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Hi - I wonder if you could advise me on the following; I intend to carry my bike in a truck (ex-Russian army) as part of a RTW trip. The truck is just a little too large to fit in a container and I would need to ship it from East Australia to South America i.e Sydney-Valparaiso. My question is, is it feasible to ship it between these two ports and expect it to arrive intact if at all? What would be the best way to go about it?

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Hi - I wonder if you could advise me on the following; I intend to carry my bike in a truck (ex-Russian army) as part of a RTW trip. The truck is just a little too large to fit in a container and I would need to ship it from East Australia to South America i.e Sydney-Valparaiso. My question is, is it feasible to ship it between these two ports and expect it to arrive intact if at all? What would be the best way to go about it?

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hello there,
we are villa kunterbunt from valparaiso
as we are specialized on bikers and transport- custom matters, it might be good for you to contact us.
you'll find several recomandacions on this and other sites...
e-mail us, we also have contacts to australia and did quiet a few oranisations in this matter
villakunterbuntvalpo@yahoo.de

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The truck is just a little too large to fit in a container
That is not good .. best if it does fit in a container .. they make high containers too .. I forget how much higher .. But things are now set up for containers around the world .. if it is not in a container they charge extra .. lots extra!
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Hi - I wonder if you could advise me on the following; I intend to carry my bike in a truck (ex-Russian army) as part of a RTW trip. The truck is just a little too large to fit in a container and I would need to ship it from East Australia to South America i.e Sydney-Valparaiso. My question is, is it feasible to ship it between these two ports and expect it to arrive intact if at all? What would be the best way to go about it?

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I doubt that any shipping lines do an Australia to S America run, just not enough trade. The RoRo ships definitely dont do anything like that.

For trucks its really only feasible to use RoRo ships as they dont fit width wise in a container, and if you have it on a flat/rack its just as open as a RoRo, and you pay through the nose for top loading. Top loading also increases the risk of damage as your flat/rack has to be offloaded to access the containers below.

The RoRo routes ex East Australia are generally via Singapore, then a lot of Asian ports to pickup vehicles bound for the USA ex Thailand, Korea, Taiwan, China, Japan. Then over to the USA/Canada, down the West Coast of the Americas. I'd expect your truck to be off loaded at least twice and put onto another ship, probably in Singapore and then in the USA or Mexico.

Security of items on RoRo ships and the ports has improved out of sight in the last 10 years. But if the items are not locked away, bolted down and secured then you take a small risk of something being stolen.

How long?.....3 months maybe.
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I doubt that any shipping lines do an Australia to S America run, just not enough trade. The RoRo ships definitely dont do anything like that.

For trucks its really only feasible to use RoRo ships as they dont fit width wise in a container, and if you have it on a flat/rack its just as open as a RoRo, and you pay through the nose for top loading. Top loading also increases the risk of damage as your flat/rack has to be offloaded to access the containers below.

The RoRo routes ex East Australia are generally via Singapore, then a lot of Asian ports to pickup vehicles bound for the USA ex Thailand, Korea, Taiwan, China, Japan. Then over to the USA/Canada, down the West Coast of the Americas. I'd expect your truck to be off loaded at least twice and put onto another ship, probably in Singapore and then in the USA or Mexico.

Security of items on RoRo ships and the ports has improved out of sight in the last 10 years. But if the items are not locked away, bolted down and secured then you take a small risk of something being stolen.

How long?.....3 months maybe.
That's what I imagined except that I hope I might be able to ship via Singapore then from there to Chile direct.

I am carrying a bike in my truck and would fly that to Chile, head South and mooch around then head back up through Patagonia and meet up with what's left of my truck after shipping!
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That's what I imagined except that I hope I might be able to ship via Singapore then from there to Chile direct.

I am carrying a bike in my truck and would fly that to Chile, head South and mooch around then head back up through Patagonia and meet up with what's left of my truck after shipping!
hello!

ships from australia to chile need about 45 days to arrive.
about roro i' need to ask, if you want to contact me:

villakunterbuntvalpo@yahoo.de

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