Shipping your car when you move to UK Even in the midst of a global pandemic, there are thousands of people currently moving out of Hong Kong with many looking to the UK to relocate. We have seen a large increase in the volume of interest in car shipping from Hong Kong to the UK…
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If you are shipping a car or have shipped a car in the last few months you may have had heard that your vessel has been transshipped. This usually means you are provided with a new, slightly later arrival time for your car to arrive in the UK. So why is that and what is…
So Brexit happened, and Covid happened, and everything kept moving fairly smoothly. Yes in the last few months there have been delays creeping in to most areas of the car shipping, import and registration processes. We look into why.
Exporting a car from South Africa requires a number of steps to be completed in order to first obtain permission to export and ship the car. These permits are obtained by an organisation called ITAC (hence why they are known as ITAC permits) If you are shipping a car with us, our local agent there…
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Petrolheadonism
Petrolheadonism is a great group of people who share a passion for all things automotive. We have recently been working with them on a few projects that you may have seen on our social media channels. Recently we worked with them to Sponsor Ollie Brown in the GT Cup racing for Deranged Motorsport Ciro from…
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Tier 4
Tier 4 Notice – Following the government’s announcement that we are now in Tier 4, we are currently not allowing any visits to our workshops to view vehicles. Our container loading / unloading and MOT testing & repairs will continue to operate largely as normal The safety of our staff and clients must come first…
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Dubai Office
We are pleased to announce that we now have ShipMyCar agents on the ground in Dubai. This will allow all ShipMyCar clients to be assisted directly with RTA export clearance and any questions in regards to collection, clearance and loading of your vehicle. You can now also visit our new website www.shipmycar.ae in order to…
Recently UK importers have been hit with long delays and issues with collection of containers from UK ports. It has been very difficult for us to collect containers and bring them here for unloading due to the issues with inland transport. Why are there delays? We are told that there are a few issues all…
The UK is a great place to source a car, we are a nation of petrolheads and with an annual safety inspection (MOT) being a legal requirement, it means there are some very well maintained examples to be had. There are also a lot of great places to find the perfect car, with lots of…
Brexit and 2020 “While the UK is on lockdown from Coronavirus measures, I thought I would take a look back through the history of our company. I hope all of our clients, staff, friends and families are well and stay safe during these difficult times” Nick Roach – Company Director The decision by the UK…