Car Shipping recommendations

I'll send you (by private message) the contact info of a friend of mine who lives in Atlanta. He moved from Atlanta to San Juan some years ago and took his car. You will get some first hand info.

Awesome!

I helped my grandparents move their car to Florida from PR. It was surprisingly difficult to find a company that did import/export to PR. Wound up using this company called American Auto Transport. Did a great job and was the lowest price that I'd found. I recommend that you check them out.

I shipped a car from Atlanta a few months ago, or rather, I drove the car to the port at Jacksonville and shipped it from there, then caught a flight from JAX.  I shipped it with Crowley for approximately $1,200 and it arrived in four days.  I have no complaints about Crowley. 

Make sure you have at least a photocopy of clear title with you when you drop off the car for shipping. If the title is not clear, then you'll need an affidavit from the holder of the title granting you permission to ship the vehicle.

Also, make sure you keep all of the paperwork that Crowley gives you and make sure that the Bill of Lading is filled out properly. It is best to put yourself down as being the consignee of the shipment in addition to being the consignor. Otherwise, when you go to pay your import duty (which must be paid before you can drive your car out of the port), they will screw up your paperwork so that when you eventually get a Puerto Rico title for your car, it will include whoever else you listed as a consignee (like a local contact or whomever) as being a co-owner.

Be prepared to pay import duty here in Puerto Rico. Like most bureaucratic exercises in Puerto Rico, it is a much more complicated process then need be. (1) You have to go to the port with your paperwork. There, (2) you must clear some paperwork with your shipper. Then (3) you have to take this paperwork to the tax authority counter there in the port, where they will determine the import duty you will owe. Inconceivably, you cannot pay your import duty with these tax authorities in the port, so (4) you must take the paperwork that you just received from the tax personnel at the port with you to another tax office in San Juan (there are at least two that I know of) and pay it there.  (5) You must return with your receipt to the tax authorities in the port and present it to them. Then they will authorize you to (6) go back to the shipper and actually retrieve your car. (7) You will then have a limited time to register your vehicle in Puerto Rico and receive a Puerto Rico title. These steps must be followed in precise sequential order.

Inexplicably, you must have your car registered in Puerto Rico before you can have it insured, so the moment you drive it out of the port your vehicle will be uninsured until you have it registered and subsequently insured. Registration cost me about $130+. The only exception to this is if your US-based insurance policy will cover the vehicle in PR. I would call to verify because few US-based insurance companies (if any) do so.

Keep in mind that the tax authorities will over-value your car so your tax basis will be much higher than you would otherwise anticipate. I paid $1,400 in import duties on a ten year old car.

All of that said, you should probably still ship your car. Vehicle prices here are expensive and you will need a vehicle.

Hope this helps and good luck!

This information is exactly what I needed. Thank you! We are currently booked with Crowley (and will drive to Jacksonville to save the $500 it cost to have it transported there) so I'm glad to hear you had a decent experience with them. The breakdown on the steps is terrific...I know it will be an exercise in patience to get the car legal, but just more steps in a very long moving experience.

So you didn't contact my friend in Atlanta?

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Shipping a car from Jacksonville Fl to Puerto Rico is about    $1025.00 go to crowley.com for more info.  The taxes depend on on the year and make of your car and they are very high.

There is a tax calculator at http://www.hacienda.gobierno.pr/vehicul … index.html

I hope this help

Call La Rosa del Monte movers in Orlando. 407-859-6262. They are specialists in moving to and from Puerto Rico. Don't know their charges for shipping a vehicle but nobody will get you through customs quicker and easier.

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What was the company that you recommend to ship vehicles to P. R.? I have 2 vehicles that I need shipped, I would appreciate any help you can give me.

Hi Epsimpson950 > this topic is inactif since 2014, you may not get responses. It is good that you started a new thread here.

zjr wrote:

We will be moving to San Juan from Atlanta, GA in December and are trying to find the most reasonable and reliable auto shipper we can. Unfortunately, I have not had much success so far. If anyone has had a good experience, I would love to know. We have weighed the option of not bring our car, but for a variety of reasons do not want to go that route. Thank you for any advice.

La Rosa Del Monte moving company is a possibility, also Crowley. You can have the car pickup at your place or drive it to Crowley, specially since you are so close to them. After dropping the car you can head to the airport and fly from there. If you have animals it would also be a benefit as the flight from florida is shorter and no connections so less stress on your animals if you have any.

Hi I am currently in FL, planning to move to PR soon I have a lease for a 2018 mazda cx-3. I am considering my options behind paying the taxes and shipping cost or doing a voluntary surrender. Could anyone provide me with any help on this case?

Dont waste your money. The taxes are through the roof.

ed87 wrote:

Hi I am currently in FL, planning to move to PR soon I have a lease for a 2018 mazda cx-3. I am considering my options behind paying the taxes and shipping cost or doing a voluntary surrender. Could anyone provide me with any help on this case?

I do not believe the lease will work in PR. You need a title or a letter from the loan company, you have neither on a lease.

Sorry I meant a loan.

ed87 wrote:

Sorry I meant a loan.

You can check with your bank loan and see if they will let you transport the car to PR, if they say yes they need to give you a letter.
Otherwise you have to pay it off and get the tittle before you ship.
I had less than 8 months left on mine so I payed the difference and the send me the tittle.

Hello, as I understand, you want to buy a car, it's very impressive and important decision in your life, however, don't repeat my mistakes... I've bought a car once and at that day I had an accident, thanks God no one was hurt. After this case I was looking for an insurance, and I found it. It was total-insurance.co.uk/motor-trade-insurance
, I don't know what prices they have now, but in 2016 they had quite cheap prices.

Check out a1autotransport.com. I've used them before and they were on the affordable side. Given where you're going to and from, it'll still cost a pretty penny, but you can get an idea of what to expect for cost by contacting them and asking for a quote.

If you want car insurance in PR, I suggest Seguros Multiples or MapFre, you need local insurance not international.
Get your car insurance before you register your car in PR. Otherwise you have to pay the mandatory liability insurance they stick you with at registration time.

Duly noted