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How to ship a car overseas....

Your vehicle can be shipped one of three ways, we can either ship your vehicle on our Roll on/Roll off (RoRo) service to many but unfortunately not all destinations, or by Container services in either a 20ft or a 40ft container to almost all destinations. We can even airfreight your car from many leading UK airports to almost anywhere in the world for anyone looking to have their vehicle delivered in record time.

The Roll on/Roll off (RoRo) vessel has been purpose built for the shipment of rolling cargo, car shipping this way is both cost effective and very secure and can save both time and money once your vehicle arrives at your chosen destination. The downside to shipping on a roro vessel is that you are not permitted to ship any personal items or tools inside the vehicle as your vehicle will be refused entry at the port if the vehicle is carrying such items. Car shipping to Melbourne, Sydney, Fremantle and Brisbane in Australia are very popular on our roro services.

Container vessels are exactly what they say, they carry nothing but containers, either 20ft or 40ft. This has been said to be one of the safest and most secure forms of transport by sea, your car will be loaded and secured inside the container by the use of chocks and straps then the container will be sealed until it arrives at your chosen country, unlike roro shipping - container shipping is very popular when shipping personal effects inside the vehicle.

If shipping RoRo then your vehicle is stowed on the lower deck of the vessel so is completely away from all the elements of the sea, wind and rain. The roll on/roll off (RoRo) service is still the most preferred method of shipping by main car manufacturers such as Honda, Mercedes and Jaguar cars.Roll on/roll (RoRo) off vessels are great for carrying over sized vehicles, either as a runner or a non–runner.  As long as the vehicle can be towed and has brakes, then we can ship it. 

For any further information on RoRo, container shipping or airfreight - please contact us at Email: info@firstbasefreight.com