We have been contacted by a number of Ukrainian refugees here in the UK who are seeking advice on how to register their Ukrainian car in the UK following DVLA guidelines stating that vehicles from Ukraine will still need to be registered if staying in the UK longer than six months. For an instant estimate…
Category: Car Import News
Corvette C8 in the UK
The Corvette C8 is very different to previous Corvettes, it now features coil overs instead of lead springs and with a much more angular exterior. Power is up 40bhp from the standard C7 Stingray from its 6.2L V8, but now with the engine sitting behind you in a mid-engine layout. The interior is also very…
The UK has thousands of franchised and independent car dealers all buying, selling and part-ex’ing cars for sale. Used car prices have shot up over the last five months with Cap HPI marking August 2021 as the fifth consecutive month of used car price growth. Since April 2021 prices have gone up 16.6% with strong…
Shipping your car when you move to UK Even in the midst of a global pandemic, there are thousands of people currently moving out of Hong Kong with many looking to the UK to relocate. We have seen a large increase in the volume of interest in car shipping from Hong Kong to the UK…
What is Transshipment?
If you are shipping a car or have shipped a car in the last few months you may have had heard that your vessel has been transshipped. This usually means you are provided with a new, slightly later arrival time for your car to arrive in the UK. So why is that and what is…
So Brexit happened, and Covid happened, and everything kept moving fairly smoothly. Yes in the last few months there have been delays creeping in to most areas of the car shipping, import and registration processes. We look into why.
Exporting a car from South Africa requires a number of steps to be completed in order to first obtain permission to export and ship the car. These permits are obtained by an organisation called ITAC (hence why they are known as ITAC permits) If you are shipping a car with us, our local agent there…
We can now offer shared containers for shipping your car from Hong Kong to ensure your vehicle is loaded securely and safely for shipment to the UK. Our instant quote system can price up everything from loading fees, shipping, marine insurance, UK taxes, testing and registration fees all automatically – you will receive a quote…
Dubai Office
We are pleased to announce that we now have ShipMyCar agents on the ground in Dubai. This will allow all ShipMyCar clients to be assisted directly with RTA export clearance and any questions in regards to collection, clearance and loading of your vehicle. You can now also visit our new website www.shipmycar.ae in order to…
Recently UK importers have been hit with long delays and issues with collection of containers from UK ports. It has been very difficult for us to collect containers and bring them here for unloading due to the issues with inland transport. Why are there delays? We are told that there are a few issues all…