Posted on Dec 4, 2014
Shipping your car overseas. Did you do it, and what was your experience like?
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Our cars are a lifesaver overseas but often it is very challenging with late arrivals, damage, etc. to ship them from stateside to an overseas destination. There are various ports but the question is, what was your experience like with that? Good or bad? Where and when? What advice do you have for others who may be considering whether to ship their car overseas?
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I have shipped cars from Bayonne, Oakland, Charleston, New Orleans, Honolulu, Bremerhaven (Germany) and Seoul (Korea), and have experienced no problems at the shipping end.
The only issue I have had shipping a car was in the late 70's, when I shipped a car from New Orleans to Honolulu. I was told it would take 120 days, as not many ships went to Hawaii from New Orleans, I guess. I took the car there in time to arrive in Hawaii at about the same time I did.
As luck would have it, a ship came through New Orleans, going to Hawaii, just a few days after I had dropped the car off. The car arrived in Hawaii about 100 days before I did. The problem is that it sat in a gravel parking lot at Pearl Harbor the entire time, with the windows rolled down. When I got there, water was standing in the floorboards and the entire interior was covered in mold. I had to have the entire interior (dashboard, seats, door panels, etc.) replaced on what had been a 6-month old Corvette, when I shipped it.
Other than that bad experience, I have never had a problem. The process was efficient and easy an everything worked like a charm on both ends of the shipping process... delivery and pick-up.
The only issue I have had shipping a car was in the late 70's, when I shipped a car from New Orleans to Honolulu. I was told it would take 120 days, as not many ships went to Hawaii from New Orleans, I guess. I took the car there in time to arrive in Hawaii at about the same time I did.
As luck would have it, a ship came through New Orleans, going to Hawaii, just a few days after I had dropped the car off. The car arrived in Hawaii about 100 days before I did. The problem is that it sat in a gravel parking lot at Pearl Harbor the entire time, with the windows rolled down. When I got there, water was standing in the floorboards and the entire interior was covered in mold. I had to have the entire interior (dashboard, seats, door panels, etc.) replaced on what had been a 6-month old Corvette, when I shipped it.
Other than that bad experience, I have never had a problem. The process was efficient and easy an everything worked like a charm on both ends of the shipping process... delivery and pick-up.
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My truck went from CA to England. Then from England to Iceland. Then from Iceland to Norfolk, VA where I picked it up and drove to NJ, IN, TX, and finally back to CA. I never had any problems and wild do it again. Having my reliable vehicle with me was worth it. It was never damaged and it was on time or early everywhere it went.
I shipped it to the next destination well before I left so that it would arrive before me. My thought process was this: I can arrange rides and transportation at the post I've need with people I know easier than at the new post where I don't know anyone. Worked everytime!
Good luck to all!
I shipped it to the next destination well before I left so that it would arrive before me. My thought process was this: I can arrange rides and transportation at the post I've need with people I know easier than at the new post where I don't know anyone. Worked everytime!
Good luck to all!
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I shipped my car from Chicago, IL to Honolulu, HI. I had a company come grab it in Chicago. They hauled it to St. Louis and from there it traveled via barge to Honolulu. Took 3-4 weeks for me to ultimately get the car back in my possession. Was a good experience overall and I would do it again if I were in the same situation.
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MAJ Dallas D.
In 1997 I shipped a car from Panama and picked it up at Cape Canaveral, well I wanted to pick it up but when they had put it on the boat they use the drive shaft to secure it and had ripped it off my car. The sad part, they didn't tell me my car was unserviceable when I called to see if it was there so I took a flight from Ft. Benning to get my car only to find out it was broken. I had to have the local dealer pick it up for me and it took them 6 weeks to fix it. So I was out 2 plane tickets plus more to get the car towed and fixed. Never was fully reimbursed by the Army.
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