Car Shipping Costs

How much does it cost to ship a car overseas?

Car shipping costs vary depending on a number of factors. These include; distance travelled, destination duties and taxes, the type of service required and the make and model of your vehicle. As a guide, the cost to ship from the UK to Cyprus is £509, whereas car shipping costs from the UK to Australia start from £784.

Other popular destinations:
Car shipping costs UK to USA
Car shipping costs UK to New Zealand

The time it takes for ships to reach their destination is also a factor, as well as the amount of traffic moving to or from that part of the world. Shipping lines may offer very attractive car shipping rates due to large volumes of return traffic from a particular country.

The shipping costs also reflect the size of the vehicle being shipped. A normal saloon car will carry a lower rate than say a long wheelbase Land Rover or a people carrier as they take up less space on the ship.

International Car Shipping Costs from the UK

Port Country Car Shipping Costs
Abu DhabiUAE£1,141
AucklandNew Zealand£1,400
BahrainBahrain£1,141
BaltimoreUSA£1,265
BrisbaneAustralia£1,400
BrunswickUSA£1,265
Cape TownSouth Africa£1,400
CasablancaMorocco£1,030
CharlestonUSA£1,265
DurbanSouth Africa£1,400
FremantleAustralia£1,400
GalvestonUSA£1,488
HalifaxCanada£1,877
Hong KongChina£1,502
JacksonvilleUSA£1,568
Jebel AliUAE£1,141
JeddahSaudi Arabia£1,083
KingstonJamaica£1,255
KuwaitKuwait£1,141
Laem ChabangThailand£1,054
LimassolCyprus£740
LivornoItaly£775
LytteltonNew Zealand£1,400
ManzanilloPanama£1,801
MelbourneAustralia£1,400
NassauBahamas£1,801
New YorkUSA£1,232
NorfolkUSA£1,816
PalermoItaly£879
ParamariboSuriname£1,801
PiraeusGreece£812
Point A PitreGuadeloupe£1,340
Port Au PrinceHaiti£1,801
Port ElizabethSouth Africa£1,503
Port HuenemeUSA£1,582
Port KelangMalaysia£994
Port of SpainTrinidad£1,213
RoseauDominica£1,801
SalernoItaly£775
San DiegoUSA£1,582
San JuanPuerto Rico£1,255
Santo DomingoDominican Republic£1,801
SavonaItaly£775
SetubalPortugal£775
SingaporeSingapore£1,151
SoharOman£1,141
St GeorgesGrenada£1,801
St JohnsAntigua£1,801
SydneyAustralia£1,400
TacomaUSA£1,746
ToyohashiJapan£1,691
ValenciaSpain£807
VallettaMalta£1,072
VancouverCanada£5,427
Vera CruzMexico£1,213
WellingtonNew Zealand£1,400
YokohamaJapan£1,691
Car Shipping Costs

A UK collection service for your car to be collected and delivered to the UK port of departure is also available. Collection and delivery charges vary dependent on the distance from your home to the port of exit or warehouse loading point.

The above costs table is for port to port shipping only and does not include additional charges for UK documentation, loading costs or insurance.

Don’t forget, duty and taxes and customs formalities are also not included, these will vary from country to country.
Please check with us on what additional costs are involved or check out our individual country guides.

For an accurate cost to ship your car, tailored to your requirements, simply complete the car shipping quote form or alternatively if you would just like to ask us a quick question you can contact us here.

Collection

As a guide, for a car to be collected from London and delivered to Southampton the cost will be £159. If you wish to deliver your vehicle to the port yourself you can, however please pre-book your car before travelling to the port so we can arrange necessary customs and dock gate passes.

Insurance

We provide marine insurance cover for all cars shipped, with cover being in place from the time we collect your vehicle, or take it over at the port of exit if you deliver to the port yourself.

For further details on insurance cover please see our Car Shipping Insurance page here.

Seasonal Variation

While car shipping rates themselves are not seasonal, shipping lines do vary rates for a number of different reasons. Factors such as changing rates of exchange, changes in oil prices and fluctuations in the number of cars being shipped to and from particular places in the world can all have an impact on car shipping prices.

To give you the best possible price, we check with all major car carriers and offer you the best car shipping rates and services available at the time of your shipment.

For details of services we offer, please see the Auto Shippers Car Shipping home page
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