Overseas Vehicle / Car Shipping

Car Shipping / Exporting

Car shipping to overseas. Before you decide to undertake the shipment of a vehicle / car to any country you must know what requirements are needed for importing vehicle in that country and that your vehicle / car meets the required standards. It is important you consider customs implications and costs that will be involved once the vehicle arrives at designated country by contacting the necessary parties. It is important you contact the UK DVLA and advise them that your vehicle is going to be exported out of the UK so that they can strike off the vehicle from their records.

We will take care of all your export paperwork which takes the hassle out of the complication of importing cars. We will commit the entry to HMRC customs in the UK to advise them your car / cars are leaving the UK which is a legal requirement when undertaking export of vehicles.

Ascope car shipping are able to assist you in shipping your cars / vehicles from UK to most parts of the world (overseas). We offer two different ways of shipping your car / cars abroad.

* Overseas Container car shipping services i.e 20 foot (fits one car) or 40 foot (fits two cars) - Container / Containers can also be delivered to your loading point where you strap and secure vehicle / cars in the container instead of delivering to our warehouses for loading.

* International Roll on and Roll off Service (RO-RO) - Vehicles are driven in and out of vessel at departure and arrival ports.

Car Shipping / Export Through Container

Container car shipping service is mainly for those who wish to ship cars / vehicles in a safe and enclosed environment. We offer high quality shipping of cars in containers at competitive prices. Our containers are designed and manufactured to transport cargo via ship, truck and rail . We also offer a complete delivery and collection service for our containers, meaning that you can load or unload containers anywhere in the UK. Vehicles can either be exporterd in 20-foot containers, or in 40-foot containers combined with the owner's household goods. These are secured in the container by cables and straps that hold them in place. The greatest advantage of shipping your vehicle in a container is security as it ensures that your vehicle / car would not be dented and scratched during loading and unloading or knocked about during the sea voyage. At the same time, sealed containers eliminate the risk of having your car / cars stereo and other accessories stolen. If you plan to ship spare parts with your vehicle, the only good option is by containers.

Car Shipping / Export Via Roll on Roll off (Ro-Ro)

RORO car shipping is the simplest and cheapest method of shipping cars, it offers many advantages. If you look at the process of loading and unloading the vehicles, the RORO method makes a lot of sense. The car is simply driven in and off the vessel. Hence, roll on/roll off, RORO. Indeed it is faster compared to containers in terms of loading and unloading time. This Method simply involves the driving of vehicle or vehicles into the lower decks of large Ro-Ro ships and is thereofore cheaper than the container method of shipping. Please note that not all countries have facilities for unloading this sort of ships in their docks and its therefore worth enquiring with us first.

Vehicles / Cars are shipped on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis and depart from port of Tilbury in Essex, Sheerness in Kent, Felixtowe at Suffolk, Liverpool port, Hull port, Grimsby port, Southampton port etc.

Please feel free to Contact us for a quotation.