Auto Shipping My Motorcycle Internationally
Auto Shipping to transport motorcycles for international shows, collectors, auto shows, dealers, travelers, motorcycle enthusiasts, and anyone else who needs a bike transferred to another country. Prices that vary for motorcycle shipment include loading, unloading, transport, full insurance coverage. Assistance to countries for import and export laws. Shipping a motorcycle not locally is a lot more difficult. There's more steps involved. Transport from current location to shipping port, international port to port shipping, transport from port to final destination.
To Ship a Motorcycle Overseas Is More Affordable Than To Ship By a Truck Or Car
But there's a lot of extra steps that add up and take a long period of time to process. If the location destination of the bike and the shipping port are not close by time of transit. There would need to be ground transport in between shipping locations which adds up to the overall price. Takes around 19 days to ship a motorcycle internationally for the price of $300 by ground and $400 by ocean freight from New York To Germany as an example.
RORO
Roll on and Roll Off - Is a popular method to ship a car or motorcycle by ship. Your motorcycle is driven onto a transport boat. Secured using a mechanism or tied down by tie-downs and skids. Transported to the nearest destination. When arrives transported by a land carrier to the final destination.
Crated
Crated Motorcycles are shipped in a shipping container over seas. With Crating bike is secured tightly onto the crate, enclosed securely. placed on a pallet also called palletized shipping.
Container
With this option it's possible to ship multiple bikes at once. Container shipping can included crated shipping. You can also use straps and tie-downs to secure it in place. Containers can be also split among customers to reduce their price. Especially for Vintage Bikes.
Door to Door
This method is usually ideal for rare high end classic bikes and will cost more than picking up your bike at the terminal. But is convenient for long term shipping. Ideal for faster delivery rates.
Port to Port
A more affordable option than door to door shipping is port to port because it can save $200 or $500 on land transport but requires some hassle to pickup. But requires to be picked up at the port and brought to the port. But all depending on distance.
