You show the 2014 prices!
Here you find the 2015 Prices:
http://up.picr.de/23483877ef.pdf

Hi, Have done this a few times. I would recommend Montevideo, Uruguay.
10 years ago Bs. As. was a good place to ship to but the people got squeezed and then got greedy. My last few trips have been in/out of Montevideo and they have been consistent and good. The last out, was via Grimaldi. No trouble apart from a few days late arriving at the port. But hey, the wine is good and the town interesting. Good hostels too.
Chile is OK, but more expensive. Valparaiso can be a bit dodgy, but, on a whole Chile is a good safe place to be. Santiago, Happy House Hostel, give all there my regards.
Avoid Bs. As. for shipping, I recently sent a pack of Paddington books via DHL and they waited for 10 days. Not notifying the addressee that they had arrived. I'm sure they would have "disappeared" if I had not complained to their head office. The new administration is better than the last, but it will take a while before that gets through to the workers.
Flying in/out with hand luggage is ok. Anything else is "take your chances. I lost a bag full of LUSH stuff on a previous trip.

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Then straight on till morning.

Those fees sound normal for sea freight. It's always best to use air freight when sending vehicles to Argentina.

I can tell you though, fees for customs, handling etc. for arrivals by air are cheaper in Bunoes Aires than they are in Uruguay, and quicker too.

I think I posted costs and timescales earlier in this thread.

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I flew my bike into BsAs in 2012 and though the process was pretty painless for me, it certainly was very evident that the whole process was choked with bureacratic procedures. The most off-putting thing was that it cost $100 (might have been a little less, dont remember) or so per day that the bike was in their possession and wasnt picked up. They count from the moment of arrival.

And there is no mercy with the fixers either. Javier (dakarmotos)sounded pretty ominous about the problems of what happens if the procedures are not followed and i got a schooling on "how it should be done". Glad i didnt have to pay for their services on top of the bureacratic idiocy.

Yep, i'd try Chile or Uruguay next time.

Never been there but I also hear MV is the new BA for single shipments.
Even Grimaldi freight cruise goes there now.

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This is up to date regarding clearing in BA.
I am very supportive of Vorteks.
I am getting shafted at the moment with quotes. And it is the bank holiday weekend coming up.

TRP (port)
$775

Hamburg Süd (agent)
$434

Some other clearing bits
$661

Broker( Darkamoto)
$350

Everything total = $1559 before tax

This is more than what I have already paid for the UK agent and the actual shipment of a hilux in a 20ft container.

I am not happy that the goal post moves around. I am happy(well, not totally) to pay what is due and fair. So will be armed with Vortek's research result for a new battle next Tuesday. Wish me luck.

Ps. I will bear in mind of all your posted advice and stay calm.
Will also update this site of pictures of buildings and locations.

Right boys and girls, this is the actual breakdown cost and procedures as from late November 2016


Argentina Info | JKGetlost

Because of the hassle I had with Dakarmotos here some other option where you can also ship personal effects like camping gear:

I will ship by:
Motorcycle Shipping Company, Sao Paulo, Brasil
Contact person: Augusto Leocadio, +55.11.9.8152.4142, motoshipco@gmail.com
He is very motivated to help me with the shipping (I know also about someone else he helped a lot). I got all the time answer by email within one or maximum two days (even he was in holidays!). Packing and other support will be done at Touratech Brazil in Sau Paulo. There you can do also some maintenance. Price is a little less than DakarMotos, but shipping personal effects like camping gear are already included in the price. So far for me the best option to ship the bike and I decided for him. As soon I have shipped the bike I let you know more about details.

I’m disappointed about DakarMotos. It took every time about two weeks until I get an answer by email (I heard this also from many others). With DakarMotos it’s not possible to ship personal effects like camping gear. He offer me the highest price of all three (Bike and sidecar). For a bike only it’s a bit more than Motorcycle Shipping Company. They just put the bike onto a crate. It makes everything very easy but without ‘compact’ the bike (e.g. remove front wheel) the dimensions are bigger and so more expensive.

An other option is:
Wave Logostics, Montevideo, Uruguay
Contact person: Oliver, olivier@wave-logistics.com
Got very fast an answer, but not all of my questions are answered. You can ship personal effects as well. Price is a bit higher, but he took a bigger dimensions than I told him.


Feel free to contact me to get more information's
Chris

chris@infiniteroad.ch

UK to Buenos Aires with Air Canada, using 'motofreight' as an agent, cost me £1,300,

Dakar Motors in Buenos Aires where great. If you need to speak to Javier, ring him in the morning, he's not great with emails.

My bike arrived with panniers and topbox on a Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning I met Javier and his wife at the airport for customs clearance.
They did everything for me, it took about 2.5 hours and I was sent on my way.

Happy customer.