Oz to UK: Freight costs/charges - A comprehensive list?
Research to date has indicated quite a few costs involved in the shipping of the bike from Brisbane to London. What are ALL the possible shipping costs to consider?
I am currently arranging quotes for shipping my Honda ST1300 (either air freight or by ship), through:
a. Qantas (personal arrangements where I do it myself)
b. Hellman
c. Schenker
d. Express Logistics
e. GetRouted.
Already I am aware of the following possible charges and costs:- Any cost of crate and any packing materials (if used) (cost = maybe a carton of
, or maybe $200 if I am lazy)
- Cost of crating the bike, if I am not able or too lazy to do it myself (say $200+)
- Basic weight or volume charges (e.g. $5.50/kg for weight of bike/crate)
- Air weigh bill (e.g. $30 for air freight)
- DG - Dangerous Goods fee (e.g. $60)
- Security fee (e.g. 0.03c/kg)
- Agent/Forwarder basic fee (?)
- Warehousing and moving charges by Agent/Fowarder at depot/port of departure
- Australian customs clearance fees (?)
- Cargo insurance cover ($150+ ?)
- British customs clearance charges, if by me &/or not part of 12 below) (?)
- Clearance fees by by Agent/Forwarder, may include customs charges? (£200+ ?)
- Warehousing and moving charges by Agent/Forwarder at destination depot/port (depends on time in storage?)
- Disposal charges for getting rid of crate if we can't hold on to it (?)
- Any cost of crate, packing materials and crating for return home (if original could not be retained for duration of tour)
- Other ????
I have also realised it may be possible to save a few hundred dollars by cancelling my Australian Comprehensive motorcycle insurance to claim a rebate (rather than leaving the bike insured for 4-6 months whilst overseas).
I assume I will see what some of these fees/charges/costs add up to when I get the quotes. Anyone with experience able to estimate what some of the unknowns are, or any other costs I have missed?
Cheers
John
Last edited by John-DownUnder; 19 Feb 2007 at 16:37.
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