Shipping from Saudi Arabia to Italy 0552803439 | Cars, Yachts and Furniture to Genoa, Milan and Rome

Ship your car, yacht and furniture from Saudi Arabia to Genoa, Milan, Rome and the other Italian cities: by sea in 18–30 days, a car from SAR 2,800 and furniture from SAR 5,500, or by air in 3–6 days from SAR 23 a kilogram. We also ship your purchases from Italy to Saudi Arabia, with consolidation and clearance.

Home Safe ships from Saudi Arabia to Italy by sea to the ports of Genoa, Livorno and Naples, and by air to Milan and Rome. Italy has the first major European ports after the Suez Canal: sailing from Jeddah to Genoa takes 8 to 12 days, door-to-door transit 18 to 30 days, and air freight 3 to 6 days. Shipping a sedan by sea starts from SAR 2,800, and air freight from SAR 23 a kilogram. To book: 0552803439.

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Who ships between Saudi Arabia and Italy?
Route and transit time for shipping from Saudi Arabia to Italy
How is the port chosen?
Sea or air?
Cost of shipping from Saudi Arabia to Italy
What sets the price?
Shipping yachts and boats to Italy
Shipping luxury and classic cars to Italy
Relocation and students’ furniture and effects
Shipping from Italy to Saudi Arabia
Shipping commercial goods to Italy
Documents required for shipping to Italy
What cannot be shipped to Italy, or needs a permit
Delivery in Italian cities
Air freight from Saudi Arabia to Italy
Collection from Saudi cities
Steps for shipping from Saudi Arabia to Italy
Insurance and tracking
How to choose a shipping company for Italy
Common mistakes when shipping to Italy
Why Home Safe for shipping to Italy?
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Frequently asked questions about shipping from Saudi Arabia to Italy
How much does shipping from Saudi Arabia to Italy cost?
How long does shipping from Saudi Arabia to Italy take?
What is the cheapest way to ship to Italy?
Which Italian port should I choose?
How much is customs on a car in Italy?
Is someone moving to live in Italy exempt from customs?
Do you ship yachts to Italy?
Can a Saudi car be registered in Italy?
Do you ship from Italy to Saudi Arabia?
How do I ship furniture I bought in Italy?
Will my electrical appliances work in Italy?
Do you ship to Milan, Rome and Florence?
Do you ship students’ belongings to Italy?
Which documents are needed?
Is the shipment insured?

Route: Jeddah → Suez Canal → the Mediterranean → Genoa or Livorno · Sea distance: about 2,100 nautical miles · Transit: 18 – 30 days.

In brief

Methods: full container or part load, RoRo for cars, and air.
Ports: Genoa and Livorno in the north, Civitavecchia for Rome, and Naples in the south.
Transit: 18 – 30 days by sea, 3 – 6 days by air.
Price: a car from SAR 2,800, furniture from SAR 5,500, and air from SAR 23 a kilo.
Customs: 10% duty and 22% VAT on a car, with relief for anyone moving there to live.
What we ship: luxury and classic cars, yachts, furniture and goods.
Both directions: from Italy to Saudi Arabia as well.
Booking: 0552803439, call or WhatsApp.

Who ships between Saudi Arabia and Italy?

This lane has two faces. What goes to Italy is what people own: a car returning to its factory, a yacht wintering in its yard, a student’s or a mover’s belongings. What comes from Italy is what people buy: furniture, kitchens, marble and lighting. Most customers on the lane use both directions.

Who	What they ship	Usual method	Customs position
The owner of a luxury or classic car	A car for restoration, shows or residence	Closed container	Temporary admission, or charges, or relief
A yacht owner	A yacht for refit or the season	Flat rack or the vessel’s deck	Temporary admission or the refit regime
Someone moving there to live	Household furniture and the car	Full container	Transfer of residence relief
A medical or design student	Cartons and suitcases	Air, or a sea part load	Study effects, exempt
A buyer from Italy	Furniture, kitchens, marble and lighting	A container to Jeddah	Clearance in the Kingdom

Route and transit time for shipping from Saudi Arabia to Italy

The vessel leaves Jeddah Islamic Port northbound, passes through the Suez Canal, then crosses the Mediterranean westwards. Naples is the first port it reaches on Italy’s west coast, then Civitavecchia near Rome, then Livorno, then Genoa in the far north-west. The port of Gioia Tauro in the south is a transhipment hub for many lines, where the container is moved to a smaller vessel.

Destination	Sailing or flight time	Door to door	Serves
Genoa	8 – 12 days	18 – 26 days	Milan, Turin and the north-west
Livorno	8 – 13 days	18 – 27 days	Florence and Bologna, and cars and yachts
Civitavecchia	9 – 14 days	20 – 28 days	Rome and the centre
Naples	7 – 12 days	18 – 26 days	The south
Milan or Rome by air	Hours	3 – 6 days	Urgent and light items

How is the port chosen?

Italy is long: seven hundred kilometres separate Genoa and Naples. So the wrong port adds road transport that eats up what you saved at sea. The rule is to choose the port from the delivery address, not from the sailing price: Genoa for anything bound for Lombardy and Piedmont, Livorno for Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna and for the yacht yards, Civitavecchia for Rome, and Naples for the south and Sicily.

Sea or air?

Comparison	Sea	Air
Transit	18 – 30 days	3 – 6 days
Pricing	By volume: the cubic metre or the container	By chargeable weight: the kilogram
Suits	Cars, yachts, furniture and goods	Samples, spare parts and suitcases
Cost	The most economical for large volumes	The dearest, and reasonable for light items

Cost of shipping from Saudi Arabia to Italy

At Home Safe a container is priced as a whole, part loads and furniture by the cubic metre, and air by the kilogram. Prices start as shown in the table, and the final price follows once we know your shipment: send its details and your Italian city to 0552803439 and you will have it the same day.

What you ship	Method	Price starts from
A sedan	RoRo	SAR 2,800
A luxury or classic car	Closed container	Priced by its size and value
Furniture and belongings	Sea part load	SAR 5,500
A whole home’s furniture	Full container	SAR 11,000
Parcels, samples and goods	Air	SAR 23 a kilogram
A yacht or boat	Flat rack or the vessel’s deck	Ask for it by length, beam and weight

What sets the price?

What sets the price	Its effect
The port	The one nearest your city saves road transport
Method	A part load for small volumes, a container for large, and air the dearest
Volume or weight	Work it out with the CBM calculator
Special preparation	A cradle for a yacht, a wooden crate for antiques
Collection city in the Kingdom	Riyadh and Dammam add the haul to Jeddah
Insurance	Optional, a percentage of the value

Outside the freight price: Italian duties, taxes and port charges are paid there, except for anyone covered by the relief or temporary admission. Ask any company whose price you are comparing: to the port, or to the door of the home?

Shipping yachts and boats to Italy

Yacht shipping from Saudi Arabia to Italy

Italy is the centre of yacht building and refit in the Mediterranean. Many owners ship their yachts to its yards for winter maintenance or to spend the season, then bring them back to the Red Sea.

Yards and marinas: Livorno, La Spezia, Viareggio and Genoa.
Lifting: with wide slings at the lifting points the builder specifies.
The cradle: padded and shaped to the hull.
Temporary admission: the yacht of a non-EU resident enters temporarily without tax for a set period.
For refit: it has its own customs regime, arranged with the yard before shipping.
Before the lift: tanks are emptied, the mast is lowered, and every moving part is secured.

The service is detailed on the yacht and boat shipping page.

Shipping luxury and classic cars to Italy

Shipping luxury and classic cars from Saudi Arabia to Italy

Italy is the home of sports car factories and their restoration workshops, so cars are shipped there that go nowhere else: a classic returning to be restored by those who built it, and a car taking part in a show or a historic race.

Case	What is paid or required
Permanent import	10% customs duty on the value of the car and its freight, then 22% VAT on the total
Classic cars	Anything over 30 years old and in original condition has a reduced duty and tax. Prove its originality with documents
Return to the factory	Italian cars are shipped to their factories or approved workshops for restoration under temporary admission
Someone moving there to live	Their car falls within their relief if they have owned and used it for six months
Registration	A technical conformity inspection by the vehicle authority before plates

Inside a container: for luxury and classic cars. Lashed by the wheels, not the body, and covered.
RoRo: for ordinary running cars, starting from SAR 2,800.
Documentation: photos from every angle and a condition report before loading.
Fuel and battery: a quarter tank or less, and the battery disconnected inside the container.

The general conditions are in the article on car shipping from Saudi Arabia, and the methods on the car shipping page.

Relocation and students’ furniture and effects

Italy is a member of the European Union, so anyone moving there to live brings in their belongings and car free of duty and tax. The conditions are European, but the paperwork is Italian, and that is what delays most shipments.

Condition or document	In detail
Previous residence	At least 12 months outside the European Union
Ownership and use	6 months before the move
No sale	For 12 months after entry
Registration of residence	At the municipality of the city you will live in
The Italian tax number	Obtained before the shipment arrives, and there is no clearance without it
The consulate certificate	From the Italian consulate in the Kingdom, proving previous residence
The contents list	Itemised, and translated into Italian

Start with the consulate before packing: the certificate of previous residence is requested while you are still in the Kingdom. Anyone who travels without it needs a power of attorney and correspondence that take weeks.

Electrical appliances: the voltage is 230 volts as in the Kingdom, and the socket is Italian, so only the plug is changed.
Large furniture: houses in the old towns usually have no lifts, so measure the stairs before shipping.
Students: the belongings of medical and design students go in shared crates by sea, or as a few cartons by air.
New in its box: outside the relief.

The details are on the furniture shipping page, and the packing on the packing guide.

Shipping from Italy to Saudi Arabia

The lane works in both directions, and the return direction is the one most in demand. Anyone building a home or fitting out a showroom buys from Milan, Brianza and Florence: furniture, kitchens, marble, lighting, doors and spare parts. The purchases come from several suppliers, so the whole job lies in consolidating them.

You send the purchase invoices and the suppliers’ addresses.
We collect from each supplier on its date, and check the number and condition of the packages.
We consolidate in one warehouse, and pack for export: wooden crates for marble and glass.
We ship by sea in a full or shared container to Jeddah, or by air for urgent items.
We clear in the Kingdom and deliver in Jeddah, Riyadh or Dammam.

Item	What is required in the Kingdom
Customs duty	By product, on the value including freight
VAT	15%
Conformity certificate	For appliances, lighting and the items subject to one, obtained before shipping
Documents	Invoice, packing list, certificate of origin and bill of lading
For individuals	The ID or iqama, with personal purchases cleared in their owner’s name

Send the purchase invoice and the supplier’s address to 0552803439; the details are on the commercial shipping page.

Shipping commercial goods to Italy

The importer: a company with a European economic operator number.
Duty: by heading in the European tariff, then VAT at 22%.
Conformity: the European conformity mark for appliances, toys and protective equipment.
The label: in Italian for consumer products.
Food: dates and plant products with a phytosanitary certificate, and animal products from approved establishments only.
Pallets: treated wood bearing the ISPM 15 stamp.

Documents required for shipping to Italy

Type of shipment	Documents
Belongings and furniture	Passport, a contents list in Italian, registration of residence, the tax number, and the consulate certificate
Car	Registration document, export certificate, purchase invoice, and originality documents for a classic
Yacht	Title and registration document, and the yard or berth booking
Commercial goods	Invoice, packing list, bill of lading, certificate of origin, and the importer’s European customs number

The paperwork is explained on the required documents page.

What cannot be shipped to Italy, or needs a permit

Item	Status
Meat, dairy and their products	Prohibited from outside the European Union
Plants, seeds and soil	With a phytosanitary certificate
Counterfeit goods	Prohibited and confiscated, with a fine
Antiques and archaeological pieces	With documents of provenance, and both entry and exit are restricted
Medicines	Personal-use quantities, with a prescription
Tobacco and alcohol	Outside the relief
Cash, gold and official papers	Carried by hand, with cash declared from ten thousand euros

The general list is on the prohibited items page.

Delivery in Italian cities

City	Best port	Overland distance
Milan	Genoa	About 150 km
Turin	Genoa	About 170 km
Florence	Livorno	About 90 km
Bologna	Livorno or Genoa	180 – 300 km
Rome	Civitavecchia	About 80 km
Naples	Naples	Within the city

Old city centres are limited traffic zones, so delivery there is by small vehicles and with a permit. Historic houses have no lifts, so heavy furniture is raised by an external hoist. Give the address and the floor accurately when you book. The destination details are on the shipping to Italy page.

Air freight from Saudi Arabia to Italy

Air freight from Jeddah and Riyadh to Malpensa airport in Milan or Fiumicino in Rome delivers the shipment in 3 to 6 days. Malpensa is Italy’s leading cargo airport, from which shipments are distributed across the industrial north.

For whom: samples, spare parts, urgent belongings and high-value goods.
The practical way: two or three cartons by air, and the furniture by sea.
Pricing: by chargeable weight. Work it out with the volumetric weight calculator.
Price: from SAR 23 a kilogram, falling as the weight rises.
And from Italy: an urgent spare part reaches the Kingdom by air in the same time.

Its details are in the article on the air freight office in Jeddah.

Collection from Saudi cities

Collection city	Sea freight	Air freight
Jeddah, Makkah and Taif	Direct from Jeddah port	King Abdulaziz Airport
Madinah and Yanbu	Moved to Jeddah within a day	Jeddah airport
Riyadh and Qassim	Moved to Jeddah within one to two days	King Khalid Airport
Dammam and Khobar	Moved to Jeddah within two to three days	King Fahd Airport

Steps for shipping from Saudi Arabia to Italy

You send the shipment details and the Italian city.
We review your position: relief, charges or temporary admission.
You receive the price with the port, method and transit time.
Collection and preparation with the inventory.
Export clearance and shipping.
Clearance at the Italian port.
Delivery to the address or at the yard.

Insurance and tracking

Insurance: optional, a percentage of the shipment’s value. We recommend it for cars, yachts and valuable pieces, as the sea carrier’s liability is limited.
Agreed value: for a classic car or a yacht the value is fixed by a valuation before shipping.
Tracking: by container or bill of lading number on the track your shipment page.
Updates: at loading, sailing, arrival at the port, release, and delivery.

The details are on the cargo insurance page.

How to choose a shipping company for Italy

Criterion	What to ask for	Warning sign
Legal standing	A commercial registration and a known address	A mobile number with no establishment behind it
The port	They ask for the city, then propose the port	“We ship to Italy”, with no port named
Customs position	They ask: residence, restoration or sale?	They do not ask about the purpose
Scope of the price	To the door of the home, or the yard	“To the port only”
Arrival agent	Their name and address in Italy	“We will tell you later”

Common mistakes when shipping to Italy

Choosing the port without regard to the city: Genoa for Milan, not Naples.
A classic car without originality documents: treated as an ordinary car at full charges.
Shipping a yacht without a yard or berth booked.
Shipping before the registration of residence and the tax number: no relief and no clearance without them.
Travelling without the consulate certificate.
Animal-based food among the belongings: prohibited in the European Union.
An address in an old city centre with no mention of the traffic restrictions.
Buying from Italy without asking about the conformity certificate: the goods are held at Jeddah port.

Why Home Safe for shipping to Italy?

A registered establishment

Home Safe Logistics Services Est., commercial registration 4030601060.

The right port for your city

We choose it by the address, not by habit.

Cars and yachts

Special preparation for each.

Both directions

To Italy and from it.

To book: 0552803439, call or WhatsApp, from 7 am to 11 pm.

Frequently asked questions about shipping from Saudi Arabia to Italy

How much does shipping from Saudi Arabia to Italy cost?

Shipping a sedan by sea starts from SAR 2,800, furniture as a part load from SAR 5,500 and in a full container from SAR 11,000, and air freight from SAR 23 a kilogram. The final price follows once your shipment and your Italian city are known. Call 0552803439.

How long does shipping from Saudi Arabia to Italy take?

8 to 12 days of sailing from Jeddah to Genoa, and 18 to 30 days door to door. Air freight takes 3 to 6 days.

What is the cheapest way to ship to Italy?

A sea part load for belongings and anything under 15 cubic metres, a full container for a home’s furniture, and RoRo for a running car.

Which Italian port should I choose?

The one nearest your city: Genoa for Milan and Turin, Livorno for Florence and Bologna, Civitavecchia for Rome, and Naples for the south.

How much is customs on a car in Italy?

Customs duty of 10% and VAT of 22%. Someone moving there to live is exempt on conditions, and classic cars have reduced charges.

Is someone moving to live in Italy exempt from customs?

Yes, on conditions: 12 months of residence outside the European Union, ownership of the belongings for 6 months, and no sale for 12 months, along with registration of residence at the municipality and the Italian tax number.

Do you ship yachts to Italy?

Yes, to the yards and marinas of Livorno, La Spezia, Viareggio and Genoa, with the temporary admission or refit regime arranged before shipping.

Can a Saudi car be registered in Italy?

Yes, after a technical conformity inspection by the vehicle authority, and once the duty and tax are paid or the relief is obtained.

Do you ship from Italy to Saudi Arabia?

Yes. We collect from factories and showrooms, consolidate the purchases in one warehouse, and ship them to Jeddah, Riyadh or Dammam with clearance.

How do I ship furniture I bought in Italy?

Send the purchase invoice and the supplier’s address. We collect from them, pack for export, ship by sea in 18 to 30 days, and clear in the Kingdom.

Will my electrical appliances work in Italy?

Yes. The voltage is 230 volts as in the Kingdom, and the socket is Italian with round pins, so you need to change the plug or use an adaptor.

Do you ship to Milan, Rome and Florence?

Yes. Milan through Genoa at about 150 km, Florence through Livorno at about 90 km, and Rome through Civitavecchia at about 80 km.

Do you ship students’ belongings to Italy?

Yes, by air for urgent items and as a sea part load for many cartons. Study effects are exempt from duty.

Which documents are needed?

The passport, a contents list, the registration of residence and the tax number for belongings; the registration document and export certificate for a car; and the invoice and importer number for goods.