From Bangkok, Thailand to Aqaba, Jordan - March, 2010

We wanted to ship two Honda Wave 100cc from the port of Bangkok to the port of Aqaba by sea. The whole process took around two months.

Please find below a quick description of the agents involved in the shipping process :

Shipping agent in Bangkok : we found an agent (ProCarry Logistics) on Chatuchak market that agreed to send our motorbikes to Aqaba. We just brought the motorbikes to his office in the suburbs of Bangkok. His tasks included : finding a shipping company (Maersk) that would take our bikes on board, crating of the two bikes, carrying the crate from his office to the docks, emitting the bill of lading, sending us the bill of lading by DHL (we had left Bangkok when the ship left), clearing the customs in Bangkok. Price : 750$ for the two bikes
The shipping agent is quite professional but have a relatively low command of English, requiring you to be sometimes patient...

Shipping agent in Aqaba. Our agent in Bangkok recommended us a shipping agent in Aqaba (National Shipping Services, located not far from the city center). His tasks included : emitting a delivery order after we gave him the bill of lading, unloading the motorbikes from the ship, recommending a customs clearance agent to us. Price : 250$ for the two bikes
This agent did quite a good job, excepted the fact that the customs clearance agent he recommended was not professional (see below)

Customs clearance agent in Aqaba. To get the motorbikes out of the warehouse, you need a customs clearance agent. His tasks included : helping us to get the temporary import permit (we did not have any carnet de passage), helping us to have the documents necessary to get the motorbikes out of the warehouse, bringing us to the warehouse to go through the final process and finally ride on… Price : 250 $ for the two bikes.
For this last part, we worked with a small company call Hosban Clearance, which we do not recommend, given their very low command of English and above all their lack of professionalism. We spent 10 days in the port of Aqaba before we could finally get the mortorbikes out. We encountered many problems during the process, and although everything was not Hosban’s direct responsibility, they could certainly have been far more efficient to help us solve the problems.