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I shipped my vehicle from Lavrio Greece to Haifa Israel last week on a RO RO.Nothing touched and all went very well.Clearing it in Haifa was easy with minimum search and security.We flew in and passport control at Tel Aviv used small loose copies of our passports to stamp without us even asking.When we entered Jordan they did the same putting our visas on loose sheets when they saw the Israeli ones.We are now in Aqaba catching the ferry to Nuweibaa Egypt tonight.If any one needs more detailed info and costs ,procedures etc mail me.
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Great to see this thread is alive and kicking again

Number one option for us now is the option as mentioned by Atlas: shipping from Turkey/Greece to Haifa, Israel. Take the ferry from
The good thing is also that in roaring Egypt you can follow the 'green' Red Sea route down for a long end (get to the Nile road at Luxor again). By green I mean the 'green travel advice' as given by the UK Foreign affairs on these parts of the country: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/egypt
I think it's the same route as VanGS recently did.
This route offers some great places to visit as well ( the 'holy sites' of Israel, Petra in Jordan, and some excellent diving/snorkelling at the Red Sea
If you get your Sudanese visa in advance, combined with Israeli stamps on loose papers, it 'll be alright i guess

The routes via Saudi Arabia (besides Iran - UAE there's also a ferry going from Iskenderun to Duba) could be an alternative if Egypt really gets dirty, but I'm concerned about getting the visa. We are also not married and women are not allowed to drive. Besides I don't know the experiences with the ferry Jeddah - Port Sudan?

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Situations and conditions in the transitcountries in N-Africa can change weekly - also the uncontolled ferry-departures from different ports in TR are a big issue when we want to travel in a halfway estimated schedule.

So to go through IS seems to be the best choice at the moment (except this little passport problem) and further on as MOUSSE83 mentioned.

To go to IS there´s a very comfortable , secure , cheap and reliable way with GRIMALDI from Monfalcone/IT for all travellers from N-W-C-EU.

I do not recommend Containershipping to any Eastafrican country , because of not calculating the costs, corruption and clearing probs in this countries ( I also heard HorrorStories about this !)

In my case I´ll decide between this Grimaldi-option and a Containershipping to Namibia: both are secure and costeffective ways, without any headache, to go to Africa, offcourse Container transports and flyin are more expensive .
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No they put nothing in the passport in Haifa.
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Hi Atlas,

Did they not record the importation of the car in your passport as part of the import procedures at the port? They did this with us (a stamp in Hebrew in the drivers passport). Immigration were familiar with the idea of a stamp on a separate piece of paper - but customs weren't interested.

Hi Scott,

I have to say if it were me I'd be inclined to go via Israel and take a chance on Sudan ... Israel and Jordan were both highlights of the trip. And should the worst happen (very unlikely) there is ALWAYS another way.

Best of Brtish anyway.
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