gordonza Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Hi All,My wife and I will be moving across in July next year but will not be taking anthing too large with us preferring to rather purchase on that side once we know where we will be living.Having said that we will still be taking clothes, books, some electronics and some of our kitchen stuff.All in all we reckon we will need a very small container, I think they are called mini containers.Can anyone recommend a company that is reliable for moving either a couple of boxes or a mini container?Thanks!Gordon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 You only get 20ft and 40ft containers to move internationally, nothing smaller than that. You would have to ask for space in a shared container, but that could mean you may wait quite a long time for your stuff to arrive. There are other companies that have been mentioned here, if you just want to ship a few boxes. Unfortunately I have no idea who they are, but I am sure someone will soon point you in the right direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoot Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 I think what you are looking for is something called a move cube - remember it being discussed recently. A company called seven seas worldwide seem to be the go to people with this.http://www.sevenseasworldwide.com/shipping/movecube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonza Posted December 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Thanks guys, I'll look into both those options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrandMrsK Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 We used a large move cube from sevenseas. its 6m2 and holds quite a lot at much less than a container price. Cost us R12000 from Dbn to Bris. Could fit most of our household stuff, a couch and a few pieces of furniture (long tables, chest of drawers etc). We did not take a bed, fridge etcIts a very good option when not talking too many bulky things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonza Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Thanks MrandMrsK,The quote I got from them for a large move cube from Johannesburg to Brisbane is R15000. I notice on the bottom of the quote there is mention of a destination charge of AU$550. Plus I can add loss cover for an additional R1440 (which gives a total loss cover of R72000 for a large move cube).Question, does the R15000 also include the destination charge or was that over and above the quote?Obviously the insurance is extra?? Presumably we would pack and unpack ourselves?Thanks!Gordon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrandMrsK Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 HI GordonYes you pack and unpack yourselves...that exemplifies them from almost anything that can go wrong with your goods. Reading the T&C's we did not feel that it was likely that we would ever be able to claim for anything except a drowning ship, and that our goods were not worth the value anyway. We chose not to purchase additional insurance, but rather leave the insurance as it comes.The destination charge seems to be a goods inspection fee for here in Oz. you only pay when it arrives, so it is not part of the initial quote. Other fees that you could encounter is if the inspection shows any items that need to be destroyed or treated, you pay for this in addition, per item, even for destroying. Luckily we did not have this problem, but we were very careful not to pack banned goods. they certainly went through our thing with a fine tooth comb by the number of inspection labels on our boxes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonza Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Thanks a lot for the info, very useful!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanSchoorFamily Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 How long did it take to get to your destination? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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