EwePack Shipping Services - Whole homes can be loaded direct at your current property in a sole-use container and shipped on the next departure to your new African home. We offer the Self-Load option as well as the EwePack Premium service.

Part homes can be shipped in the EwePack Share a Load service. Your options here include loose packed loads or your own EwePack Lift-Van for maximum security of your goods.

Our EwePack Baggage shipping is available for smaller carton and bag-only shipments. These are loaded in the same shipping containers as the share A Load consignments, although we do also offer an Airfreight Express option.

Weekly Sailings available to South Africa

Durban – Cape Town – East London - Johannesburg

Arrival Services -   we can arrange customs and quarantine clearance, storage and delivery to your new home.  In fact if you choose the part-load services, it’s usually cheaper to prepay in the UK as our agents give a cost benefit to you for the part-loads.  Likewise for the sole-use containers, we can fix the clearance and delivery charges by pre-paying everything for your peace of mind.

Transit Times to South Africa vary depending on the time of year and any delays en route.  As a guideline you can allow the following approximate timescales for your overseas move, but if you call, we can usually give you a next scheduled departure date for all of the services available:

• Sole-Use container – 2-3 weeks sailing, plus around 1-3 weeks from arrival total 3-6 weeks

• Lift-Van – 1-2 weeks loading 2-4 weeks sailing, plus around 1-3 weeks from arrival total 4-9 weeks

• Part-Load – 1-2 weeks loading, 3-4 weeks sailing, plus around 1-3 weeks from arrival total 5-9 weeks

• Baggage – airfreight consolidated takes 3-10 days depending on the service required

Documentation – If you are a typical migrant with ‘normal household goods and effects’, all we need are the following documentation completed and returned to us at the time of collection or loading:

• Inventory / Packing List – detailed list of items packed in the container.  Please see our guidance notes and use EwePack Packing Inventory for your declarations.  Must be in English.

• Self-Load Declaration Form (Self Pack sole use loads only) - this should be sent to you along with our letter of confirmation.  This is a EwePack Self-Declaration Form.

• Full Copy of your passport, including all pages.

Notes & Special Requirements – these guidelines are not exhaustive and are intended for a quick reference only.  You are solely responsible, as importer, to ensure everything you ship conforms to local laws and the necessary preparations and documentation is obtained. 

Please note the restrictions on goods requiring fumigation and cleaning prior to entering South East Asia.