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Prepping Your Car for Military Shipment – 2025 PCS Checklist
By Felix Cater on July 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
PCS orders are on the horizon, and your privately owned vehicle (POV) must be export-ready long before movers pack the first box. Miss a single cleaning step or forget one document, and you risk VPC rejection, costly storage fees, or even port quarantine overseas. 1. Why a Detailed Pr …
How To Choose A Reliable International Car Shipper In 2025
By Alex Naumov on July 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Moving a vehicle across oceans is not the same as booking a domestic car hauler. Customs documentation, port handling, biosecurity rules, and long transit times make international car shipping a specialized craft. Choosing the wrong provider can add weeks of delay, thousands in hidden …
Military Car Air Freight vs. Sea Shipping – 2025 PCS Guide
By Alex Naumov on July 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders can appear faster than a TDY alert, forcing service members to decide how to move a privately owned vehicle (POV) across oceans. Two options dominate: air freight and containerized sea transport. Each delivers your car to a new duty station, ye …
Right-Hand Drive Imports: US Legalization & Registration Guide
By Alex Naumov on July 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Right-hand-drive (RHD) icons—from Nissan Skyline GT-Rs to Land Rover Defenders—are no longer exotic sights at American cars & coffee meets. Thanks to evolving federal exemptions and a passionate enthusiast base, more RHD vehicles land on U.S. shores every year. Yet clearing U.S. C …
Biosecurity Laws In Car Shipping – 2025 Compliance Guide
By Alex Naumov on July 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Biosecurity might sound like a farming concern, yet it is one of the biggest hidden costs and delay triggers in international car shipping. Soil on a wheel arch, one leaf in a trunk, or a hitchhiking stink bug under a spoiler can hold your vehicle at the dock for weeks while you rack …
RoRo Vs. Container Shipping: Best Method For Your Car In 2025
By Alex Naumov on July 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Moving a vehicle across oceans means answering one big question first: Roll-On/Roll-Off (RoRo) or container? Both options deliver your car to the destination port, but the differences in cost, protection, timelines, and paperwork can make or break your project budget. 1. What Exactly …
US-EU 15% Tariff Deal: Clear Impacts on Auto Logistics
By Alex Naumov on July 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
US-EU 15% Tariff Deal: How It Changes Car Shipping Forever If you woke up on August 1st thinking about importing that dream BMW or vintage Porsche from Europe, congratulations—you just saved thousands of dollars overnight. The new US-EU trade agreement that established a flat 15% tari …
What Is The “Chicken Tax”? (And Why It Matters For Importing Trucks)
By Dan Burkandt on July 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The single largest cost barrier to bringing a foreign-built pickup or cargo van into the United States is not ocean freight or inland dray—it’s an obscure, six-decade-old tariff nicknamed the Chicken Tax. Still levying a 25 percent duty on most imported light trucks, this 1964 policy …
Shipping Motorcycles, ATVs & More On Military Orders – 2025 Guide
By Dan Burkandt on July 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Relocation orders already mean coordinating a privately owned vehicle (POV), household goods, and family logistics. Add a motorcycle, ATV, jet ski, or side-by-side, and your PCS puzzle becomes even more complex. 1. Know Your Entitlement for "Other" Vehicles What the DoD Covers One pas …