Guides

Vehicle Shipping and Import Guides

Plain-English guides to the rules that decide what you pay and what paperwork you need, written by the team that ships vehicles every week.

Shipping your own vehicle for a trip

Overland vehicle shipping: the complete guideRORO or container, costs by route, carnets, temporary import and insurance

Bringing a vehicle into the UK

Temporary import: touring the UK in your own vehicleVisiting for up to 6 months, with no duty or VATTransfer of Residence: moving to the UK with your vehicleImport your car with no duty or VATImporting a classic: historic vehicle reliefNo duty and 5% VAT for qualifying classics

Travelling in North America

Temporary import into the USABringing a foreign vehicle into the USAEPA non-resident exemptionThe EPA rules for foreign vehicles in the USAInsurance in the USA and CanadaCover for foreign-registered vehiclesPersonal effects in your vehicleWhat you can pack and how