Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 14:28:30 -0400
Reply-To: 80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
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From: 80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
Subject: Re: Suggestions for shipping a van from Germany to Halifax NS
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But where do you stop? Everythingh is removable if you have
enough time. Do you pull the stereo? Those fancy Volks Cafe
bumpers? Front seats are easily removed in a westy...
Thanks,
Chris
---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 19:50:32 +0200
>From: Robert Steven Fish <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT>
>Subject: Re: Suggestions for shipping a van from Germany to
Halifax NS
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>snipped -----
>a Vancouver-area shipper tells me that if we pack our
belongings in unmarked
>boxes (no recycled liquor boxes, electronics boxes, etc.)
and keep it all
>covered with tarps or blankets, it will be fine...
>end snipped -----
>
>There are apparently two DIFFERENT ways to get a vehicle
across the
>Atlantic... One being the Ro/Ro method (Roll On / Roll Off)
which is what I
>did, and which is generally very cheap, quick, and easy.
>
>The other method would be getting your goods moved by
packing them in a
>container, which could be the size of a small 18-wheeler
trailer, or
>something. This container has a lock on it... a big one....
like 2 inch
>thick steel bar, etc. The container carrier will guarantee
that your goods
>arrive safely (other than damage by shifting, which is not
to be taken
>lightly... on high seas, there are weather conditions which
make the cars,
>trucks, and containers all jump around, and often if poorly
secured, things
>get completely trashed)...
>
>Anyway, if all is safely inside a locked container you will
receive at least
>the shaken up goods, and if not (for example the container
falls off the
>ship) you will receive insurance reimbursment.
>
>The catch is that to have your own container is already out
of the price
>range for what I was referring to... the container would
most likely cost
>between 5-10 grand, and all contants are weighed to get the
final price.
>
>I had all my "goods" shipped by NorthAmerican, and they took
care of placing
>everything in a "shared container" for me, and delivered it
to my door in
>Salzburg Austria... cost around 10 grand, including
insurance etc.
>
>The Vanagon went Ro/Ro and cost under 800 bucks if I
remember correctly.
>
>If you do Ro/Ro and you pack anything in the car, it will be
gone when you
>pick it up... that's just the way it is. On a ship where
there are like
>2000 cars, and months of boring sea time, and bored crew
members, who may or
>may not be well paid, and may or may not be honest.... the
probability of
>you ever seeing something like a nice bike, or any other
toy, is pretty much
>0%.
>
>It is possible that other list members have a different
opinion... if so I
>would be glad to hear any additional and/or contarary
information.
>
>Good Luck!!
>
>RSF
>
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>Robert S. Fish
>Salzburg, Austria
>1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender
>1987 Golf Cabriolet
>1991 Golf
