This may be correct - I've only ever crossed King Hussein/Allenby in a Diplomatic vehicle - but I know plenty of people who've crossed on personal motorbikes - maybe there is an exception for them too...?
But my earlier comments about the slips of paper still stand - and I'm pretty sure they do that at the other borders too.

The eilat-aqaba crossing was happy to offer a slip on which they stamp, and this includes customs. The carnet document now has a page used by Jordan customs, but that is easy to remove temporarily.

SINAI UPDATE:

As of 5 days ago no 4x4 vehicle are allowed to enter Sinai through ANY port including Nuweiba. This is now renewed and enforced and people have been turned back. As a result ABMarintime no longer takes 4x4 on the aqaba-nuweiba ferry. We have checked this with the egyptian embassy in Aqaba. They phoned and confirmed this newly enforced rule. It is not even possible to ship a 4x4 on a truck - also confirmed.

We have to choice but to ship the car in a container to Egypr mainland. This service is offered by Kawar and will cost $1500 USD including everyting except egyptian side customs clearance / agency.

A truely crap situation to be in. We will ship the car next Monday and take a passenger ferry to nuweiba and bus to Cairo to collect.

Very sorry to hear that. I'm sure you've seen others posting here in the last day or two are in a similar situation...

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...459#post438365

Any chance of sharing a bigger container for a lower cost (and some moral support)?

Just a thought but is it possible to ship to anywhere on the Red Sea coast. Going back through the Suez canal is going to cost. Port Sudan may be cheaper/easier from Aqaba than say Port Said (and would save you the cost and pain of importing to Egypt)

Or any possibility of getting a transit visa via Saudi and then the ferry to Suakin? Given the "exceptional" circumstances? Probably not but may be at least worth a try.

Awesome idea! We are aiming for shipping on Monday next week. Not sure how long containers are but if the truck is < 2.3 m high then yes.

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The container ship from Kawar is from Aqaba to Sokhna so is on the Red Sea side . no Suez pass.

The commonly available containers are either 20 foot or 40 foot long with the same, standardised, height and width, hence allowing them to stack like lego bricks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermodal_container

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Dave

Hi

If anyone needs to ship to Sokhna in Egypt here are some info that could save you time. These are copy-paste email replies as I am sending from a phone:

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Below is a reply to someone else with the same question. We investigated* many options including via Saudi. I am quite confident there is only one option if you want to go to Egypt from Aqaba which is to put your car in a container. Yes this is much more expensive that ferry services. The shipping company is in Aqaba just over the border from Eilat.

Park you car here:

http://goo.gl/maps/1hyf5

The company is Kawar and is here (walk here):

http://goo.gl/maps/n306O

You can ask for Nidal from the Containers department. His number is +962 7 9822 4454

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The ship leaves on Mondays or Tuesdays. The car has to be prepared a day or two before. The price all inclusive, EXCLUDING Egypt customs are $1500.

We are planning on leaving Monday...

The standard container is 2.28m high and 5.9m long (internal/door dimensions). The price is for this one. There is a 12m container which should take two cars . i have not asked the price but I am sure it would be more cost effective.

The boat departs from Aqaba and arrives in Sokhna.

We have spend the whole day in Amman investigating a route via Duba in Saudi Arabia. This is a dead end for multiple reasons. Transit visa not available for yourneys to egypt (non gulf countries as destinations).

The only other option I am aware of is a shipping to Kenya from Aqaba. The total all inclusive cost for this is $2500.