Home From San Francisco, United States to Singapore, Singapore - November, 2001

From San Francisco, United States to Singapore, Singapore - November, 2001

Submitted by Mark Summer
Route
Shipment From: 
San Francisco, United States
Shipment To: 
Singapore, Singapore
Shipper details
Company name: 
Novo Express
Company web page: 
http://www.novoexpress.com/
Contact details: 

432 Littlefield Ave
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Tel: 650-872-8400, Fax: 650-872-1790

They also have an office in Los Angeles. Contact details on their website.

Travellers Impressions of the shipper
Recommended?: 
Yes
Information about this Shipment
Shipping Method: 
Air
Shipping date: 
November, 2001
Cost Paid at Start (US $): 
US$541.50
Blog post: 
http://www.kermit.org/
Comments: 

Here as promised the cost for shipping my Triumph Tiger from San Francisco by sea to Singapore:

The costs is based on a crate size of 88 in. X 30 in. X 49 in. - 600 lb. (all in USD):

Sea freight 245.00
Handling 95.00
Dangerous goods fee 95.00
Transfer charges 49.50
Insurance 57.00
TOTAL 541.50

I paid an additional 75 USD for them picking up the crate at my home in San Francisco and trucking it to their location. The company I used is Novo Express (I think you can find them at http://www.novoexpress.com ), my contact there was Mike (not sure about the last name). He provided great help, kept me updated and made sure I got a lot of help once I was in Singapore from their local partner.

In Singapore I had to pay a total of 190 S$ of port charges and some other fees to the local agent (Astro Express, contact there is Richard Leo). I got great help as well, Astro did their best to help me get the bike out of the port and customs ASAP.

Transit time for the bike was 19 days onboard the ship and pickup was 5 days before the ship left - so total transit time of 24 days.


 

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