Hi everyone !

I know this topic has been discussed before but I haven't been able to find any "final" info, so I'll try to post my questions here to be as precise as possible.

So, next year (starting April) a friend and I are travelling from our hometown in Spain, hopefully, to Japan, with our small cute old van (a Nissan Vanette C22). Our planning is turning out pretty good and have been able to solve every problem we have encountered so far. All but this one.

We want to ship from any port (easiest/cheapest one which seems to be Vladivostok) to any port in Japan (we don't care at all).

We have contacted Fesco, which seems to do the job but no answer from the guys in Russia and their representatives in Spain have given up and gave us some alternative contacts.
We have also contacted a guy who has done similar trips but with no luck since he never did that route and could only recommend us to negociate on the spot.

Looking around this forum and expeditionportal and advrider I have found a couple of individuals I will contact as well as "Storm Marine" and "Lucky tours".
Oh, and also those guys:
siroccoverland
whiteacorn (dot com)


I seems to me that the way to go is to find someone you can contact beforehand and will help you out but after hours and hours of research we are really clueless.

Any help would be more than appreciated. Thank you so very much !

Hello


Just take the ferry.
DBS Cruise Ferry


my trip:
From Sakaiminato, Japan to Vladivostok, Russia - May, 2013 | Horizons Unlimited


sushi

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Thanks for the answer, sushi2831, did you book the ferry beforehand or contacted the agents beforehand or did you just arrived at the port and booked ?

Hello
I had email contact before entering Japan and made a reservation but payed cash on departure.
In may 2013 there were only 2 bikes and one truck on the ferry, so the issue was to get a cheap bed.
Dont know how easy it is on the russian side, best to contact DBS or Yuri Melnikov.
sushi

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It is simple procedure as firstowal you have to have Carnet de pasage and has to be scanned and Emailed to the JAF ...Japanis automobile association at least 14 days before arrival. for pre approval...in a port you can purchase ticket for you`r self and car ...oh not to forger IDL is a must so no need for any brokers ...somebody who can help with translation ...in general it can be accomplished easily.

safe ride

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Central and South America 2016

Thanks for the info kawazoki, there are a couple of questions that popup:

Can you point to a website where I read about the CDP procedure (scan + send) so I can find out to what address I have to send it too, I have been unable to find any ?

What is IDL ?

Thanks for that !