The situation with transport options over there is ever-changing (so this may already be outdated)....
But at least in February -08, the only reasonable option was the onion freighter from Penang to Belawan (contact Cakra Shipping in Penang), and you could not go with that boat, you needed to either fly or take the passenger speedboat. But all in all it was pretty straightforward and not too expensive, you just needed the carnet. Plenty of travellers have used the same.
I was also warned not to ship the bike to Dumai because of troubles with customs. At Belawan we had zero problems, took about 10 minutes to clear our bike.
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