Issue with air-freighting the bike and me going by ship?

[Jammin]

Hello, I'm currently 1 year into a 3 year RTW. I started in Chicago last March and am close to being done with Latin America (on my way north to BsAs). Next I would like to enter northern Africa at Morocco and head down the west coast.

I have time on my side and I like to travel by sea personally to put the distances in perspective and was looking forward to the 2-3 week ship journey across the Atlantic (to relax and prepare for Africa).

I was planning on using Grimaldi for me and the bike but now it is not feasible (they are all booked till mid-March and I would like to leave in the next 2 weeks, had planned on their BA-Dakar service but vehicles not allowed to get down since Jan 2011 ).

I have contacted some other freighter cruise agents and think it is possible for me to travel by ship (to southern Spain) but now it's a question about the bike. Since these cargo ships are not RoRo, the bike has to go as cargo and it wont be guaranteed to travel on the same ship as me. Also, sending her by sea might take much longer than 3 weeks, so I was thinking of air-freighting the bike to say Frankfurt or Madrid with me still going by sea. Is this possible or not a good idea?

I would need to handle air-freighting the bike in BsAs but is it possible for someone else (a friend in Frankfurt) to pick up the bike and wait for me? or am I the only one allowed to pick up the bike?

Thanks