Pat Goss' Tips & Expert Advice
Make Shipping A Car Overseas Easier
Because each foreign country's rules for shipping a car overseas are different, shipping or receiving a car across foreign borders may require extra steps and procedures. Because some of these rules can be complex and hard for lay people to understand, you might want to hire the services of a customs clearance broker. This professional will be well-versed in the protocols of passing a vehicle through required formalities at its destination point. This will cost you more, but it might save you countless hours trying to sift through detailed laws and regulations. Ask your overseas car shipping company if they can help you find such a person. Here are some additional ways to make overseas car shipping easier:
- Have your car shipped in a container or below the deck of a ship to protect it from the elements. Another way to ship a car overseas is a roll-on, roll-off method. This is cheaper and may get your car through customs faster, but your car could incur damage that won't be covered.
- Allow extra time for shipping. Delays can occur with shipping schedules that do not occur with other methods of shipping a car so be aware that these circumstances may be out of your control.
- If your shipping container is not air-tight, place cloths over the car seats to protect them from wetness.
