Shipments done by Travellers

Procedure for picking up motorbikes from Tucomen airport.  We did two days ago, but heard that there had been some confusion recently.  It’s really important to follow the correct procedure, otherwise, you risk having your bike impounded.  Here was our experience (good).  

Very reactive agency which can organize your shipment quickly toward few destination. 

Super smooth shipment. Bike came extremely well boxed up. Motofreight know the Dangerous Goods process thoroughly and hence bike could be shipped with a small amount of fuel left in it and battery still connected. This meant no messing around on receipt sitting this out. Receipt at Panama was very easy - took 2 hours from arriving at airport to riding away with all formalities and paperwork complete. Motofreight agent at that end (David Pang) is really easy to deal with and communicated quickly with you via WhatsApp. Cost at Panama end was $125 for agent, $60 for warehouse plus $5 for workers there to dispose of crate.

This is my third freighting with Motofreight. All have gone extremely well. They may not be the Christ but they do what they promise and do it will.

Note: I also researched freighting to San Jose, Costa Rica. Quoted freight cost was $2050 + estimate from their agent of $1250 and 2-3 days to clear it. Given the total cost to both places was the same (approx $3300) I chose Panama because of the easier clearance process.

Costs breakdown:

214 USD Zarate Port costs (you pay directly at the terminal before delivering the vehicle in USD or Arg Pesos) (cash)

200 USD Grimaldi Fees (TOLL: USD 15/ton, HANDLING FEE: USD 11+21% vat/ton, BILL OF LADING FEE: USD 60+21% vat, RELEASE AT DESTINATION: USD 50+21% vat (optional)) (cash)

250 USD Agent payment (cash)

800 USD Ocean Freight (Paid through bank transfer to Italian bank account)

85.19 EUR (Admin Fee POD & Reception chages) (Paid through bank transfer to Belgian bank account)

Cost of ocean freight depends on volume. Our van is a Toyota Hiace (19.66 m3).

Clearance at destination FOR FREE. No need to hire an agent in Europe.

I shipped my Vespa PX scooter from KL to Kuching, Borneo.

I wanted to enter Indonesia from Malaysia, and wondered to do it by ship from KL to Sumatra, but after small research only AIR cargo to Borneo was the fastest and even cheaper option.

I contacted MASKargo and bring them scooter. No crate needed, they even allow me to transfer my personal backpack (70L) on the top of cscooter.

All the process was fast about 2h in Kuala Lumpur airport and about 3 hours with a free brocker in Kuching airport.

Higly recommended!