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Shipping cars from Greece to Egypt
Hi All,
today we have handed over our car(s) at the port of Pireias in Greece to have them shipped to Alexandria in Egypt ... we have written a detailed account of our experiences, costs and contact details on our blog ... Shipping Cars from Greece to Egypt – Part One | 4-wheel-nomads
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t...at the port of Pireias in Greece to have them shipped to Alexandria in Egypt ... ..... Shipping Cars from Greece to Egypt – Part One | 4-wheel-nomads
Wow that's good. Did it go in a container? Did you leave anything valuable in it?
thanks for the post, it is one of the most encouraging stories recently.
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Hi Mike

Good to know people still have enough courage to ship cars to Alex by sea. I hope you cars do end up in the Old Port, not Dekhila (have a look in the archives to find out why).

Keep us posted how you did on arrival in Egypt.
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Shipping cars from Greece to Egypt - part two
Here is part two of our experiences shipping our Land Rover from Greece to Egypt ... Shipping Cars from Greece to Egypt – Part Two | 4-wheel-nomads
All the best, Mischa
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Hi Mike,

thanks for the write up!
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Shipped our cars three weeks ago.

All fine, took about 6 days from arrival in Alex to getting out of port.

Latest scam is an obligatory 2x fire extinguishers at 100$ each! So tell your agent you'll not ship with him if this has to be paid.

We already had two in each car, and still had to pay for two more - argument continues but chance of success slim...
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Fantastically detailed write up guys, thanks a lot! I hope we can use Minoan going the other way...though it's nit for about a year yet, so things might change a lot by then.
Thanks again for all the infos.
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Hi All,
Wanted to provide an update as my motorcycle is currently on the ship between Piraeus and Alexandria.
All the info above is still up to date on the Greek side. Xanthi at Minoan lines was quite helpful with the whole process.
There does seem to be some change with fixers on Egypt side. I spoke with Dina at Marina Shipping and she said the she no longer offers any customs support, nor does she recommend anyone. I asked a number of times just to clarify.
I found the contact information for Ahmed in an old post and contacted him directly, he quoted me a price of $700 for customs assistance in Alex.
That being said, I am going to go with CFS (870 eure) since they have good reviews and have been very responsive/helpful with my emails.
Quite an expensive adventure at Alexandria customs....
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I found the contact information for Ahmed in an old post and contacted him directly, he quoted me a price of $700 for customs assistance in Alex.
That being said, I am going to go with CFS (870 eure) since they have good reviews and have been very responsive/helpful with my emails.
Quite an expensive adventure at Alexandria customs....
CFS in Alexandria might be a bit more, but I've never heard of any surprise fees being added on, unlike some other customs agents.

I worked with Nermien Mamish and her team at CFS getting my bike from Alexandria to Piraeus April 2016 and all went smoothly. Good luck
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What was the cost of your shipping from Alexandria with CFS (including costs on Greek side)?
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What was the cost of your shipping from Alexandria with CFS (including costs on Greek side)?
Same as Lenox, about $900 USD. Don't recall what the fees in Greece amounted to but it wasn't too bad.
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Hello, I'm looking to ship a motorcycle to Egypt from Athens and was wondering if anyone had a recent experience with this and how it went? If you could let me know how much it cost you and which freight forwarder you used I would be most grateful!
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2015 - it's expensive and then you get to Egypt, and it gets really expensive (lots of made-up fees).

Sorry to not be more positive!
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fly, don't ship
With a motorcycle you are much better off flying it and not getting involved with shipping – especially to Egypt which, as said, gets expensive and slow.
Consider shipping at the end of a big trip when it matters less if it all takes months.
It may cost twice as much to fly but takes days, not weeks or more.

Is there not a ferry from Greece to Israel still?
Then cross at Taba if open, or Jordan then ferry to Sinai.
Or even Saudi to Sudan.
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Then cross at Taba if open, or Jordan then ferry to Sinai.
Has the ban of motorcycle travel through Sinai been lifted?
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