Shipping a Personal Car to Qatar from UAE

Today I am dealing with some of the most common questions the UAE Expats may have about transporting or shipping a car from UAE to Qatar!

How to transport a car from Dubai to Doha?

There are three different mode of transporting services; you may choose one of these as per your convenient and budget

1. Airfreight the Car.
2. Car shipping by Sea Freight
3. Car Transport by Land

Air Freight

Car by Airlifting is one of the most expansive mode car shipping from UAE to Qatar! This you may chose only if you run short of time! Otherwise you may plan by Sea freight or Land transport. When you airlift a car from UAE to Qatar, the price may vary based on many factors such as , Make , Model , Size and weight. The smaller the car lower the cost.

Sear Freight a Car

There are two ways you can ship the car, one is by a dedicated container and the other one is by ro-ro (Roll on Roll off) service.

• A dedicated container will have only one car in it and the car shall be lashed with lashing equipment which will protect the car at any circumstances.
• Ro-ro service is not frequent as container service, only once a week ro-ro vessels are scheduled for voyage to Qatar from Dubai… However surprisingly the shipping cost by ro-ro is not cheaper compare to the containerized car shipping.

Car Transport to Qatar by Land

Car transport by land has two different options, again you may choose the best one as per your requirement, urgency and budget

• Multiple car carrier, which is a trailer which can carry up to 8 cars on it, normally the carrier makes its trip to Qatar twice a week. The transit time may go up to 5 working days.
• Dedicated Recovery service:- this unlike the car carrier, it takes only one car and don’t have to wait for any further once you have planed the transport in 2 days the car shall be arrived in Qatar.

What document do I need to ship the car to Qatar?

You need to obtain the Export certificate from RTA, in order to get this certificate your car must not have any claim like, traffic violations, bank loans or accident claims.

Your passport copy with UAE Residency page (relevant or cancelled will be fine)

Your Qatar work permit copy

What are the other formalities to be fulfilled?

All other formalities will be done by our documentation department,

Is there any customs charges at Qatar?

If the car was registered in UAE there won’t be any duty as such, but there is chance of a 5% customs duty at Qatar