Any import company will try to get your car on the next available ship after completion of the sale because it can take as long as 5 weeks for your car to reach you once on the vessel. Whilst this is quite a long wait, you have to consider how far the vehicle is travelling and how many stops it will need to make.

Because of the rise in demand for Japanese car import, this has seen an increase in the number of ports in the UK which now have Japanese imports delivered to them. Tilbury in Essex services most of the London and South East area. There are ports in Southampton, Liverpool, Bristol and Newcastle that take regular shipments of all sorts of goods, imported cars included. Also, imported cars can be shipped to just about anywhere in the world as long as regional laws allow the import of that particular car.

These laws are something that you should probably check out for yourself, although asking the import company may be a good place to start. If they don’t know the answer straight away they will probably be able to give you a very good resource for finding the information you want.

Once the car arrives in the docks, it becomes your responsibility to transport it to your home unless you have made prior arrangements. You should be able to arrange to have your imported car shipped to the nearest and most convenient port but if you don’t want to have to wait then you can have it delivered on the next ship and go an pick it up from whichever dock it lands at. This is something you can discuss with the import company on the first hand or the shipping company if you know who they are yet.

Japanese car import can result in a wait of up to 6 weeks and these can be long weeks if you’re worried about anything. A reputable firm will be easily contactable and will gladly tell you the status of your order at any time