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Shipment of belongings to KSA from nearby ME countries - please help!

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 28 February 2017 - 12:36

Dear friends,

Can you please share your experiences of transporting household and personal belongings from other Middle Eastern countries to KSA by land, sea or air.

We are trying to ship a mere 5/6 cubic meters from Qatar to Riyadh and are being quoted extortionate prices of 9000 QAT (2000 GBP) for the cheapest option, which is a land shipment. The same shipment from Qatar to Dubai costs around 3500 QAR.

The explanation we are given is that the transporters are reluctant to commit to trips to KSA due to it being "challenging",and, as not many goods are being transported - the combined/ shared option is not available, so we being charged for a full half-empty truck.

We have asked questions about:

- air freight
- using a smaller truck
- waiting for a combined shipment opportunity
- hiring a man and a van ourselves
- hiring a van and doing a self-drive

but I am not getting any helpful answers.

Please let me know if you have any advice for us - we are now desperate.

Many thanks,

K :-)

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 02 March 2017 - 13:41
From the Saudi side, GAC, East to west, and four winds are the names which constantly come up. Have you tried getting someone from Saudi?? JNT in Dubai are also mentioned, but not sure if they would do Qatar to KSA. Good luck