The nature of the route
By sea to the Port of Durban, the continent’s largest, and to Cape Town. Most of its shipments are relocation effects, equipment and commercial goods.
Africa
Shipping from Saudi Arabia to South Africa
Home Safe ships by sea and air from Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and every other city in the Kingdom to Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town — and across the rest of South Africa — with professional packing, customs clearance, optional insurance and follow-up of the shipment until it is delivered to the address.
Durban is the continent’s largest port.
About shipping to South Africa
Home Safe ships from Saudi Arabia to South Africa, covering Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. We collect from Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Makkah, Madinah and every other city in the Kingdom, and ship by sea and air according to the size of your shipment and how urgent it is, at competitive prices and with a written quote that shows what the price includes before you commit.
The service covers inspection and volume estimate, dismantling and professional multi-layer packing, loading and transport, preparing the documents and customs clearance at the Port of Durban, optional insurance on the value of the goods, temporary storage where needed, and then delivery to the address with reassembly. An update reaches you at every stage of the shipment until final receipt, so you are never left waiting without news.
We ship to South Africa whole-home furniture and appliances, personal effects and students’ boxes, commercial cargo and exhibition supplies, and heavy or delicate pieces that need wooden crates and special securing inside the container. Durban is the continent’s largest port.
Professional packing
Track shipment
Customs clearance
Competitive prices
A written quote
Shipping methods available to South Africa
Sea
Pricing unit: Cubic metre
10 – 20 days
Furniture, cars and cargo
Air
Pricing unit: Chargeable weight
1 – 3 days
Urgent and high-value
Cities we cover in South Africa
We collect from any city in the Kingdom and deliver in the following cities and their surroundings. If your city is not listed, mention it in the request and we will confirm delivery.
Johannesburg
Durban
Cape Town
Usual point of entry: the Port of Durban
What do we ship to South Africa?
A whole home’s furniture
Bedrooms, majlis seating, kitchens, appliances and rugs — with dismantling, packing and reassembly on arrival.
Personal effects and parcels
Clothes, books, belongings and students’ items, in numbered boxes with a contents list.
Commercial goods
Shipments for shops, exhibitions and equipment, in a full or shared container depending on volume.
Special shipments
Heavy or delicate pieces that need wooden crates or special securing inside the container.
What sets the price of shipping to South Africa?
- The shipment’s volume in cubic metres — the first factor in sea and land freight.
- Chargeable weight — the greater of actual and volumetric weight, and the basis of air freight.
- The nature of the goods — delicate pieces need packing or wooden crates.
- Additional services — dismantling and assembly, temporary storage, insurance, delivery to the floor.
- Destination country charges — customs and taxes are paid in South Africa and set out in the quote.
Use the pricing basis calculator to find out the unit you will be charged on before asking for a quote.
Shipping routes to South Africa
We have not yet published routes for this destination, but the service is fully available. Send your shipment details and receive a written quote, or browse the Shipping routes.
Ready to ship your belongings to South Africa?
Send the shipment details and receive a written quote showing the price, the time and what it includes.
Car shipping to South Africa
We ship vehicles to South Africa — RoRo or container
South Africa is one of the destinations we move cars to regularly, through the Port of Durban. We recommend the most economical method for your car’s value and the arrival port, and prepare the entry documents before departure, not after the vehicle arrives.
- RoRo: The vehicle drives on by its own wheels — the most economical for used cars.
- Container: Secured with four straps and chocks under the tyres — more protective for luxury and classic cars.
- Triptyque: Temporary-entry procedures and release documents ready before shipping.
About this route
What sets shipping to South Africa apart
What its customs look at
South Africa prohibits importing used cars for use there except in limited cases such as returnees and immigrants, and with an import permit in advance. Left-hand-drive cars are not normally registered. So shipping a car there starts from the permit, not the booking.
What we ship there most
- Relocation effects
- Equipment and machinery
- Commercial goods
- Vehicles in transit to neighbouring countries
A tip from experience
Durban is the outlet for landlocked neighbours. If the car is for a neighbouring country, it is in transit and not subject to local registration conditions.