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Request vehicle shipping for your move abroad

Tell us what you would like to move, where it is going and roughly when, and we’ll pass your request to a vehicle shipping company we work with. It covers a car, motorbike, van, motorhome or caravan. It asks for countries, not addresses, and it is separate from your removals enquiry.

Useful to have to hand

  • The make, model and year
  • Whether it starts and drives
  • Whether there is finance or a lease on it
  • The two countries, and roughly when
You don’t need the registration number. Where there is a "Not sure" choice, use it.

Your vehicle request

Answer what you can. Questions marked (optional) can be left blank, and the rest need an answer so that the shipping company has something to start from. Nothing is sent until you press the button at the end.

The vehicle

What would you like to move?

Different vehicles travel in different ways. Choose the closest.

For example Ford. Choose from the list that appears, or type your own.

For example Transit. Common models for your make appear as you type.

The lists show common makes and models only. If yours isn’t there, type it in full. Where the lists come from

For example 2016. You don’t need the registration number.

Is any of this true of your vehicle?

These things change how a vehicle is carried and protected. Tick all that apply.

Only if you know. The shipping company can find the details from the make and model. Leave blank what you don’t know.

If it’s possible, would you like it protected from the weather, for example in a closed container or a covered transporter? (optional)
Can the vehicle be driven (or ridden, for a motorbike)?

Vehicles that can be driven are loaded differently from ones that can’t. Either is fine. We just need to know.

Will anything be left inside the vehicle?

Rules on belongings left inside a vehicle differ between shipping companies and methods. The shipping company will tell you what is allowed. Your household belongings travel separately, with your removal company.

That is often not possible. The shipping company will tell you what, if anything, can stay, and whether it would be covered.

The trip

Countries only for now. The shipping company will ask for addresses when it contacts you.

Is the vehicle going for good?

Customs and registration work differently if a vehicle stays abroad, comes back or has been sold. We don’t need any detail. The shipping company will explain what applies.

About how long will it be away? (optional)
When would you like the vehicle to travel?

A rough time is fine. It helps the shipping company see what space is available.

The shipping company will tell you what is possible. We can’t promise dates.

How would you like it collected?

Collecting from a door is the most convenient. Some people prefer to take the vehicle to a port or depot themselves. The shipping company will explain what is possible on your route.

How would you like it delivered?

Ownership

Which of these describes the vehicle?

This is so the shipping company can ask the right questions when it contacts you. We only need to know which applies. You don’t need to give any details now.

Are you also arranging a house move with us?

If you are, we can link the two requests with your reference number. Nothing about your house move goes to the vehicle shipping company.

It starts with IRC and is on your confirmation.

Should the vehicle travel at about the same time as your belongings? (optional)

About you

Only if you want to. For example, when it is best to reach you. Please don’t write registration numbers, bank details or health information here. Up to 400 characters.

If you are moving more than one vehicle, how many in total? (optional)

Leave this blank for one.

The shipping company usually rings, so we need a number. Add the country code if it is not a UK number.

Best way to reach you (optional)
Best time to call (optional)

Send

How this works

We’re an introduction service. When you press the button, we pass the details above to one vehicle shipping company we work with, and it contacts you about moving your vehicle. It gives you its quotation and arranges the shipping. We don’t ship vehicles ourselves. We can’t promise what it will cost or when.

We’ll pass these details, and only these, to one vehicle shipping company we work with, so it can contact you about your vehicle. Nothing about a house move goes with them. The company is responsible for how it handles your details after that. You can ask us to delete our copy at any time: [email protected]. Our privacy policy explains how we handle them.

What happens after you send it

  1. The shipping company contacts you by phone or email. We can’t say exactly when, and busy periods may take longer. Please check your junk folder too.
  2. It asks a few more questions, such as where the vehicle is kept, and tells you which papers it needs. You don’t need them now.
  3. It gives you a quotation and explains how your vehicle would travel. You decide whether to go ahead. There is no obligation.
Graphic of a car seen from the front beside a drop-down list of suggestions

The shipping company decides how the vehicle would travel. You don’t have to choose a method on this form.

What we pass on, and to whom

When you press the button, we pass the answers on this page to one vehicle shipping company we work with: your name, email address and phone number, the two countries, and what you tell us about the vehicle and its trip. We don’t send your request to a list of firms.

Your removals enquiry, if you have sent one, is separate. The shipping company doesn’t see anything about your home, your belongings or your removal dates, and the removal company doesn’t see your vehicle request. If you give a reference from your removals enquiry, we use it only to link the two in our own records.

The shipping company uses your details to contact you about this request, and gives its own privacy information when it does. You can ask us to delete our copy at any time by writing to [email protected]. Our privacy policy explains how we handle your details.

What this form leaves for later

This form leaves out what you may not have to hand. The shipping company will tell you what it needs once it knows what it can do.

  • The address the vehicle will be collected from and delivered to.
  • The registration number or chassis number.
  • Any papers it needs, which it will list for you.
  • Anything else it needs to quote, which it will tell you.
  • Exact dates.

None of it is needed to send this request.

What we don’t do

We’re an introduction service. We don’t ship vehicles ourselves, and we don’t give advice on customs, tax, registration or insurance. We can’t tell you whether your vehicle can be shipped, how it would travel, what it will cost or when. For the UK side, Taking a vehicle out of the UK on GOV.UK (opens in a new window) is the official starting point, and the shipping company can tell you what applies in your case.

If you would like the whole picture before you send anything, read how shipping a car abroad works.

For how the service works and how we use your details, read our terms and what we do with your details, or contact us with a question first.

Where the make, model and country lists come from

The make and model suggestions come from the Department for Transport and DVLA vehicle licensing statistics (opens in a new window) (table VEH0120, United Kingdom): the vehicles on the DVLA record at 30 June 2026, whether licensed or declared off the road. We kept cars, motorcycles and light goods vehicles, and only makes and models with at least 10 vehicles on the record, so the lists show common makes and models. If yours isn’t there, type it in full. Capital letters are tidied for reading and nothing else is changed.

The suggestions work from a small file on this site, so nothing you type in the make or model box is sent anywhere by the list.

The country suggestions come from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s Geographical Names Index (opens in a new window), which gives the approved names of countries, Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories, with other territories added from the UK Trade Tariff (opens in a new window) list of countries and territories. The country boxes also accept a country’s official name from that index and its two-letter or three-letter code, such as US or USA; the three-letter codes come from the United Nations Statistics Division’s M49 table (opens in a new window). The lists were read on 22 and 23 October 2026.

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