When it comes to arranging international shipping for any type or size of watercraft, it is essential to engage proven boat-shipping professionals. With over 15 years’ experience in shipping leisure craft, race boats, passenger vessels, landing craft, floating cranes, dredges, barges and more, Freightplus is well-equipped to arrange the preparation, transportation and international Customs and biosecurity formalities for your vessel, by the most appropriate and economical means.
If you’re looking at shipping marine craft of any type, our very experienced crew will know exactly what is required to prepare and transport your valuable asset. Whether you want to know how to ship a luxury yacht from the Pacific Islands to the Mediterranean Sea, or how to import a trailer boat from the United States to Australia, or identify what options are available for repositioning a barge from China to Chile, our boat shipping specialists will know what is needed to provide safe and reliable boat transport for your specific vessel.
There is more to shipping boats than simply finding space on a ship. Shipping a luxury motor yacht involves a very different set of needs to shipping a jack-up barge, just as options for transporting a passenger ferry are very different to those options available for shipping a ski boat.
Shipping boats of any kind requires both the knowledge and the resources needed to carry out the process. Providing a reliable boat transport service requires an intimate understanding of various types of marine craft and the characteristics unique to each, and the very specific requirements for shipping different types of boats, in terms of preparation, handling and shipping methods. Our in-house boat-shipping experts at Freightplus have an intimate understanding of many different types of sea craft and the features and benefits of the various options available for shipping boats internationally. We can tailor a complete logistics solution for your specific needs.
For shipping trailer boats and smaller boats on cradles
- Building or modifying boat trailers to meet requirements for compliance at destination
- Towing or transporting boats to shipping port
- Cleaning, biosecurity and fumigation services for used boats
- Shrink-wrapping services for boats
- RORO/roll-on, roll-off shipping for boats on trailers
- RORO/roll-on, roll-off shipping for small cradled boats, using MAFI roll-trailers
- Containerized boat shipping
- Customs and biosecurity clearances at origin and destination
- Marine transit cargo insurance for boats
For relocating motor cruisers and luxury motor yachts
- Provision of bespoke shipping cradles for break-bulk shipping of luxury vessels
- Carrier-supplied, on-board shipping cradles for shipping luxury vessels
- Cranes and trucking services for transporting boats
- Slipping, cleaning, biosecurity and fumigation services for used boats
- Marine surveys for shipping and insurance purposes
- Gas evacuation services for boats being shipped to Montreal Protocol member countries
- Partial dismantling of boats to reduce shipping dimensions
- Shrink-wrapping services for leisure boats of all sizes
- Experienced loadmasters to supervise vessel loading and discharge
- International water to water deliveries for boats, loading and discharging larger boats from and to water alongside vessel, using ship’s cranes
- Customs and biosecurity clearances at origin and destination
- Marine transit cargo insurance for boats
For the shipment of sailing yachts
- Provision of custom-made shipping cradles for break-bulk shipping of yachts
- Mast removal and packaging of yacht masts for international shipping
- Under-deck shipping of yachts under 6m high
- On-deck yacht shipping
- Yacht shipping with option to ship yachts with mast on
- Carrier-supplied, on-board shipping cradles for yachts
- Cranes and specialized trucking services for transporting yachts
- Pre-shipment slipping, hull cleaning and anti-fouling services
- Cleaning, biosecurity and fumigation services for importing used yachts
- Marine surveys for shipping and insurance purposes
- Gas evacuation services for yachts being shipped to Montreal Protocol member countries
- Shrink-wrapping services for yachts of all sizes
- Experienced loadmasters to supervise vessel loading and discharge
- International water to water deliveries for yachts, loading and discharging larger boats from and to water alongside vessel, using ship’s cranes
- Customs and biosecurity clearances at origin and destination
- Marine transit cargo insurance for shipping private yachts
For international shipping of racing boats
- Liaison with specialist transport providers for racing yachts and powerboats
- Shipping of spare parts and masts for race boats and racing yachts
- Under-deck shipping of yachts under 6m high
- RORO/roll-on, roll-off shipping for powerboat racing
- Aircraft charters for boats and urgent transportation for racing boats and parts
- Cranes and specialized trucking services for transporting racing yachts and power boats
- Slipping and cleaning of powerboats and racing yachts between events
- Cleaning, biosecurity and fumigation services for the international shipment of racing yachts and power boats
- Marine surveys for shipping and insurance purposes
- Gas evacuation servicesfor boats being shipped to Montreal Protocol member countries
- Shrink-wrapping services for yachts and boats of all sizes
- Experienced loadmasters to supervise vessel loading and discharge
- Liaison with race teams and event organizers
- International water to water deliveries if required, loading and discharging racing craft from and to water alongside vessel, using ship’s cranes
- Customs and biosecurity clearances at origin and destination
- Carnet services for international boat-racing vessels and equipment
- Marine transit cargo insurance for shipping vessels and equipment
- Customs and biosecurity clearances for race teams and equipment
Shipping of commercial and industrial vessels
- Pre-shipment hull repairs and antifouling of large commercial vessels
- Pre-shipment modifications to make vessels compliant with destination standards and regulations
- Dismantling and separation of equipment affixed atop working barges
- Reducing dimensions of vessels for shipment as cargo on larger vessels
- Naval architecture and engineer’s drawings for vessels being shipped as cargo
- Design and installation of lifting lugs
- Biosecurity treatment and fumigation services
- Marine surveys for shipping and insurance purposes
- Gas evacuation services for commercial vessels being shipped to Montreal Protocol member countries
- Partial dismantling of working vessels to reduce shipping dimensions
- Pre-shipment sand blasting and vessel painting
- International heavy-lift shipping for commercial vessels
- International repositioning of LCT’s
- International delivery of landing craft vessels
- Shipping of working barges as cargo on heavy-lift ships
- Shipping of crane barges, jack-up barges and other working vessels as cargo
- International repositioning of passenger ferries
- International shipping of tug boats as cargo on break-bulk vessels
- Ship shipping
- International shipping of ship’s spares
- Urgent air freight of ship’s spares
- Coastal and international barge-towing services
- Experienced loadmasters to supervise loading and discharge
- Heavy lift ship loading and discharge directly from/to water alongside vessel
- Customs and biosecurity clearances at origin and destination
- Marine transit cargo insurance for commercial vessels being shipped as cargo
For international shipping of racing boats
- Liaison with specialist transport providers for racing yachts and powerboats
- Shipping of spare parts and masts for race boats and racing yachts
- Under-deck shipping of yachts under 6m high
- RORO/roll-on, roll-off shipping for powerboat racing
- Aircraft charters for boats and urgent transportation for racing boats and parts
- Cranes and specialized trucking services for transporting racing yachts and power boats
- Slipping and cleaning of powerboats and racing yachts between events
- Cleaning, biosecurity and fumigation services for the international shipment of racing yachts and power boats
- Marine surveys for shipping and insurance purposes
- Gas evacuation servicesfor boats being shipped to Montreal Protocol member countries
- Shrink-wrapping services for yachts and boats of all sizes
- Experienced loadmasters to supervise vessel loading and discharge
- Liaison with race teams and event organizers
- International water to water deliveries if required, loading and discharging racing craft from and to water alongside vessel, using ship’s cranes
- Customs and biosecurity clearances at origin and destination
- Carnet services for international boat-racing vessels and equipment
- Marine transit cargo insurance for shipping vessels and equipment
- Customs and biosecurity clearances for race teams and equipment
Shipping of commercial and industrial vessels
- Pre-shipment hull repairs and antifouling of large commercial vessels
- Pre-shipment modifications to make vessels compliant with destination standards and regulations
- Dismantling and separation of equipment affixed atop working barges
- Reducing dimensions of vessels for shipment as cargo on larger vessels
- Naval architecture and engineer’s drawings for vessels being shipped as cargo
- Design and installation of lifting lugs
- Biosecurity treatment and fumigation services
- Marine surveys for shipping and insurance purposes
- Gas evacuation services for commercial vessels being shipped to Montreal Protocol member countries
- Partial dismantling of working vessels to reduce shipping dimensions
- Pre-shipment sand blasting and vessel painting
- International heavy-lift shipping for commercial vessels
- International repositioning of LCT’s
- International delivery of landing craft vessels
- Shipping of working barges as cargo on heavy-lift ships
- Shipping of crane barges, jack-up barges and other working vessels as cargo
- International repositioning of passenger ferries
- International shipping of tug boats as cargo on break-bulk vessels
- Ship shipping
- International shipping of ship’s spares
- Urgent air freight of ship’s spares
- Coastal and international barge-towing services
- Experienced loadmasters to supervise loading and discharge
- Heavy lift ship loading and discharge directly from/to water alongside vessel
- Customs and biosecurity clearances at origin and destination
- Marine transit cargo insurance for commercial vessels being shipped as cargo
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