Best int' across the pond shipping method

[Mohammed]

Hello,

I am about to order my emp kit and I am wondering which is the best way for shipping international orders for either emp or larger kits parts like wings and fuselage. Shipping those boxes by air may cost a fortune but on the other hand shipping by sea takes forever. Also is there any risk of corrosion if shipped by sea?

I am curious to hear others experiances specially from Asia and Australia on this issue.

Regards

[eddieseve]

I shipped everything large by sea freight to Sydney and had no issues with corrosion, also the packaging provided by Vans is excellent.

Regards,
Eddie

RV7 finishing Engine baffling
http://www.mykitlog.com/users/index....ve&project=535

[Bob Redman]

Hello Mohammed,

I let Van's arrange the freight. The Van's freight company's local agent in Australia contacted me once it arrived in Sydney and I paid them to arrange customs and quarantine clearance, and forwarding to my address about 160km north of Sydney.

I arranged a forklift at home to unload the big boxes from the truck.

I used the same process for shipping the engine from Aerosport in Canada.

No damage, corrosion or missing parts.

Probably I could save a few dollars by arranging freight, customs & quarantine myself, but the savings would be small, and the inconvenience large.

Regards,

Bob Redman

[Ausmo]

Hi Mohammed,

Vans arranged the shipping of the empennage, wings, fuselage and finish kits at the same time. It all came by sea with no problems or damage. It was pain-free.

The dimensions and weights are here http://www.vansaircraft.com/pdf/weights.pdf

I enagaged an agent in Adelaide to manage all the paperwork at this end for customs clearance, payment of import duties and General Services Tax. This made this part really painless. I hired a large flat bed trailer and collected it from the freight depot in Adelaide. They loaded the crates by fork lift. I was able to unload them at home with the assistance of a couple of pairs of strong arms.

I see no reason not to follow the same process when it comes time for the avionics and the engine.

All the best with your build, looking forward to hearing of your progress.

Cheers

Erik

[GusBiz]

Hey Moh,

go to these guys. They are an Australia company that ships stuff from US to Oz

http://www.usatoaus.com/buy.aspx

Talk to Indy, they are a good family business and will ship Vans stuff in the empty space left over from shipping a car. They are competitive and do Vans stuff all the time.

[rjtjrt]

Hi Mohammed
As you are in Riyad, Saudi Arabia the local Australian customs agents and shipping company may not be whaT YOU ARE AFTER.
AS SAID ABOVE VAN'S OFFICE/COMPANY SHIP ALL OVER THE WORLD AND ARE EXCELLENT (sorry for capital letters - hit caps lock by mistake).
There is no problem with corrosion shipping by sea.
Most dangerous is the forklift driver at destination unloading the container - I suggest you be there for the unload if you can.
Good luck with the build.
John
Melbourne
Australia

[rv8ch]

I had Van's (Barb and Anne) arrange all the shipping of my QB to Switzerland and they did a perfect job. Just let them know what you want, where you are, get out the CC and it will be fine.

Please keep us posted - very interesting to hear about a builder in SA!

[Andy Hill]

Don't discount shipping by air. Some of the kits are light but large volume and no different, or even cheaper, by air.

[GusBiz]

Who would of thought that he was talkin about something other than the Pacific :-)

[Allan Stern]

Does Saudi Arabia even have or allow Private aviation? since there are no private airports that I am aware of where would you hanger it? Unless things have changed a lot since I lived there many years ago,airports were not Evan shown on any city/country maps.