Re: [doc] Shipping

["John Dore" <dmcjohn@xxxx>]

Found the name of that shipping company I used - 
http://www.atiusainc.com/index.html
They go thru Wallenius line aswell. It was ro-ro, $900 from Port 
Elizabeth, NJ to Cork, Ireland, via Sebrouge, Belgium.
I also paid $300 marine insurance on top of this to cover damage to 
the car up to $30,000.
It took about 6 weeks, as it missed the boat to Ireland from Belgium 
and had to wait to get the next one.

Some advice about shipping ro-ro, if I was doing it again, I would 
remove the fuses for the electric windows and courtesy lights, when I 
got the car in Cork, the battery was flat, and the drivers side 
window was left open, it took me weeks to dry up the carpet in the 
footwell.
Also for customs, don't leave the safe behind the drivers seat 
locked, I did and they forced it open with a crowbar.
They also took up the carpets on the parcel shelf and the boards and 
left them in a mess behind the seats. They broke the trunk cable, and 
took off the coil cover from the engine bay and threw it loose onto 
the passenger seat. 
When I left the car in New Jersey I took note of the mileage. Somehow 
it racked up 12 miles being driven onto a very nearby boat, being 
unloaded, reloaded on a different boat and arriving in Cork. I was 
not too happy about that either, I'm sure there was an element of 
driving for fun there by one of the port workers either in NJ or 
Belgium. When I ship my car back to the USA I'm going to put it in a 
container.
John

--- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ROBLAMROCK@xxxx wrote:
> Ian,
> I used Wallenius (http://www.wlna.com/) to ship my car from USA to 
Liverpool 
> back in 1990. They were very good and best price. No container, 
ro-ro as you 
> say.
> Robert
> 
> In a message dated 26/11/2003 03:09:46 GMT Standard Time, ian@xxxx 
> writes:
> 
> > Anyone know of another Roll-on Roll-off shipping line, 
called "Wallinus" 
> > (or
> > something like that) ... as I recall their prices were much 
cheaper?
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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