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Air freight from Japan to Europe - contacts

hi - has anyone a contact in Japan who can help freight two bikes to Europe - preferably Finland?
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Air freight from Japan is VERY expensive.
I doubt that you will find anyone who can give you a reasonable price, but you might try this company:
AIR SEA EXPRESS
3-7-6 Kyobashi Chuo-Ku, Tokyo
Tel: +81-3 3538 6660 (outside Japan) / 03 -3538-6660 (inside Japan)
Mr. Izuru Takahashi
izuru_takahashi [AT] asej [DOT] co [DOT] jp
Note that Mr. Takahashi has been known to be very slow at replying to e-mail. You might want to call if you are in a hurry. Are you in Japan now?
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I think Korea will be cheaper, though still MUCH more expensive than sea, if you're not in a hurry. We shipped Vladivostok to Hamburg.

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I was looking for such a transport myself in the last 3 month. I wrote to at least 12 companies for sea freight from Japan to Europe (Hamburg, Rotterdamm etc.).
At the end I found Interfracht in Hamburg who made me a fair deal to ship my motorbike in a container from Tokyo to Hamburg.
The Agent there is responding quickly and it seems very uncomplicated.
I don't know if they ship to Finland, just ask the agent. His email address is t.karrasch (at) interfracht.de

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We shipped Vladivostok to Hamburg.
Can I ask how much it's gonna cost you all together per bike?
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It cost me USD 1300 to Yuri in Vladivostok. Plus a bit for him to transfer my bike from the container from Magadan, and a bit in Hamburg. I was in a container with five or so other bikes, including a Finn, but there were more Germans. So ended up collecting from there even though the ship docked first at Southampton!

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Interfracht is definitely the way to go!

Other bikers who came to Japan used them and had nothing to complain!
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