The Sailing Is the Easy Part
RO-RO Vehicle Logistics
Booking space on a roll-on roll-off vessel is straightforward, and it is not where vehicle exports go wrong. They go wrong on the landside: a vehicle that reaches the terminal after the cut-off, ownership papers that do not satisfy an authority, or a car whose condition nobody recorded before it left. This page covers that work. The sailing itself is booked as RO-RO shipping under sea freight.
What Happens Before the Vessel
The Landside Sequence
Each step has a deadline attached to somebody else's schedule.
- Collection from the owner or dealer
- Condition inspection and recording
- Export and ownership documentation
- Customs entry for the export
- Storage until the sailing
- Delivery to the terminal before cut-off
Shipping a Vehicle Out?
Tell us the vehicle, the destination and the sailing date
Arrange the Landside Call +971 4 239 7107Where Vehicle Exports Actually Fail
The vessel leaves on time. Whether your vehicle is on it is decided days earlier.
Missing the cut-off
Terminals stop receiving well before departure. A vehicle arriving an hour late waits for the next sailing, which can be weeks on some routes.
Ownership paperwork
Export requires proof of ownership that satisfies the authorities. Outstanding finance or an unclear title stops the movement entirely.
No condition record
Without documented condition at handover, any damage claim afterwards is one party's word against another's.
Nowhere to wait
A vehicle collected early with no storage ends up standing at a terminal, which is neither cheap nor secure.
Both ends need a plan
A vehicle handed to a shipping line at Jebel Ali still has to be collected at the far end by somebody. Establishing who does that, and with what documents, before the vessel sails avoids a car sitting at a foreign terminal.
Either Side of the Water
What We Cover
The landside work exists at both ends of a sailing, not just the departure.
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Outbound from the UAE
Collection, documentation and terminal delivery ahead of the cut-off.
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Inbound to the UAE
Collection from the terminal after discharge, clearance and delivery - see vehicle import.
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The movement itself
Vehicles carried on transporters rather than driven - see vehicle collection and delivery.
Why Cannata
One Company Between the Owner and the Ship
A shipping line sells you a sailing. Everything between your driveway and the ramp is somebody else's problem unless you make it one company's.
Collection on our fleet
The vehicle reaches the terminal on our transporters, on a schedule we control.
Documentation with the entry
Ownership and export papers prepared alongside the customs declaration by our own team.
Storage before the sailing
Vehicles held securely rather than delivered early to stand at a port.
Rate Request
Get a price for this shipment
Give us the route and the cargo and we will come back with a rate, usually within one working day.
Our FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
What customers ask about the landside of a vehicle shipment.
