Sea Freight Company in Jeddah | 0555915287 Container Export from Jeddah Islamic Port and RoRo Car Shipping
If you live in Jeddah, the port is your neighbour: Al Saif International Shipping loads your container at your door in any district, it usually reaches Jeddah Islamic Port the same day, and it sails through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal to Turkey, Lebanon, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco in roughly 15–25 days port to port. We ship furniture, cars and cargo in full or shared containers, and also collect from Makkah, Madinah and Taif. Prices start from SAR 2,350 for a 20 ft container to Lebanon, SAR 5,600 to the Maghreb countries and Libya and SAR 6,000 to Turkey, with sedans from SAR 1,700. To book: 0555915287.
🚢 Your Container Guide from Jeddah to the World
- Port: Jeddah Islamic Port on the Red Sea, minutes to an hour from most Jeddah districts.
- Route: your home → Jeddah port → Red Sea → Suez Canal → Mediterranean → arrival port.
- Containers: 20 ft, 40 ft, 40 ft high-cube, reefer, flat-rack and open-top.
- Cars: RoRo, where the car is driven onto the ship, or an enclosed container with your furniture.
- Destinations: Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Lebanon, and the UAE for commercial containers.
- Collection: every Jeddah district, Obhur, Makkah, Madinah, Taif, Rabigh and Thuwal.
Sea Freight Company in Jeddah: Why the Journey Starts Here
Jeddah is the Kingdom’s western sea gateway, home to Jeddah Islamic Port, which handles a large share of the Kingdom’s Red Sea trade. The city’s location gives its customers two advantages. One is that the container does not travel hundreds of kilometres before sailing: it is loaded in the morning and is usually inside the port by evening. The other is that the Red Sea opens directly onto the Suez Canal, so the route to Mediterranean and North African ports is shorter than shipping from the Gulf coast, which has to go around the Arabian Peninsula.
That is why many customers in other regions, from Riyadh, Qassim and Abha, ask for their containers to ship from Jeddah when the destination is Turkey, Lebanon, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria or Morocco. Jeddah customers get this advantage without the cost of a long road haul, which shows in the overall transit time, in the price, and in the safety of furniture that is not exposed to the heat and vibration of the highway.
When to Choose Sea Freight from Jeddah
Choose sea when your shipment is about volume rather than weight: a room, a flat or a villa of furniture, a car, palletised goods, equipment. Choose air from King Abdulaziz Airport when the shipment is small and urgent. Road is the route to neighbouring countries such as the UAE, the Gulf states and Jordan, where household moves rely on trucks, while Mediterranean and North African destinations remain sea routes.
| Comparison | By sea from Jeddah port | By air from King Abdulaziz Airport |
|---|---|---|
| Suitable shipments | Furniture, cars, cargo, equipment | Documents, parcels, suitcases, spare parts |
| Charged by | Container or cubic metre | Actual or volumetric weight, whichever is higher |
| Transit | 15–25 days port to port | Roughly 2–5 days |
| Reaching the departure point | Usually the same day | The same day |
Who Ships by Sea from Jeddah?
Our sea freight customers in Jeddah are varied, and each group has a different need that we know from our daily work in the city. Expatriate families ending their work in the Kingdom and returning home usually need a whole house moved in a 40 ft container, sometimes with a car, and want the furniture to arrive exactly as it left. Saudi families who own a flat or house in Turkey, Morocco or Lebanon ship new furniture bought from Jeddah showrooms, or furniture from their home here, and need packing that keeps new pieces free of scratches.
Students who have finished at Jeddah’s universities ship boxes of books and a few belongings, which suits a shared container. Traders in the Industrial City, Al Safa and Al Balad export palletised goods, equipment or dates in reefer containers. Companies relocating staff or fitting out offices abroad need precise scheduling for several containers. We handle all these cases with the same steps but different solutions in container type, packing method and documents.
The Jeddah Districts We Collect From
We reach every district of Jeddah: in the north, North and South Obhur, Al Shira’a, Al Yaqoot, Al Zumurrud and Al Sawari; in the centre, Al Rawdah, Al Salamah, Al Naeem, Al Mohammadiyah, Al Khalidiyah, Al Zahra, Al Faisaliyah, Al Safa, Al Marwah and Al Naseem; and in the south, Al Samer, Al Ajwad, Al Hamdaniyah, Al Bawadi, Al Sanabel, Al Khumrah and the Industrial City. In districts with narrow streets or buildings without lifts, we use smaller trucks to bring the furniture to where the container can stand, or put the container on a low-bed truck, and lift large pieces by rope or hoist when needed.
The Right Time to Load in Jeddah
Jeddah’s summer heat and humidity make early-morning or evening loading the better choice, so adhesives and appliances are not exposed to intense heat and the crew can work comfortably. We set the appointment so the container reaches Jeddah port well before the container cut-off for the booked vessel, so it does not wait long in the yard or miss the sailing.
What Al Saif Offers Jeddah Customers
A complete service run by one team: furniture survey, the right container recommendation, dismantling and export packing, loading, securing and sealing, trucking to the port, filing the export declaration on Fasah, receiving the Bill of Lading, then follow-up until arrival and delivery.
- Crews working in north, south and central Jeddah, Obhur and the Industrial City.
- Loading appointments coordinated with the port’s container cut-off.
- A warehouse in Jeddah for shared-container consolidation and short-term storage.
- An itemised quote showing what is included and what is paid at the arrival port.
- Follow-up by container number, Bill of Lading number and vessel name.
Full or Shared Container from Jeddah?
A full container (FCL) is yours alone: loaded at your home, sealed and not opened until customs at the destination. It suits moving a flat or villa, a car with furniture, or enough goods to fill a container. With a shared container (LCL) you pay only for the cubic metres you occupy; your shipment is consolidated in our Jeddah warehouse with others bound for the same country, then the container is loaded and sails.
Full Container
If your furniture is around 15 cubic metres or more, a full container is usually cheaper and faster, because it does not wait for consolidation or go through extra unloading and reloading. It is also safer for fine furniture and appliances, because the shipment is handled fewer times.
Shared Container
For small shipments such as one room, boxes or a student’s belongings. The price depends on volume and destination, so request a quote once it is measured. Transit is a little longer because of consolidation and unloading at the destination warehouse.
| Criterion | FCL full container | LCL shared container |
|---|---|---|
| Who uses the container | You alone | You with other customers |
| Price | Fixed per container | Per cubic metre |
| Loading | At your home | At the Jeddah consolidation warehouse |
| Transit | Shorter | Slightly longer |
Container Types Available at Jeddah Port
Jeddah port handles every type of international container. Choosing the right one decides whether all your furniture fits and whether you pay for unused space. Figures are approximate and vary slightly by shipping line.
| Type | Approx. internal size | Approx. capacity | What fits? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 ft | 5.9 × 2.35 × 2.39 m | About 33 m³ | A two- to three-bedroom flat, or a car with a little furniture |
| 40 ft | 12.0 × 2.35 × 2.39 m | About 67 m³ | A four- to five-room home, or two cars with furniture |
| 40 ft high-cube | 12.0 × 2.35 × 2.69 m | About 76 m³ | A full villa and tall wardrobes |
| Reefer | 20 ft: 5.4 × 2.29 × 2.27 m / 40 ft HC: 11.6 × 2.29 × 2.50 m | About 28 or 67 m³ | Dates, food and medicines |
| Flat-rack | A 20 ft or 40 ft floor without sides | For wide and heavy loads | Equipment, machinery and boats |
| Open-top | 5.9 × 2.35 × 2.35 m | About 32 m³ | Long cargo loaded by crane |
Estimating Your Jeddah Home’s Volume
Jeddah flats vary a lot in size, but as a rule: a furnished bedroom takes 8–12 cubic metres once packed, a majlis 10–15 and a kitchen with appliances 6–10. A three-bedroom flat with a majlis and kitchen often comes close to a full 20 ft container, while villas in Obhur, Al Shati and Al Mohammadiyah usually need a 40 ft high-cube. The most accurate estimate comes from a survey or photos of the rooms.
Shipping Cars from Jeddah Port
From Jeddah port a car can ship in two ways. On a RoRo vessel the car is driven up the ramp onto the ship’s decks and lashed there, then driven off at the arrival port. Because it is driven on, it is not covered or wrapped, and it is handed over clean with nothing inside. The second way is inside an enclosed container, where the car is lifted in and secured with straps and wheel chocks; it can be covered, and furniture can go in the same container.
| Comparison | RoRo | Enclosed container |
|---|---|---|
| Loading | Driven up the ramp | Lifted and secured |
| Covering | Not covered | Covered and protected |
| Items inside the car | Not allowed | Allowed with a full container |
| Suits | Ordinary cars | Luxury, classic, a car with furniture |
Car Documents
- Valid registration in the owner’s name, or the owner’s authorisation.
- ID or iqama and passport.
- Export certificate and export plates, in line with the regulations in force at the time of shipping.
- A bank letter if the car is financed.
Car import rules at the destination, from vehicle age to duties, differ by country, so confirm them before shipping.
Jeddah Islamic Port and the Kingdom’s Other Ports
Jeddah Islamic Port is the main port on the Red Sea and the Kingdom’s western gateway; containers for Turkey, North Africa and Lebanon leave from it via the Suez Canal. On the east coast, King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam on the Arabian Gulf serves the Eastern Province, Riyadh and the Asia and Gulf lines. There are also the ports of Jubail, Yanbu and King Abdullah Port near Rabigh, which we use when needed depending on sailing schedules.
Collection from Makkah, Madinah and Taif
Jeddah’s closeness to its port makes it the natural shipping point for the Makkah and Madinah regions. We collect from homes in Makkah, in Al Aziziyah, Al Shawqiyah, Al Awali and other districts, and the container reaches Jeddah port in one to two hours. From Taif via the Al Hada or Al Sail road it takes about three hours, and from Madinah about four to five hours on the Hijrah road. We also collect from Rabigh, Thuwal and King Abdullah Economic City.
In every case the container is loaded and sealed at the home, mounted on a truck and driven to the gate of Jeddah Islamic Port, where its number and seal are matched against the Fasah declaration before it enters the export yard to await the vessel. We coordinate all of this so the container does not sit in the yard for long.
Sea Destinations from Jeddah and Transit Times
The times below are approximate from Jeddah port to the arrival port and do not include loading, clearance or inland delivery:
| Destination | Arrival port | Approx. time | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | Mersin | 15–20 days | Shipping to Turkey |
| Turkey | Istanbul / Ambarli | 18–25 days | Shipping to Turkey |
| Morocco | Casablanca, Tanger Med | 18–25 days | Shipping to Morocco |
| Tunisia | Rades | 18–25 days | Shipping to Tunisia |
| Algeria | Algiers, Oran | 18–25 days | Shipping to Algeria |
| Libya | Tripoli, Misrata, Benghazi | 15–22 days | Shipping to Libya |
| Lebanon | Beirut port | 15–25 days | Shipping to Lebanon |
| UAE | Jebel Ali (commercial containers) | — | Shipping to the UAE |
To Turkey and Lebanon
After the Suez Canal, vessels head for the eastern Mediterranean: Mersin in 15–20 days, Ambarli in Istanbul in 18–25 days, and Beirut in 15–25 days. These routes are in high demand from families who own homes there.
To Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco
Vessels head west along the North African coast: Tripoli, Misrata and Benghazi in 15–22 days, and Rades, Algiers, Oran, Casablanca and Tanger Med in 18–25 days, many via a transhipment port in the Mediterranean.
To the UAE
Household moves and cars to the UAE mostly go by road; sea freight to Jebel Ali is used for commercial containers, with transit set by the shipping line.
Sea Freight Prices from Jeddah
Starting prices for a full container from Jeddah port to the arrival port:
| Destination | 20 ft | 40 ft | Sedan (shared) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | From SAR 2,350 | From SAR 3,750 | From SAR 2,350 |
| Morocco | From SAR 5,600 | From SAR 7,500 | From SAR 1,900 |
| Tunisia and Algeria | From SAR 5,600 | From SAR 7,500 | From SAR 1,700 |
| Libya | From SAR 5,600 | From SAR 7,500 | Request a quote |
| Turkey | From SAR 6,000 | From SAR 8,200 | From SAR 5,100 |
| UAE (commercial) | Request a quote | Request a quote | — |
Shared-container shipping is priced per cubic metre, so request a quote once your shipment is measured. Destination port charges, clearance and inland delivery to the door are set out in the itemised quote.
Factors That Affect the Price
- Container size and type; reefers and flat-racks have their own pricing.
- The arrival port, and whether transhipment is involved.
- Season; demand rises at the end of the school year and before holidays.
- Destination port charges and clearance there.
- Inland delivery from the arrival port to the city.
- Collection location: within Jeddah, or from Makkah, Madinah and Taif.
Tips to Save
- The cheapest way to ship a few items is a shared container.
- Sell or donate cheap, heavy furniture before shipping.
- Book well ahead of peak seasons.
- Put the car and furniture together in one 40 ft container.
- Choose port to port if you have a broker at the destination.
Export Sea Packing in Jeddah
Jeddah’s high humidity makes export packing especially important. Furniture wrapped while damp can collect condensation inside a closed container during weeks at sea, leading to mould on fabric and wood. So we make sure pieces are dry before wrapping, use sealed plastic covers over bubble wrap and cardboard, and place desiccant bags inside the container.
Wooden Crates
Mirrors, glass, marble, antiques and screens go into made-to-measure wooden crates of treated timber that meets import requirements in many countries.
Securing the Load
We place heavy pieces at the bottom and lighter ones on top, fill the gaps, and tie the load with straps and timber so it does not move with the ship’s motion or crane lifts.
Sea Freight Steps from Jeddah
- Booking: call 0555915287 with the destination and volume.
- Survey and quote: we estimate the volume, recommend the container and send the quote.
- Collection: our crew arrives at your home in Jeddah, Makkah, Madinah or Taif.
- Packing: dismantling, export packing, numbering and a packing list.
- Container stuffing: loading, securing and sealing.
- Fasah clearance: the export declaration with your authorisation and documents.
- Bill of Lading: issued by the shipping line once the container enters the port.
- Sailing: we send you the tracking details.
- Destination clearance and delivery: clearance under the destination country’s rules, then delivery to your door or collection from the port.
Documents Required
- Bill of Lading issued by the shipping line.
- Packing list of every piece and box.
- Commercial invoice for goods.
- Certificate of origin for goods where destination customs require it.
- ID or iqama and passport.
- Fasah authorisation to file the export declaration in your name.
All of this follows the regulations in force at the time of shipping. Destination customs may ask for other documents, and they generally treat used personal effects under different conditions from commercial goods and cars.
Exporting Commercial Cargo from Jeddah
Jeddah is a trading hub, and we ship general cargo for traders in 20 ft and 40 ft containers, dates and food in reefers, equipment on flat-racks, and small quantities by shared container, preparing the invoice, packing list, certificate of origin and clearance.
Air Freight from King Abdulaziz Airport
For urgent documents, parcels, suitcases and spare parts we ship by air from King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah in roughly 2–5 days depending on the destination. It is charged on actual or volumetric weight, whichever is higher, so the furniture stays on the sea route and what you need immediately goes by air.
Insurance, Tracking and Storage in Jeddah
Insurance: insurance can be added for valuable items on request, with their condition recorded in photos before loading.
Tracking: you receive the container number, Bill of Lading number and vessel name after sailing, to follow the voyage on the shipping line’s website.
Storage: if you travel after vacating your home, we store your furniture in our Jeddah warehouse until shipping, or at the destination until your home is ready.
Prohibited Items
- Gas cylinders, petrol, flammable materials and pressurised aerosols.
- Weapons and ammunition.
- Narcotics and banned substances.
- Cash, gold and jewellery in commercial quantities.
- Perishable food in standard containers.
- Chemicals and large batteries without a permit.
- Anything the destination country bans under the regulations in force at the time of shipping.
Frequently Asked Questions about Sea Freight from Jeddah
How long does a container take from Jeddah to Turkey?
15–20 days to Mersin and 18–25 days to Istanbul, port to port.
How much is a 20 ft container from Jeddah?
From SAR 2,350 to Lebanon, SAR 5,600 to Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Libya, and SAR 6,000 to Turkey.
Do you collect from Makkah, Madinah and Taif?
Yes, and the container usually reaches Jeddah Islamic Port the same day.
Is the car covered on RoRo?
No, it is driven up the ramp onto the ship uncovered; in an enclosed container it can be covered.
Is there shared-container shipping from Jeddah?
Yes, priced per cubic metre, so request a quote for your shipment.
Do you store furniture in Jeddah before shipping?
Yes. If you vacate your home before the vessel date, we keep the packed furniture in our Jeddah warehouse until loading day, then load it into the container and take it to the port.
Can I ship my car with my furniture from Jeddah?
Yes, in a single 40 ft container with the car secured at one end and the furniture arranged at the other, which saves you two separate shipments and duplicate clearance fees at the destination.
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