down the Spanish Coast and ultimately on round to Ireland and the UK. However the longer voyages become very expensive. Full details are on the Grimaldi Freighter Cruises section of their site. Ashdod to Salerno was approx 1000 euro for us and a 4x4. All the details are posted (somewhere!) on here. I will try and find later. Or send me your email and I will forward to you. Friends of ours looked into shipping from Port Sudan to Turkey but it was very expensive (about £3000 from memory) because of the huge fees to go through Suez.

[achim-in-jordan]

The hub for the region of the Danish shipping giant MAERSK is in Salalah, Oman! So shipping out of Sudan to Oman and heading towards Europe through Iran might be an interesting alternative, avoiding Saudi and the transit visa problem and also avoiding the Suez Canal and its prohibitive fees.

Best,
Achim

[Mike K.]

Hello,

i read today in the Wüstenschiff Forum that this agent is very good:
Welcome to the Darka Sudan web site

Mike

[Mousse83]

Thanks itchyfeet, could you please email your info to marloes_ark@yahoo.com?

Achim-,sounds like an amazing trip , but unfortunately not meeting our time schedule (have to be back in Holland 1st March)

Mike, thanks, we 've just sent them an email!

Btw, strangely enough we just received an email of a shipping company in the netherlands and they told us our country does not accept freights from Sudan?? Any comments on this...?

[roamingyak]

Originally Posted by Mousse83

Btw, strangely enough we just received an email of a shipping company in the netherlands and they told us our country does not accept freights from Sudan?? Any comments on this...?

Might be UN (read: USA) Sanctions related. Nobody will receive a courier package from Somaliland, but you could DHL in ;-)

[Mousse83]

That's what I'd guess as well, sanctions-related...
Anyway, will try to go for the Port Sudan - Jeddah - Aqaba option in Khartoum. Anyone knows how regular the ferry sails?
(additional tips for acquiring the Saudi transit visa are more than welcome!)

Greetings from Lalibela!

[the windleys]

We have a good contact for transit visa to Saudi from Sudan.
This contact organises pilgrims to Mecca. He can also organise a ferry booking and transport for right hand vehicles to transit.
You need a Jordan visa first. This is easy the Embassy is near the Saudi Embassy .
Also if married a marriage certificate if you do not have it with you all the Embassys in Khartoum will provide a letter.
You need two free pages in the passprt opposite each other .
He can also organise everything in 4 days depending on the ferry dates .
He seems a very honest straight forward person and others have used him in the past with no problems.
You need negotiate his fee directly with him but he did not seem to ask for much .
The best way is to go to his office just near the Saudi Embassy and organise things.Call him for directions when you reach Khartoum .

CONTACT
Mr Armed Abdelsamie +249912318170
Email duaasudan@gmail .com

[achim-in-jordan]

Hi Mousse,

Just to make sure: From Port Sudan or better Suakin, there are only ferries to Jeddah! There are no ferries which continue to Aqaba, Jordan.

Greetings,
Achim