Exporting a Vehicle from Canada (Cars, Vans, SUVs, Motorcycles, Trailers, carriages, wagons and more)

Canada

Exporting Vehicles from Canada can be challenging. It is important to follow the steps below before Exporting a vehicle:

When dropping of a vehicle at our Facility:

  1. Vehicles to be delivered to our facility on a flatbed tow truck to avoid accumulation of dirt.
  2. Vehicles MUST be professionally cleaned prior to delivery to Orbit (Clean inside out, Top to Bottom, Engine, wheel wells…)
  3. Vehicles should be empty from any items. No parts, No wheels, No personal possession – Absolutely nothing.
  4. The Low Fuel warning light MUST be lit to avoid booking the container as Hazardous Cargo –  which will result in a fine of thousends of dollars.
  5. We will be disconnecting the battery of the vehicle. Please advise where the battery if located if not in the standard
  6. Electric & hybrid vehicles:
    1. S.O.C (State of charge) of the car battery should NOT exceed 30% charge. This can be addressed by LOI or any other statement by SH/ on booking request, shipping declaration, B/L etc.. – MSDS, a Passing Test Certificate stating lithium batteries showing the batteries meet the requirements of 33.8 of the UN test Manual.
    2. Vanning Survey for all used EV
    3. All EV are to be declared as Hazardous cargo. This will attract additional Freight charges will apply (Depending on the Hazardous Classes) – Ask your Sales Associate / Move Coordinator
  7. Make sure that the washer fluid contains ONLY Antifreeze liquids.
  8. Unless otherwise quoted, all vehicles will be handed out at the destination port.
  9. Communicate with your move coordinator about documents required for destination customs clearance and applicable taxes / duties, which are excluded from our quote. It is the customer’s responsibility to verify with the destination authorities whether the vehicle meets the destination country standards.
  10. We required the following to ship a Vehicle:
  • 1 Set of Keys
  • Ownership (Title)
  • Proof of no financial liens on the vehicle – typically a “Used Vehicle Information Package.”
  • Copy of CARFAX
  • Copy of the car sticker (data tag on the post of the driver’s door that shows the EIN (usually as a bar code), date of manufacture (month, year) and factory location.)
  • Copy of Foreign driver license

Note:

No Original Documents required for the Export customs – Keep Original documents with you. DO NOT leave them in the vehicle)