International Car Shipping — Moving Your Car Overseas, the Simple Way

The car is driven onto a vehicle-carrying ship and parked on a secured deck. Usually the most affordable way to ship a car overseas, but the vehicle must run and be empty of personal items.

Your car shares a 40-foot container with one to three other vehicles. More protection than RoRo at a lower price than an exclusive container.

Your car (and often some household goods) in its own 20-foot or 40-foot container. Highest protection. See containerized vehicle shipping.

We can pick up your car from home and deliver it to the departure port, or you can drop it at the port yourself.

For Canada and Mexico, cars can move by truck across the border with the right paperwork.

Shipping to Europe or Asia costs more than shipping to Canada or the Caribbean.

RoRo is usually cheapest; shared containers sit in the middle; an exclusive container costs the most.

SUVs and trucks cost more than sedans because they take more space.

Getting the car to the U.S. port, and from the destination port to the final address, is priced separately.

Port handling, customs clearance, storage and the destination country's import duties and taxes.

Shipping rates move with demand and fuel prices.

Vehicles move overland across the border. The car must be reported to U.S. Customs before export, and Canada's Registrar of Imported Vehicles has its own requirements.

Temporary import permits apply for many vehicles; permanent imports have stricter eligibility.

A U.S. territory, but cars still travel by ship from Florida or East Coast ports, and local excise taxes apply on arrival.

Some countries limit vehicle age, require modifications or charge high duties. Confirm before you ship.

Title, bill of sale, passport or ID, and a lienholder letter if the car is financed. U.S. Customs and Border Protection requires export documentation, usually submitted at least 72 hours before export.

We pick up your car and deliver it to the departure port, such as New York/New Jersey, Baltimore, Savannah, Jacksonville, Houston, Los Angeles/Long Beach or Seattle–Tacoma.

Times vary from about one week to six weeks depending on the destination and routing.

At destination, the car clears customs, duties are paid and the car is released for pickup or final delivery.

Cars cross by truck at land border crossings. Canada has specific import rules, including a Registrar of Imported Vehicles process for many U.S. vehicles, and both U.S. export and Canadian import paperwork must be done correctly. Check eligibility before you buy.

Usually by truck to a border crossing with a customs broker, or by sea for some destinations. Mexico has strict rules on temporary and permanent imports, so plan with a broker.

Shipping to Puerto Rico is by ocean, commonly from Jacksonville, Florida. As a U.S. territory, it doesn't require export filing like foreign countries, but Puerto Rico has its own excise taxes and registration rules.