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Old Jun 19th 2013, 3:23 pm
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Does anyone have any experience of using a roll on/roll off service to ship a car back to Australia (Perth).

I have just been speaking to a shipping company and they have mentioned this option.

If anyone has any experience of this and can recommend a company and give me some information and possible idea of costs that would be great.

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We used...


Freephone 08003890784 Tel +44(0) 117 982 8123 Online at www.autoshippers.co.uk
  • A No Deposit Booking System: Pay nothing when you book your shipment.
  • Secure Shipping: Your vehicle will be shipped on a safe and secure Roll on Roll off service secured safely inside the vessel in a clean and dry car deck, we only use the world’s most reputable shipping lines.
  • Approved Lloyds of London Insurance
  • Peace of Mind: As fully accredited members of the British International Freight Association (BIFA), you know that you are dealing with a recognized, reliable shipping company.
Shipping from UK Port of:
Southampton
To the Overseas port of:
Brisbane

Port to Port Price

£ 1019.00
UK Export Documentation fee
£ 34.00

Total :

£ 1053.00
Frequency of sailings
Every 14 Days
On Water Transit Time (approx)
45 Days


The also provided all the contact info to have it inspected, road worthied and registered this end. I then fetched at all ready to drive.

It was a Hyundai Tucson SUV in 2010. Don't get it steam cleaned there because they'll do it here again and charge you again.

Hope this helps

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i've asked for a 'quick quote' i'll post my reply
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i've asked for a 'quick quote' i'll post my reply
Cool. It will be interesting to see how much it may have gone up in 3 years.
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Your Roll on Roll off Vehicle Shipping Quotation
Moving to Australia
Shipment date May 2014

From the UK port of: Southampton

To the Overseas Port of: Brisbane

Port to Port Price £ 1063.00

UK Export Documentation fee £ 34.00

Total price per vehicle £ 1097.00

Frequency of sailings Every 14 Days

On Water Transit time 42 Days
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Your Roll on Roll off Vehicle Shipping Quotation
Moving to Australia
Shipment date May 2014

From the UK port of: Southampton

To the Overseas Port of: Brisbane

Port to Port Price £ 1063.00

UK Export Documentation fee £ 34.00

Total price per vehicle £ 1097.00

Frequency of sailings Every 14 Days

On Water Transit time 42 Days

Not so bad then. Should be worthwhile.

The real costs once landed will be inspection, RW and Rego etc...
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The real costs once landed will be inspection, RW and Rego etc...
can you give an idea of these. import wise my car would be 5%+10% how does RW and Rego pricing work
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Id also like to know ballpark costs for those 3 things. The shipping itself sounds very reasonable.
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Ok, just dug out the costs we actually paid:

1.

F3 FREIGHT PORT OF SOUTHAMPTON TO PORT OF BRISBANE ONLY £1,281.00

DOCS EXPORT PAPERWORK CHARGES £34.00

STEAM CLEAN... STEAM CLEANING OF VEHICLE £65.00 (don't do this)

INC2 SUPER COVER VEHICLE INSURANCE TO PORT. VEHICLE VALUE

£11000.00 AT 2.50% (this was totally a rip off, but hey) £275.00

IPT INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX AT 5% £13.75

CREDIT CARD ... CREDIT CARD SERVICE CHARGE @ 2% £33.38

Total = £1702.13

2.

Landing costs. It came out to $15 cheaper than this and I got a refund.

The cost to landthe vehicle by RO/RO is as follows:

Port/Statutorycharges $335
AQISfees $229 Exempt GST
Customs/DEWR/AQISClearance $445
Steamclean $345 if necessary (it is always done)
Local Valuation $325 if required
Delivery ex wharf tomechanic $230

Please add 10% GST to the above.

On my calculations you would pay around A$1600 Duty/GST based on a local valuation.


Then it went to the mechanical workshop for compliance and roadworthy and rego.

I'll have to find these as I don't have them on email.
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Thanks Alfresco.

It's a tough one. I am a new driver and have bought a 2nd hand golf here for £6k. We are thinking about moving back to Oz at christmas time and would like to take it with me. Sounds like a lot for a 6k car but on the other hand I'm sure getting an equivalent golf in Oz would cost a lot more than 6k in pounds. Hmmm.
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Thanks Alfresco.

It's a tough one. I am a new driver and have bought a 2nd hand golf here for £6k. We are thinking about moving back to Oz at christmas time and would like to take it with me. Sounds like a lot for a 6k car but on the other hand I'm sure getting an equivalent golf in Oz would cost a lot more than 6k in pounds. Hmmm.
Yeah, probably not worth it in that case and too much waiting etc...

Anyway look up what a replacement in Oz would cost you to get an idea...

http://www.carsales.com.au/
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Yeah, probably not worth it in that case and too much waiting etc...

Anyway look up what a replacement in Oz would cost you to get an idea...

http://www.carsales.com.au/
Looks like my car with similar mileage would cost significantly more in Oz. Maybe $15k for a golf I bought for £6k here. So at current exchange rates mine cost about $10k.

I suppose if it's going to cost me about £3k all up to ship it it may not be worth it as I'd basically be breaking even. Hmmm.....
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Looks like my car with similar mileage would cost significantly more in Oz. Maybe $15k for a golf I bought for £6k here. So at current exchange rates mine cost about $10k.

I suppose if it's going to cost me about £3k all up to ship it it may not be worth it as I'd basically be breaking even. Hmmm.....

Yep indeed. I would think it may cost a bit more than that to ship it, all up. Probably not worth it.
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in my case, my cars worth at most £4k in austraila its $9k so on the face of it not worth it.
except we've owned it for years so know the history and to us it owes nothing.
so in my mind it will just be shipping and tax.
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in my case, my cars worth at most £4k in austraila its $9k so on the face of it not worth it.
except we've owned it for years so know the history and to us it owes nothing.
so in my mind it will just be shipping and tax.
Yeah, maybe, as you say you know the history etc...

Ours was worth GBP 5000 in the UK but $22 000 for the equivalent with the same mileage etc... so was worth shipping it over.
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