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That is all really good news.

I will be heading that way in 8-10 weeks.
Will leave Melbourne to catch an early March shipmen to Timor Leste, then across to Malaysia when I get there.

The plan is to travel ultimately to Japan, through China & Sth Korea. I am still trying to suss out Sth Korea at present.

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I had a plan to ship the bike on coming Saturday from Penang to Indonesia, but got an email today from Mr Lim saying that boats do not go in next 2 weeks...
Any other options to get bike to Indonesia?
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Contact Izainil. You find the details earlier in this post. He'll ship your bike from Port Klang, just a 50km from KL, maybe even next day. Just contact him.
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Contact Izainil. You find the details earlier in this post. He'll ship your bike from Port Klang, just a 50km from KL, maybe even next day. Just contact him.
Thanks Motocimek! I just sent an email to him.
Just wondering if shipping and customs is as easy as with Mr Lim or if I need those special papers from Indonesian highway department and invitation letter.

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Yes, better don't go without the IMI letter. We went to Tanjung Balai with Izainil and all papers prepared, and customs on both sides were pretty easy. But that's almost a year ago, and we were the among the very first big bikes to reach that town.

I attached a PDF where I collected all information from my two crossings last year. Going to Indonesia with Izainil and back with Mr. Lim. You might find it useful, even though parts of it is outdated.

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Currently in KL.
I had a plan to ship the bike on coming Saturday from Penang to Indonesia, but got an email today from Mr Lim saying that boats do not go in next 2 weeks...
Any other options to get bike to Indonesia?
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Contact Izainil. You find the details earlier in this post. He'll ship your bike from Port Klang, just a 50km from KL, maybe even next day. Just contact him.
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Thanks Motocimek! I just sent an email to him.
Just wondering if shipping and customs is as easy as with Mr Lim or if I need those special papers from Indonesian highway department and invitation letter.

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Yes, better don't go without the IMI letter. We went to Tanjung Balai with Izainil and all papers prepared, and customs on both sides were pretty easy. But that's almost a year ago, and we were the among the very first big bikes to reach that town.

I attached a PDF where I collected all information from my two crossings last year. Going to Indonesia with Izainil and back with Mr. Lim. You might find it useful, even though parts of it is outdated.

Good luck!
He never answered any email from us when we (c4traz and us) crossed. We had to call him constantly and two days b4 we finally crossed I called him every hour, which was usefull because he changed the final shipping date -24h and was kind of stressy in the end... (and he didnt even call us then, if I wouldn t have called him to ask we would have missed the boat...) be very clear about the price you want to pay with him so there is no room for negotiations on the spot...

Call, send SMS, contact him on Facebook and see how it goes... But like Martin said its almost a year ago...

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Just had a chat with Mr Lim. It looks like that next boat to Belawan is going on 3rd or 4th of May. If something changes, he will call me.

He confirmed that if I use Port Klang, then I need this IMI-document at the Indonesian side. Belawan seems to be easiest port.
I will apply this IMI-document now just in case (if it takes 5-10 days, then it will be close to the May in any case and I could use Mr Lim´s service).

If something changes, I will keep you posted over here.
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Just had a chat with Mr Lim. It looks like that next boat to Belawan is going on 3rd or 4th of May. If something changes, he will call me.

He confirmed that if I use Port Klang, then I need this IMI-document at the Indonesian side. Belawan seems to be easiest port.
I will apply this IMI-document now just in case (if it takes 5-10 days, then it will be close to the May in any case and I could use Mr Lim´s service).

If something changes, I will keep you posted over here.
Call Mr. Freddy Soemitro from IMI, nice guy and he can give you the paper within some houres via email> 0062816857388

& mail mail to IMI: diyah yanuardani: yanuar_danie [<<AATT>>] yahoo {Dott} com

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Call Mr. Freddy Soemitro from IMI, nice guy and he can give you the paper within some houres via email> 0062816857388

& mail mail to IMI: diyah yanuardani <yanuar_danie@yahoo.com>

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Thanks for this info!

I just called to Mr Izainil (he replied to my email within few hours).
He will send an offer and more information later today, sounds like there is boat next week Wednesday or Thursday.

I will keep you posted if anyone else is going to same direction.
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Short update:
Izainil is contacting nowadays with mobile and email, so no problems with communications.
Next boat is on Saturday, but I cannot make to that boat due to no visa yet.
I got really rough quote (waiting detailed one) and his price is roughly double compared to Mr Lim...
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Izainil is contacting nowadays with mobile and email, so no problems with communications.
Next boat is on Saturday, but I cannot make to that boat due to no visa yet.
I got really rough quote (waiting detailed one) and his price is roughly double compared to Mr Lim...
Tell him he should go down with the price... If you compare the prices dont forget to include the airfare from KL to BW for your ticket, because you will go on the same boat with your bike if you go with Izi...

A detailed quote will be funny I guess. When we wend it was not official at all, we had to give some people on the way, hmmmm, let´s say some presents to make it all happen.

A littele surprise was the unloading fee on the Indo site something like 100.000 as far as I remember...

Tanjung Balai was shocking though... but u will see....

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Izainil is contacting nowadays with mobile and email, so no problems with communications.
Next boat is on Saturday, but I cannot make to that boat due to no visa yet.
I got really rough quote (waiting detailed one) and his price is roughly double compared to Mr Lim...

Thanks for this info. We are trying to go the other way with two bikes, from Indonesia to Malaysia.
I contacted Mr Lim and was told the next boat will be on the 7th May to Malaysia. I was hoping to go a little sooner if possible, mind you, we are waiting for a visa extension in Jakarta at present which I am told will be available tomorrow (we shall see).

I will try to contact Izainil to see what is possible from the Indonesian side.
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Thanks for this info. We are trying to go the other way with two bikes, from Indonesia to Malaysia.
I contacted Mr Lim and was told the next boat will be on the 7th May to Malaysia. I was hoping to go a little sooner if possible, mind you, we are waiting for a visa extension in Jakarta at present which I am told will be available tomorrow (we shall see).

I will try to contact Izainil to see what is possible from the Indonesian side.
For me Mr Lim said last week that the boat goes either on 3rd or 4th of May.
Seems like no-one has really accurate information when the boats are actually going, so need to keep on contacting them quite often to check the status.
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Seems like no-one has really accurate information when the boats are actually going
Ok, so while everything seems to change at a rapid rate, when it comes to boats and options to get vehicles across the Straight of Malacca, I guess it´s sorta nice to see there is at least SOMETHING, that has not changed a bit in five years... nobody still has a friggin clue, when the boats are going !!!
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Just to let you know that I got a message today from Mr Lim that there are no boats going on during this week. Next week is still open.
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