Shipping Company from Dammam to Morocco | 0555915287 Sea Containers & Car Shipping to Casablanca and Tangier

Al Saif International Shipping ships from Dammam, Khobar, Dhahran, Qatif, Saihat, Jubail and Ras Tanura to Casablanca, Rabat, Salé, Marrakech, Fes, Tangier, Agadir, Meknes, Oujda, Kenitra, Tetouan and every other city in Morocco. Furniture, cars and cargo are loaded in the Eastern Province and either trucked to Jeddah Islamic Port or sailed directly from King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam, then cross the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean to Casablanca port, Tanger Med or Agadir port for the south. The sea leg from Jeddah takes about 18–25 days depending on the shipping line, and urgent shipments fly from King Fahd International Airport to Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca in 2–5 days. A single room in a shared container starts from SAR 560, a sedan from SAR 1,900 and air freight from SAR 18 per kg. Book now: 0555915287.

Shipping from Dammam to Morocco: which port does your shipment leave from?

Many Dammam residents assume that because King Abdulaziz Port is a few minutes from home, a shipment to Morocco will sail straight from it and arrive quickly. In reality, Dammam sits on the Arabian Gulf, so a westbound ship to Morocco has to go all the way around the Arabian Peninsula: out of the Gulf, across the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and up the Red Sea to the Suez Canal. That detour adds many days to the voyage and can involve a transshipment at an intermediate port.

That is why we route most Eastern Province shipments through Jeddah Islamic Port. The container is loaded and sealed at your door in Khobar or Dammam, then trucked about 1,350 km via Riyadh to Jeddah in roughly two days, where it is handed to a shipping line that sails north up the Red Sea, through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean, and west to the Strait of Gibraltar and Morocco’s Atlantic coast. We still keep the Dammam sailing option open when it suits the cargo, for example commercial goods already stored near the port or a convenient sailing date, and we explain the difference in time and cost before you book.

Casablanca, Tanger Med or Agadir?

Casablanca port is the natural arrival point for Casablanca, Mohammedia, Berrechid, El Jadida, Rabat, Salé and Kenitra, and usually for Marrakech too. Tanger Med serves the north: Tangier, Tetouan, M’diq, Fnideq and Larache, with road links on to Fes, Meknes and Oujda. Agadir port serves the Souss and the south. We choose the port by your final address, because the inland delivery after the port can matter more than the difference in ocean freight.

Why Eastern Province customers choose Al Saif

The Eastern Province has a large Moroccan community working in companies, hospitals, schools, hotels and Khobar’s restaurants, many of whom have spent long years in Dammam or Jubail. We also serve Saudi families who own homes in Tangier or Marrakech, and traders dealing with the Moroccan market. We know what each group needs and plan the shipment around its size and purpose.

• Experience on Morocco routes: we know the line schedules to Casablanca, Tanger Med and Agadir and pick the port nearest your address.
• Crews in Khobar, Dammam and Jubail: dismantling, packing and numbering every item inside your home or office before the container is sealed.
• Shared containers: for a single room or a few boxes, so you never pay for a full container.
• Two arrival options: port to door with assembly on request, or port collection through a Moroccan clearance agent.
• Itemised quotes: trucking, ocean freight, clearance and delivery shown line by line.
• Optional insurance: insurance can be added for valuable items on request.

Shipping prices from Dammam to Morocco

Starting prices are the same for every Saudi city. For a Dammam customer the real difference comes from trucking to Jeddah or choosing a direct Dammam sailing, then from the Moroccan port and the delivery address. Destination port charges, inland delivery and clearance in Morocco are set in the itemised quote, so you know what you will pay before loading day.

What sets the final price

• Volume and weight: number of rooms and items by sea, actual or volumetric weight by air.
• Departure port: trucking to Jeddah or direct sailing from Dammam.
• Arrival port: Casablanca, Tanger Med or Agadir.
• Extra services: dismantling and assembly, wooden crates, storage.
• Delivery address: a city centre or a village in the Atlas or the Rif.

How to save on shipping

The economical way to move a room or a set of boxes is a shared container, where you pay only for your share of the space. For a whole home, compare a 20 ft container with the full-home shared rate: a private container sometimes costs little more and keeps everything sealed from your door to Morocco. Leave behind old pieces that are not worth shipping, use boxes of the same size, send furniture by sea and keep air for urgent, light items. Book early before summer, when demand from people heading home for the holidays peaks.

Furniture moving from Dammam to Morocco

Eastern Province homes range from apartments in North Khobar and Al Aqrabiyah to villas in Al Shati, Al Faisaliyah, Al Noor and Al Mazruiyah in Dammam, and company housing in Dhahran and Jubail. Moroccan homes vary just as much, from Casablanca and Rabat apartments with narrow lifts to riads and traditional houses in Fes and Marrakech reached through narrow lanes. So our crew starts with a survey and a numbered contents list, and asks about your home in Morocco to decide what to dismantle and what to wrap whole.

Bedrooms and lounges

Beds and wardrobes are taken down to panels, wrapped in padded plastic and heavy cardboard, and the screws are bagged, numbered and taped to each piece. Mattresses go into sealed covers that protect them from the long, humid sea voyage. If you are moving a Moroccan-style salon with its benches and tables, cushions and bolsters are bagged separately and carved wood is protected with layers of blankets.

Kitchens, including IKEA kitchens

Many Khobar and Dammam residents buy their kitchens from the IKEA store in Khobar. These need careful dismantling, because the pressed-board panels react to moisture and pressure. We number and photograph each unit before taking it apart so it can be rebuilt in the same order, and stand the panels upright in the container. Glassware, plates and tea sets are wrapped piece by piece in divided boxes.

Appliances and air conditioners

Fridges and washing machines are emptied and dried before packing, and the washing-machine drum is locked. Split ACs are removed by a technician who pumps the gas into the outdoor unit and seals the pipes. Remember that plugs in Morocco differ from those common in Saudi Arabia, so check with an electrician there before switching appliances on.

Antiques and office furniture

Mirrors, chandeliers, paintings and antiques go into wooden crates built to size. We also move office and company furniture from Dammam and Jubail, numbering desks, drawers and cabinets and packing files in sealed boxes labelled by department, so the office can be set up again easily in Morocco.

Dammam to Jeddah port: the inland trucking leg

After packing you have two options: a container delivered to your door, loaded and sealed there and not opened again until Morocco, or a closed truck that takes your goods to our warehouse, where they are stowed with other Morocco-bound shipments in a shared container. The truck runs from Dammam through Riyadh to Jeddah, and we follow it until it is handed in at the port and export formalities are completed through the Fasah platform. We time loading in the Eastern Province to the vessel’s departure from Jeddah, so the container does not sit waiting at the port.

Sea freight to Casablanca and Tanger Med

Sea freight is the main route for household furniture, cars and cargo from the Eastern Province to Morocco. We offer full containers (FCL), 20 ft for an apartment or mid-sized home and 40 ft for a villa or large house, and shared shipping (LCL) for a single room or a limited load. The container sails from Jeddah through the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean to Casablanca or Tanger Med in about 18–25 days depending on the shipping line, and can be routed to Agadir for addresses in the south. A 20 ft container starts from SAR 5,600, a 40 ft from SAR 7,500 and a shared room from SAR 560.

Port to door or port to port

With port to door, we follow the container’s arrival and clearance through a local Moroccan clearance agent, then deliver to your address in Casablanca, Rabat or Fes and assemble the furniture on request. With port to port, the container arrives at Casablanca or Tanger Med and the owner collects it through a customs broker of their choice, who handles clearance and inland transport. Port collection suits people with relatives in Morocco who can follow the paperwork; door delivery suits those who want to arrive home and find everything in place.

Moroccan cities we deliver to

We choose the port by your address and complete the journey by truck. If your home is inside the old medina of Fes or Marrakech, where trucks cannot enter, the last stretch is done with small vehicles or by hand, and we tell you this in advance in the quote.

Moroccans in the Eastern Province: returning home, students and gifts

Most of our Morocco requests come from Moroccans who have finished their working years in Dammam, Khobar or Jubail and are returning home for good. They need the whole house moved, usually in a 20 ft or 40 ft container, and should prepare their return papers early, because relief on used personal effects is linked to proof of residence abroad. Students heading to or back to Moroccan universities send books and devices by air when urgent, or in a shared container when they can wait. And families send gifts to relatives before Eid and the holidays, such as perfumes, clothes, home appliances and dates, packed in 20–30 kg air boxes or in shared sea freight.

Moroccan customs and exemptions

Morocco’s Customs and Indirect Taxes Administration sets the rules for importing used furniture, personal effects and cars, and they depend on the recipient’s status: a Moroccan resident abroad returning for good, a visitor, or a foreign resident. Some cases may qualify for relief on used belongings when proof of residence abroad and relocation is presented, while others pay duties. Because these rules change, we ask every customer to confirm their own situation with Moroccan customs or the Moroccan consulate in Saudi Arabia before shipping, and we prepare the declarations in line with the regulations in force at the time of shipping.

Furniture documents

• ID or iqama, and passport.
• Numbered contents list.
• Fasah authorisation for export formalities.
• Consignee details in Morocco: name, national ID number, full address and phone.

Commercial documents

Commercial registration, commercial invoice, packing list and certificate of origin. Some goods, such as food and cosmetics, may need extra certificates set by the Moroccan authorities, so we review them with you before loading.

Commercial cargo from Dammam to Morocco

The Eastern Province is an active industrial and trading hub, and Dammam and Jubail have factories and distributors dealing with suppliers and buyers in Morocco. We ship part loads in shared LCL from SAR 790 per CBM, or full loads in 20 ft or 40 ft containers. Here a direct sailing from King Abdulaziz Port can make sense when the goods are already in Dammam warehouses. We prepare the customs declarations, follow the container to the arrival port, and hand it to the importer’s agent or deliver it to their warehouse.

Car shipping from Dammam to Morocco

Cars go to Morocco by sea in one of two ways. On RoRo vessels the car is driven up the ship’s ramp and secured on deck, uncovered, which suits ordinary cars. In a container the car is secured inside a closed box, either shared with another car or on its own, which suits SUVs and luxury cars. Sedans start from SAR 1,900, and an SUV in its own 20 ft container from SAR 5,600. We move the car from Dammam or Khobar to Jeddah port on a car carrier.

Car documents

• Vehicle registration and owner’s ID.
• Export plates or export certificate.
• Bank letter if the car is financed.
• Traffic fines settled before export.

Importing the car into Morocco

Moroccan customs set the conditions and duties for importing cars, including rules on vehicle age, the owner’s status and relief for returning residents. These are among the rules that change most, so confirm with Moroccan customs or the consulate before shipping that your car can be imported and what it will cost, so nothing unexpected appears once it reaches Casablanca.

Air freight from Dammam to Mohammed V Airport

For documents, personal devices, student luggage and urgent orders we offer air freight from King Fahd International Airport in Dammam to Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca, with routing to Marrakech Menara or Rabat-Salé also possible. We collect from your home in Dammam or Khobar, and delivery takes 2–5 days depending on flights and clearance. Prices start from SAR 18 per kg, charged on actual or volumetric weight, whichever is higher, where volumetric weight = length × width × height ÷ 6000 in centimetres. A 20–30 kg air box starts from SAR 190.

Because a large, light box is charged by its size, keep empty space to a minimum, send heavy items by sea and keep air for what cannot wait.

Land, air or sea?

In short, for a Dammam customer: sea via Jeddah for the home, the car and cargo, a Dammam sailing for special cases, and air for urgent, light items. The land route crosses many borders, so we do not use it for household furniture or cars.

Prohibited items and packing

We do not accept flammable materials, gas cylinders, loose batteries, medicines without a prescription, or plants and seeds without a permit. Drain fuel from small equipment such as lawnmowers, take batteries out of devices and toys, and carry your personal medicines with their prescription in your luggage. Use double-wall boxes for heavy items, fill gaps with paper, and write the contents and room name on the side of each box, because the sea voyage is long and Gulf and sea humidity is hard on weak cardboard.

Parcels, bags and e-commerce orders

We ship parcels and excess baggage by air: a 20–30 kg box starts from SAR 190, and anything above is charged per kg from SAR 18. We also serve online stores in Dammam and Khobar selling perfumes, abayas and personal-care products to customers in Morocco, collecting their orders and sending them to buyers’ addresses, or consolidating them in shared shipping when volumes are large.

Distance and transit table from Dammam to Morocco

Clearance at the Moroccan port and delivery to the address are added to the sea transit, and vary by port and city.

How to book from Dammam

1. Call us on 0555915287 or send your request through the website.
2. We survey the home or cargo in Dammam or Khobar and set the volume and container type.
3. You receive an itemised quote covering trucking, ocean freight, clearance and delivery.
4. You prepare the documents and consignee details, and confirm your status with Moroccan customs.
5. We dismantle, pack and load on a date tied to the sailing.
6. We truck the container to Jeddah port and handle export formalities.
7. We follow arrival and clearance in Morocco and deliver to your door, with assembly on request.

Shipment tracking

We update you when the truck leaves Dammam, when the container is handed in at the port and when the vessel sails, and give you the container and bill of lading numbers to follow with the shipping line. We then let you know when it reaches Casablanca or Tangier and when delivery is scheduled.

Storage before or after shipping

If you must hand back your home in Khobar or Dhahran before the sailing date, or your home in Morocco is not ready yet, we store the furniture in a closed warehouse until the date, priced by volume and duration.

Shipping from Morocco to Dammam

We also handle the reverse route: Moroccans arriving to work in the Eastern Province who want their belongings brought over, and traders importing zellige tiles, brassware, leather, handicrafts and argan oil to Dammam and Khobar. We collect from Casablanca, Tangier or any Moroccan city and ship to Jeddah or Dammam, then by truck to the address, in line with the regulations in force at the time of shipping.

When is a good time to ship?

Spring and autumn are comfortable seasons for moving a home to Morocco, because summer is crowded with people heading home for the holidays and shared containers fill quickly. Gift shipments also peak before Ramadan and Eid. If you are travelling in summer, book early so the container arrives before or with you.

Questions Dammam customers ask

How long does sea shipping from Dammam to Morocco take?

About 18–25 days from Jeddah to Casablanca or Tanger Med, plus around two days of trucking from Dammam to Jeddah and clearance time. A direct sailing from Dammam is usually longer.

Can I move my furniture duty-free when returning to Morocco for good?

Used belongings of returning residents may qualify for relief under the regulations in force at the time of shipping, so confirm your status with Moroccan customs or the consulate before shipping.

How much is car shipping from Dammam to Morocco?

From SAR 1,900 for a sedan, and from SAR 5,600 for an SUV in its own 20 ft container.

Do you collect from Jubail, Qatif and Ras Tanura?

Yes, and from Khobar, Dhahran, Saihat, Safwa, Abqaiq and Al Nairyah.

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Frequently asked questions

How long does sea shipping from Dammam to Morocco take?

About 18–25 days from Jeddah port to Casablanca or Tanger Med depending on the line, plus around two days of trucking from Dammam to Jeddah and clearance time.

Why do Dammam containers ship from Jeddah port?

A ship leaving Dammam has to go around the Arabian Peninsula before entering the Red Sea, which usually makes the voyage longer, while Jeddah is much closer to the Suez Canal.

How much does shipping from Dammam to Morocco cost?

From SAR 18 per kg by air, SAR 190 for a 20–30 kg air box and SAR 560 per room in a shared container.

How much is moving a full home from Dammam to Morocco?

From SAR 4,600 for a full home, SAR 5,600 for a 20 ft container and SAR 7,500 for a 40 ft container.

How much is car shipping from Dammam to Morocco?

From SAR 1,900 for a sedan by RoRo or shared container, and SAR 5,600 for an SUV in its own 20 ft container.

Is a returning resident's furniture exempt from Moroccan duties?

Used belongings of Moroccans returning for good may qualify for relief under the regulations in force at the time of shipping, so confirm your status with Moroccan customs or the consulate before shipping.

Which Moroccan port does the container arrive at?

Casablanca for the centre, Rabat and Marrakech, Tanger Med for the north, Fes and Oujda, or Agadir for the south.

Is there land shipping from Dammam to Morocco?

We do not use the land route; sea is the practical route for furniture, cars and cargo, and air for urgent, light items.

Which documents are needed to move furniture to Morocco?

ID or iqama, passport, contents list, Fasah authorisation and the consignee's details in Morocco with national ID number and address.

Which documents are needed to ship a car to Morocco?

Vehicle registration, owner's ID, export plates or certificate, and a bank letter if financed, after confirming Moroccan customs conditions before shipping.

Do you deliver port to door in Morocco?

Yes, in Casablanca, Rabat, Marrakech, Fes, Tangier, Agadir and other cities, or port to port with your own Moroccan agent.

Do you collect from Khobar, Jubail and Qatif?

Yes, and from Dhahran, Saihat, Safwa, Ras Tanura, Abqaiq and Al Nairyah.