Hello everybody,
I'm quite new here; a fellow biker traveler whom I met on the road pointed this website out to me, I can't believe I didn't stumble upon it earlier!
Without much planning, my current travel plans evolved from riding around Nepal and India into building an old Royal Enfield 350 Bullet from scratch in Nepal, to riding it back to Holland. Living the dream!
After a lot of hassle organizing all the paperwork from within Nepal I finally got everything done and set off on the big trip home about 3 days ago. I'm now in Varanasi, India, and, after traveling through India, am looking for the best option to ship my bike to Iran. I'd like to avoid the (although it's very interesting) hassle of crossing through Pakistan.
I'm currently considering shipping the bike from Mumbai or Goa, by boat, to Bandar Abbas, Iran, with SECO shipping company. Estimated costs are about 800 USD and freight time about 10 days.
Included in these costs are all packing services, shipping crate, carnet handling at customs, etc. So if I understand correctly (and if their information is reliable), it would be as simple as a drop-off and pick up from my side, without much hassle.
I did some looking around on HU and found many similar topics, but often quite old or the other way around. I was wondering if someone has recent experience doing a similar thing and is willing to share his/her information.
Air freight would be more convenient but I would rather avoid Delhi (since its not on route for me and I'm not really interested in going there) and haven't found much information about freight services with Mumbai as a starting point.
Looking forward to sharing experiences!
Here's a picture with me and my self-build bike, I'm guessing everyone likes to see these type of things over here