Ship a Car to Canada from the USA

While we ship cars on a global scale from the US and Canada, one thing we don’t do is ship cars between the US and Canada. The reason is we use ships to move our customers’ vehicles overseas. In this blog post, we will be talking about how you can save money shipping cars from the US to Canada or the other way around. For starters, there are mainly two types of car shipping methods commonly used to transport cars back and forth between the US and Canada.

The 1st car shipping method, and by far the most common, is the open-transport-truck method. Normally these are trucks independently operated. The truck driver is normally the business owner and works for himself. Many of these truck drivers have their own routes very much like a paper route. Continue reading

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Motorcycle Shipping | How it Works Domestically & Internationally

As an international car shipping company, we are often asked about motorcycle shipping for both US and international. This article was made to help people understand what to look for in a motorcycle shipping company whether you are shipping domestically or internationally. The factors that determine pricing is the type of motorcycle (year, make, model), distance, and how much work you are willing to do.

Domestic Motorcycle Shipping
There are many domestic motorcycle shipping companies where anyone can get rates, especially on the internet. There is a BIG difference if you do it yourself with uship or get motorcycle shipping rates from 1AA Motorcycles and have them take care of everything for you. With uShip, you’ll be doing all the work and coordinating. Continue reading

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Shipping Cars to Hawaii and Saving Money, Honey

As an overseas car shipping company, we are often asked if we can ship cars to Hawaii. Since we consider Hawaii local US, we do not ship there. Instead we refer many people to companies that ship a car to Hawaii. We love to save people money even if they choose to do business with someone else. Here are a few ways to save money when shipping a car to Hawaii. If you live on the West Coast USA near one of these ports (San Francisco, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland and San Diego), then you can take the car yourself and save the money of having a transport truck deliver it for you. If you live far from any of these ports, then you will have two choices. Continue reading

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Saving Money on Overseas Car Shipping

As an international car shipping company, we often have auto dealerships as well as domestic car shipping companies contact us to ship overseas. This blog post will show you how “you” can save money if you need to ship a car overseas. If the vehicle you are looking to ship is near one of the departure shipping ports in the US, then take the vehicle yourself to the shipping docks. We can meet you there. If your vehicle is far from the departure shipping docks and you don’t want to pay for the additional expenses of doing it yourself, then we can arrange a transport truck driver to meet with you or the designated person. A vast majority of people choose to have us pick up their car because it saves them time, money, and the hassle.
There are many domestic companies that will give car shipping rates only within the United States. If you run into a company that doesn’t specialize in international car shipping services, then you can expect to pay a premium. Continue reading

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How to Ship a Container to Europe

Most companies who want to ship a container to Europe from the US aren’t aware of all their options. Europe is a big consumer of American products and imports many types of foods, feeds, and beverages. There are many shipping lines available to send a container from the US to Europe. Most shipping lines don’t work directly with the end user.  In fact, you may end up working with a licensed ocean freight forwarder which is better because they have contacts with shipping lines and offer much lower rates than if you approached a shipping line directly. A professional freight forwarding company will have their shipping process streamlined when they ship a container to Europe for you. Continue reading

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International Freight Shipping Services

There are many international freight shipping companies to pick from when searching the web. While some companies are really great, there are certain things a person or company must look for to ensure their freight gets to the desired destination. In this article we will cover what to look for in an international freight shipping company and how to cut shipping rates. This is primarily written for business-to-business freight shipping from the USA.

Normally when someone is shipping freight, it is done by an ocean freight forwarding company. Continue reading

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Lowering Auto Shipping Quotes in the USA

Getting a low auto shipping quote can be done if a person knows what to look for. In this article, we will look at surefire ways to reduce costs of shipping a car in the United States. One way to beat nearly all auto shipping quotes is to drive the car yourself. If the related costs of food, hotel, gas, time, possible return airfare, and mileage are more than the cost of having a professional auto shipping company, find a reliable company. Continue reading

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Shipping Cars to the Middle East

Here at Ship Overseas, Inc we have many people who request quotes to ship a car from the US to the Middle East. There are two forms of shipping cars to the Middle East. One is by RoRo ship while the other is by Container Ship. The countries we ship cars to the most are Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar.

The two shipping methods can be used for different purposes. If a person is only shipping a car, then most likely a RoRo ship will be cheaper. The car must simply be able to Roll On Roll Off (RoRo) the ship. The container shipping method is great if items in addition to the car are being sent, like household goods and/or boxes. Continue reading

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Container Shipping from US to Other Countries

Currently Ship Overseas, Inc is expanding it’s operations and is growing immensely. Our shipping lines now have routes going all over the world and this is due to the help of our container ships. There are many reasons people have used our services to ship containers. Some of those reasons are shipping household items, vehicles, products, commodities.

We give a helping hand for our customers to find information on duty import fees to the country they are shipping to. Continue reading

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Expanding Ship Overseas, Inc into Container Shipping

Oh yeah! The long awaited advent of the container shipping department is coming to fruition. We are expanding our global network to include shipping containers of product. We currently ship cars in containers so this isn’t something new. International container shipping will be done using the same shipping lines. However we are now helping people ship commodities and products to countries worldwide.

Most of our shipment originate from the United States and go to other countries, that is, we export containers.  In the future we will begin importing containers from other countries to the United States. Perhaps one day (when our system is set up), we will ship from countries that don’t even involve the ships coming to the United States.

International Container Shipping from USA

We hope that this area of international shipping is very successful. The barriers to entry seem so high that competition is fierce. Wish us luck because we are a tiny company stepping into the monster world of big players.  Even on a bad economy we are expanding so hopefully this is a good sign.

container getting loaded by truckAs always we will start small and grow. Since we have a lot of experience shipping cars on RoRo ships and in containers, we really doubt we will have any problems. As always, if you are curious as to how much it costs to ship a container overseas, fill out the “Get a free quote” button at the top of the website.

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