I used a relocation firm in Dallas who handled everything. They were affiliated with Allied Movers.
They weren't problem free ... but the problems were really nothing to worry about (communication mostly). No problems with actual transport.
Shipping across the states to the port of departure is billed by weight (standard in the US) and then the rest of the way by volume. The port of entry for Europe is (of course) in the Netherlands ... so it will be close to you. One shipping container on the slow boat is about 7 feet long as I remember and 6 feet high or so? Maybe 4 feet wide. Something like that. It is standard though - you can google it. One container held all my dishes and Christmas ornaments .. some lamps .. clothes ... some books. A bed (it comes a part - mattress,no box spring). My COOLIO dining room table (also came apart to save space) that came off the side of the road in the junk heap in Oak Cliff Dallas (and everyone loves it). Half my CDs and much more other junk then I can remember that I decided I didn't even want by the time the slow boat arrived. (Actual time 3 months.)
The couch would have required a separate container for me. So it is still with my super ex-boyfriend in Dallas.
The relocation firm also handled all the import paperwork.
I don't remember how much it cost ... but the US leg was the disproportionately costly part. I do remember it was much cheaper than I expected.
And everything was well packed. And at least insured against damage.
Wooden container packed at your loft is taken to the port, where it is placed in a metal container then loaded on the boat for the journey.
The firm would also handle packing items later or storing things before shipping etc, etc.
Only problem is there was a strange translucent film on some my stuff. It wasn't really corrosive ... so not exactly sea water. The people at the relocation firm said they had never heard of the like ... but said if it didn't wipe (or in the case of the dishes wash) off they would file a claim. It came right off. So 'was sollst'?
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Date: 2007-12-20 11:24 pm (UTC)They weren't problem free ... but the problems were really nothing to worry about (communication mostly). No problems with actual transport.
Shipping across the states to the port of departure is billed by weight (standard in the US) and then the rest of the way by volume. The port of entry for Europe is (of course) in the Netherlands ... so it will be close to you. One shipping container on the slow boat is about 7 feet long as I remember and 6 feet high or so? Maybe 4 feet wide. Something like that. It is standard though - you can google it. One container held all my dishes and Christmas ornaments .. some lamps .. clothes ... some books. A bed (it comes a part - mattress,no box spring). My COOLIO dining room table (also came apart to save space) that came off the side of the road in the junk heap in Oak Cliff Dallas (and everyone loves it). Half my CDs and much more other junk then I can remember that I decided I didn't even want by the time the slow boat arrived. (Actual time 3 months.)
The couch would have required a separate container for me. So it is still with my super ex-boyfriend in Dallas.
The relocation firm also handled all the import paperwork.
I don't remember how much it cost ... but the US leg was the disproportionately costly part. I do remember it was much cheaper than I expected.
And everything was well packed. And at least insured against damage.
Wooden container packed at your loft is taken to the port, where it is placed in a metal container then loaded on the boat for the journey.
The firm would also handle packing items later or storing things before shipping etc, etc.
Only problem is there was a strange translucent film on some my stuff. It wasn't really corrosive ... so not exactly sea water. The people at the relocation firm said they had never heard of the like ... but said if it didn't wipe (or in the case of the dishes wash) off they would file a claim. It came right off. So 'was sollst'?