From Sydney, Australia to London, United Kingdom - August, 2001

Just for information purposes. I have just arranged for my bike to go by sea to Tilbury, UK and had a good experience......so far!
I used Crossocean Freight, namely Maria Moro tel: 02 9666 9220 (main switch).

Process as follows:

Take carnet to Customs Cargo Export Dept - ULM House, Link Road, Mascot - just near the airport terminal. Book Export Exam at the export warehouse that Crossocean specify. Meet Customs Officer there to witness exam and retrieve carnet. Close the crate and walk away!

I just paid AU$650 broken down as follows:

Dimensions are: 62cm x 132cm x226cm = 1.85cubic metres
Crating AUD$308.00 (Includes GST)
Freight: AUD$277.50
Documentation: AUD$65.00
Total: AUD$650.50

The crate was big enuff to contain the whole bike with only the mirrors removed. I put 2 panniers and a top box in too!

No insurance as you can see. That would have been another hundred odd bucks.

... Yes it did arrive safely altho it wasn't tied down inside the crate and they had removed the handlebars which I had not asked them to do.

The agents here in the UK were really good - King International at Tilbury Docks. After a bit of initial confusion re: the carnet which I had to sort out they did everything for me. For a total of 209 GBP they cleared customs, got the carnet discharged, processed all the other paperwork and delivered the crate to central London. My free bonus was cartoons and the words Tomb Raider all over the crate which made me laugh!!!