Rejoyce, everyone, who wishes to try the Road of Bones to/from Magadan. Magadan is not the deadend. It is, actually, one of your enroute waypoints.
The only thing you need to know is how to ship your vehicle from/to Magadan by sea. The second thing to remember is that a Turkish driver Ali Eric (www.istanbul2instanbul.com) is really a good fellow. He sent me the precious information on the shipment from Magadan to Valadivostok (or vice-versa) and from Vlad to anywhere in North America.
Further, please, find the info about the shipping company, that helped Ali Eric and two UK moto adventurers Walter & Tony (www.SibirskyExtreme.com) to deliver their 4wd and motorcycles from Magadan to Vladivostok by sea.
Here what Ali wrote in his first message:
FESCO is the name of the biggest shipping company in this part of the world but, they have to contact their agent Transfes. Their contact infos are as follows :
Vladivostok Office:
Transfes Maritime Agency
Address : 1B Nizhneportovaya Str.
Contact person : Dmitriy Rykov
Office :+7 4232 22 96 97
Mobile : +7 914 6968215
E-mail : sales@tma.ru
GPS coordinates : N 43° 06.761′ E131° 53.002′
Magadan Office:
Address : Portovaya street 38
Office : +7 4132 607734, 634986, 631993
E-mail : transfes@magadan.ru
GPS coordinates : N59° 33.831′ E150° 46.646′
They can directly contact to Dmitry in Vlad. He can quote better price then their office in Magadan. They can also ship your vehicle to US (or wherever) from Vlad.
UPDATE:
Today, Sept 30, 2009, Ali sent me the sms saying as follows:
Transfes (FESCO) screwed with my vehicle shipment from Vladivostok to Vancouver and they fed up me at the last minute. I made an agreement with MAERSK last afternoon at 4 pm and we are sealing the container right now. Great service. I’ll give the details.
A day later I received another Ali Eric’s message with the contact information of MAERSK’s Vladivostok Representative Office.
MAERSK is the biggest container freight company in the world. They have their agent in the same building. The GPS coordinates are the same as Transfes, because their buildings are side-by-side.
MAERSK’s Vladivostok Representative Office:
Damco Rus LLC
Address: 1A Nizhneportovaya Str., Vladivostok 690090
Phone : +7 4232 491547
E-mail : VLVDAMMNG@damco.com
URL: www.damco.com
Far East Branch Manager: Mr. Illarions Kurus
Secretary: Ms. Hanna Yermolenko (Ext. 3300)
They are more organized and more professional. Besides, they and their custom broker know their business and are more reliable, much more quick. Just in 24 hours, they found the container, arrange the custom people, finished all formalities and and sealed the container.
CONCLUSION:
- Transfes / FESCO is good with the shipment from Magadan to Vladivostok, but hard with international shipments.
- Damco Rus LLC / MAERSK is the best option for the worldwide shipment from Vlad.
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