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We are shipping two WW2 Jeeps in using SeaGo Line. They are currently sitting in a container at Felixstowe and 'expected' to arrive in Alex Old Port on 31st March (which I guess will be extended to 2nd/3rd April.) We have employed a Cairo logistics company to handle all the Port and Customs details, but fully intend to be there with them. They are confident it will be simple. I'll try and post our experience when there.
Hi Toby,

I hope in your case everything is going to be perfect. But it was not so when we decided there must be a better way than dodging suicidal drivers on Libyan roads and we shipped the cars by sea.

Sitting comfortably in Cairo we were watching on the web (Track and Trace - Online Container Tracking System) the progress of our containers en route to Alex. As the ship was approaching Alex on schedule we thought nothing could go wrong. So we were waiting for the call from our local agent at the port in Alex. But he did not ring as promised. Not on the day the ship arrived, not on the next day ... The rest is just too stressful to recant. I hope you are not shipping the containers with CMA CGM.

I will be following your exploits in the Gilf with great interest. Doing your route in 13 days will be a really tough act to follow! Our escorts were quite nervous at the thought of camping in Old Wadi Sora. Are you still planning to go below N23?

It will be really exciting to see how the WWII jeeps perform in this environment. And their drivers, too, during the windy season :-)

For sure jeeps will be much easier to push than LC's with 500 litres of fuel on the roof rack. BTW, do not expect the fiercely looking Safari Trips Securing Department boys with P90 submachine guns to be of much help.
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'and cost us just about the same in fees and bribes (including buying two useless fire extinguisers per vehicle at an extortionate price).'

I think that I should should clarify a little of what what Roman said above, in that he meant to say that the cost he is talking about included the ferries, tolls & driving etc all the way from UK.

In other words its no cheaper shipping & a million times more aggro than driving yourself, and when you factor in the flight times, time at the port (loading in uk & unloading at the other end) etc, shipping actually takes longer!!!

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Going to have to call it and ship...
Well I had to make a call as time has run out and I can’t wait for the ghost ship from Mersin and wont be able to fit in an attempt to get Libyan visas. So shipping in container to Alex Old Port it is going to be.

I have a couple of fixers/agents names in Alex names that got other HUBB'rs through (with a varying degree of difficulty) and my forwarder in the UK promised they will get the container to Old Port. I am also working in getting a local contact with no vested interests to help guide me whist I am there. Better than this I will not be able to do. Flights have been booked, the Landy will be shipped in about 3 weeks. The fun starts on 27 April. I will report back on due course, but fingers crossed this all turns out fine...


Thanks everybody for the advise, tips, warnings etc


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Thanks Roman for your thoughts and sharing the information. Naturally I am concerned at the time it could take to release the Jeeps, but 'Inch Allah, we should be okay. ETA of ship Cap Harvey (I'm on it every inch of the way!) is 31st March. We aim to head south out of Cairo on 6th April. our back up is an Iveco 7 tonner 4x4 truck, so the Jeeps can run light. I am hoping they will fly!
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