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lookig for shipping agent buenos aires
hello
we ll ship our toyota land cruiser in buenos aires by boat from france in august 2008, arrival in BA in september 2008 (around 20 days). then we traval 1-2 years in latin america. we have a good reliable serious cheap shipping company here in france.
but once in BA we need also a good reliable serious cheap shipping company there to take out the car from the boat/container/harbour.
if you know anyone or if you had same experience, pls let us know.
apparently, even if a carnet de passges en douanes (CPD) is not compulsory in latin america, it helps a lot on shipping arrival in BA. do you confirm ?
apparently, car insurance is not compulsory everywhere. do you confirm ?
cheers, happy trails
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BA shipping
We returned with the help of Plus Cargo.
The rep in that office was called Pablo and was very helpful.
We did the whole process with Sandra from Dakarmotos, but she said herself that it was quite straight forward and could talk you through it if you wanted to sort it alone.
Process itself was not so hard, but it was more finding the different buildings that you needed to go to.
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hi
im planning a similar trip only starting from the uk and arriving in buenos aries in october perhaps we could compare notes???
im not sure about putting email addresses on here but it would be great if yu could contact me through my web site below!!!
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Dakar motos must be pretty sick of taking overlanders by the hand by now. So maybe a google earth map and picture of the front of the building in a bullit point type of thing. That is if the problem really is finding the right buildings.
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Dakar motos must be pretty sick of taking overlanders by the hand by now.
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I doubt it as it contributes to their business and their living...
That said, Sandra was quite happy to simply point out where to go, so if any travellers wanted to go it alone, ever helpful tips were available, and if one can face the itsy bits of paperwork and a day running about, it all looked pretty easy.
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thanx for all your answers.
jeff watts : no prob to compare whatever, my email : albertine dot vincent at gmail dot com. will you ship a car or bike ?
i know for bikes that www.motorcycleexpress.com/ are excellent (they advertise on HU)
from a previous trip, i gave some practical info :
Informations pratiques pour les autres voyageurs
especially shipping
Transport martime et aérien
for car, a good experience here full of details and contacts found on the hubb also
187 days in Argentina
for the moment, the prices we received (for a full container 20' dry only for us):
around 600-800 euros for the costs before leaving at the harbour in le havre (france)
around 500-700 euros for the boat trip
then ??? on arrival in buenos aires but it can cost a lot !
warthog : i forgot about dakar motos : of course ! they are always helpfull. you wrote about "plus cargo" do you have any contact, email, tel, etc ... in your case you were leaving buenos aires, not entering ? with a car or bike ?
more info soon i hope
cheers, happy trails
if we can bring anything in the car to help someone there, let us know.
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