Ashdod port immigration (Ferry into Israel with Motorcycle) | Customs and Immigration
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- about 4 years ago
- GPS:
- 31.82844, 34.64634
- Altitude:
- 0.0 masl
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Roland Peelen
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I went with Grimaldi lines, got off at Ashdod (me + motorcycle).
The process went as follows (there is a problem up which I'll explain later)
- Immigration and security gets on board (in our case in the evening and I was able to spend an extra night on the ship) to take your passport for the immigration
- Go to 'Allaloef' (Grimaldi's shipping partner) to pay for a document - Can't remember the exact name (Grimaldi doesn't tell you about this, but you'll have to pay 150 USD). This is not in the port and requires you to go through security. Taxi is around 40 USD round trip they told me, but perhaps you can get a better deal or have someone from the port help you
- Go to customs, get your paperwork drawn up. You won't need a carnet here, you will need your vehicle papers and your passport
- From customs you'll need to go to another office (near immigration) and pay for release of the motorcycle
- Within that same office there is another room where you go with your stamped / paid paperwork, the person there should be able to get the motorcycle
- Security comes to pick you up, does a security check on the bike / luggage and then they help you through the gates
In my case, there was a slight problem (which turned out to work in my advantage). As I didn't ride the motorcycle of the ferry, it was technically not inside Israel. As such, the woman at customs couldn't print her paperwork as this was one of the requirements. After much hassling / calling, they fixed the paperwork (but the bike was still on the vessel). Normally, you will hand the bike over to customs instead of it staying on the ship. For me this was a good thing because when I left it was like 8 o'clock and the customs lockup was closed.
This confused everyone greatly. Especially for the lady who was in charge of getting the bike from storage. I said I needed to fetch some stuff and came back with the bike (to her amazement).
Some things to note.
- The ladies at immigration were extremely helpful (I naively stumbled into there thinking that's where I needed to be). There was a woman named 'Rachel' (American, in hebrew / phoenetically it was like caileigh but with a G. So Gggaileigh). She was extremely helpful and spend basically her whole day missioning to Allaloef and customs and helped with the paperwork.
- The immigration office is open until late if not 24hrs
- The office where you get the paperwork you need to pay (like the invoice) is open until 17:00
- The office where you need to go to release the motorcycle and get security is open until 18:00
- The Security people are available 24hrs a day
It was a gruesome 9 hour day, but I was able to get the bike into the country the same day
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Ferry out of Israel with motorcycle.
I booked with Grimaldi from Ashdod to Salerno.
cost of ferry for 1 passenger 1 Moto.
802 euro. plus service charge freight forwarder 250 euro port fees 150 euro.
I went with Grimaldi lines, got off at Ashdod (me + motorcycle).
The process went as follows (there is a problem which I'll explain later)
- Immigration and security gets on board (in our case in the evening and I was able to spend an extra night on the ship) to take your passport for the immigration
- Go to 'Allaloef' (Grimaldi's shipping partner) to pay for a document - Can't remember the exact name (Grimaldi doesn't tell you about this, but you'll have to pay 150 USD). This is not in the port and requires you to go through security. Taxi is around 40 USD round trip they told me, but perhaps you can get a better deal or have someone from the port help you
- Go to customs, get your paperwork drawn up. You won't need a carnet here, you will need your vehicle papers and your passport
- From customs you'll need to go to another office (near immigration) and pay for release of the motorcycle
- Within that same office there is another room where you go with your stamped / paid paperwork, the person there should be able to get the motorcycle
- Security comes to pick you up, does a security check on the bike / luggage and then they help you through the gates
In my case, there was a slight problem (which turned out to work in my advantage). As I didn't ride the motorcycle of the ferry, it was technically not inside Israel. As such, the woman at customs couldn't print her paperwork as this was one of the requirements. After much hassling / calling, they fixed the paperwork (but the bike was still on the vessel). Normally, you will hand the bike over to customs instead of it staying on the ship. For me this was a good thing because when I left it was like 8 o'clock and the customs lockup was closed.
This confused everyone greatly. Especially for the lady who was in charge of getting the bike from storage. I said I needed to fetch some stuff and came back with the bike (to her amazement).
Some things to note.
- The ladies at immigration were extremely helpful (I naively stumbled into there thinking that's where I needed to be). There was a woman named 'Rachel' (American, in hebrew / phonetically it was like caileigh but with a G. So Gggaileigh). She was extremely helpful and spend basically her whole day missioning to Allaloef and customs and helped with the paperwork.
- The immigration office is open until late if not 24hrs
- The office where you get the paperwork you need to pay (like the invoice) is open until 17:00
- The office where you need to go to release the motorcycle and get security is open until 18:00
- The Security people are available 24hrs a day
It was a gruesome 9 hour day, but I was able to get the bike into the country the same day
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