Hi Nick, often freight companies only want to deal with other companies not the great unwashed. A freight forwarder will have an arrangement with various freight companies, surface or air, and to access those companies services you need to go through a freight forwarder. Eg if you want to fly a bike from Australia to Europe just ringing the airlines wont neccesarilly get you what you want, but if you go through a company that acts as an agent for a few of them you will be surprised just who will carry what.
For air cargo motorcycles (used) are considerred dangerous cargo and so must be shown to have been prepared for travel in a particular way and signed off by a dangerous goods specialist...not leaking fuel.oil and battery acid and upright in a crate is usually about it! On ships I dont believe they are considerred DG.
You mention RORO so I assume you mean to travel on the ship with the bike like on a ferry, the people you are talking to may want the bike considerred as freight so you may need a Bill of Lading and customs clearance or even crating etc, freight forwarders often prepare this stuff.
If you search in the Planning section under shipping you'll find loads of stuff.
good hunting
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