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Yes, I just discovered the ferry stopped in April and won't start again until November !
Now I'm looking for an option going in the opposite direction.
I understand it's possible to do the crossing with a non-commercial ship, but I'm not sure about the rules.
I'm interested to know what you learn.
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Yes, I just discovered the ferry stopped in April and won't start again until November !
Now I'm looking for an option going in the opposite direction.
I understand it's possible to do the crossing with a non-commercial ship, but I'm not sure about the rules.
I'm interested to know what you learn. 
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Hey look into the stahlratte. It's s cruise sailing ship who takes bikes. Seems to be the only one who still does it.
Alternative Google for the company girag. They do air shipping. A friend just did it today. They should have an office in Colombia.
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Hey look into the stahlratte. It's s cruise sailing ship who takes bikes. Seems to be the only one who still does it.
Alternative Google for the company girag. They do air shipping. A friend just did it today. They should have an office in Colombia.
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Yes, I contacted stahlratte, I don't think I can stretch my visa/permit for the next sailing, but I'm going to try.
Otherwise they gave me contact details for a logistics agent doing containers.
I wonder what the air shipping costs are like. I'll check it out.
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I didn't notice this before, but there is a RoRo operating a few dates:
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http://sanblasferry.com/index.html
Price is very high for a moto at $750USD
but on further searching from the same website I found conflicting pricing $459USD:
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http://www.sanblasferry.com/html/pricelist-precio-preis.html
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Originally Posted by timoto
I didn't notice this before, but there is a RoRo operating a few dates:
HTML Code:
http://sanblasferry.com/index.html
Price is very high for a moto at $750USD
but on further searching from the same website I found conflicting pricing $459USD:
HTML Code:
http://www.sanblasferry.com/html/pricelist-precio-preis.html
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thanks dude- i will look into this. everything i found so far is aboiut 750 to 900 USD to ship the bike via boat or air. the air shipping is the easiest and works well.
container sharing will maybe get the price down. depends. i made a couple of bad experience with sea shipping as they sometimes do not tell you the local port charges at port of arrival. they can be nothing or a couple of hundret bucks (in jakarta it was 600 USD) so then it bcomes quite expensive. so take care to find out all fees before you ship the bike
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thanks dude- i will look into this. everything i found so far is aboiut 750 to 900 USD to ship the bike via boat or air. the air shipping is the easiest and works well.
container sharing will maybe get the price down. depends. i made a couple of bad experience with sea shipping as they sometimes do not tell you the local port charges at port of arrival. they can be nothing or a couple of hundret bucks (in jakarta it was 600 USD) so then it bcomes quite expensive. so take care to find out all fees before you ship the bike
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I have since got more info on container sharing, there's a bunch of people trying to get from Panama to Colombia contact the agent who is gathering overlanders teakalmbach[at]hotmail.com
I know there is at least one group of 4 bikes looking to share.
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The container sharing comes cheaper and sums up to about 600$ but considering your won flight and taxt from airport to seaport etc you probably end up at 800-900 dollar and hassle at the ports.
Where the ferry coast $1000 but its more hassle free as you just ride on and off. And as they sorted out from there mistakes years ago it seems to me a good option. i really think to do it with the ferry
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