My son and I are planning a trip London - Turkey - South Africa.
We want to ship our Vehicles and ourselves from Turkey (Preferably from port Iskenderun) to Port Sudan on the Red Sea.

Please advise on possible shipping agents I can use and any other info that may be of use.

Many thanks
please

Hello,
More information needed.
1-Dimensions,weights of each one..Whatelse will be included inside the container if will be included or only vehicle.Vehicle and owner nationality and an address in destination country.(address,telephone,email)
2-Date.
And attention pls, to Africa ports,best are İstanbul and Mersin ports for direct shipping..(port capacity,civil customs,suitable container,etc.)

International passenger flights to abroad except Europe are available only from İstanbul Atatürk Airport.

Best Wishes

Will get dimensions of both vehicles

Can you supply me with your email address and other contact detail
Planning to leave (looks like Mersin will suite me best) about 18 January 2013.

Also need on board accomodation for 3 adults and a 2 year old

Many thanks for your reply

I know two couples who tried to arrange transport for their vehicles in the other direction ie Port Sudan north but it was incredibly expensive (I will try and dig out their email with the actual figures). Shipping through the Suez canal comes at a high premium I guess. I hope you are luckier in the other direction - sometimes it works that way.

I very much doubt you can travel with the vehicles though. These will be container vessels. You'll have to fly to meet them.

No passengers allowed for sudan destination...(Only Egypt destination)

1-you can fly there from istanbul with a connection flight..
2-you can take the ferry from Mersin or İskenderun to Port Sait for you together with the vehicles if you are ready to make a wrestling with egypian customs for several days..

All personal information available inside HU.

Adventurer friendly,retired old hippy here, and polishing cups now..Just helping bikers in İstanbul and donating them with current information for Turkey..

NOTE..:: Always buy your tickets directly yourself..Ticket sales for egypt is
available only in İstanbul,mersin and İskenderun.Not available on line and sometimes hard to meet english talking guys..

FOR SUDAN, including shipping and paperwork,all will be done by İstanbul head offices or mersin agents...Whoever you discuss with,ask for an offer which includes all...


Whatever your decision will be, if you need addresses for Egypt ferry, or Sudan shipping,let me know..I will check business cards on Monday...All questions are friendly welcome.

Best Wishes

Mehmet Zeki Avar

IMPORTANT NOTE..:Things change so fast on this destination..Dec.3.2013 current information is, only vehicles taken by boat and passengers by plane to Damietta/Egypt..Ticket sale agency is remon travel..

We just completed the trip Sudan - Egypt (Port Said ) - Turkey in August. Prior to going through the frustrations of Egypt we investigated shipping from Port Sudan to Turkey and its was very expensive (around USD$3,000) plus you cannot travel on the ship with your vehicle as it will be a container ship. You have to fly separately Mersin- Istanbul- Cairo- Khartoum - Port Sudan and that will cost you another $600pp or so.

So we ended up going through Wadi Halfa - Egypt - Port Said and the Russian ferry to Mersin and survived the beauracracy... Egypt is not so bad as the say all the time -and the Western Desert/White Desert is great! Might be the cheaper option?

Thanks both of you
Any Ideas on possible costs
Both shipping and flying

Hi am trying to get shipping schedules / info on shipping a Merc 4x4 overland truck to Turkey. Thanks

try Here , if they dont do that route , I amsure they can tell you who does . HTSH

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