Shipping Company from Riyadh to Lebanon | 0555915287 Goods, Belongings & Car Shipping to Beirut via Al Masnaa

Shipping Company from Riyadh to Lebanon | Goods, Belongings & Car Shipping to Beirut via Al Masnaa

From Riyadh to Beirut, Al Saif International Shipping trucks cover about 1,900 km, heading north through Qassim, Hail, Al Jouf and Al Qurayyat to the Al Haditha crossing, then crossing Jordan from Al Omari to Jaber and Syria from Nassib to Jdeidet Yabous, and entering Lebanon at Al Masnaa for the Bekaa and Beirut, in 7–12 days door to door depending on border procedures. For full households and large cargo we offer containers from Riyadh via King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam or Jeddah Islamic Port to Beirut port, and for urgent items air freight from King Khalid International Airport to Rafic Hariri International Airport in 2–4 days. Prices start from SAR 140 per parcel, SAR 950 per room with dismantling, packing and assembly, SAR 2,350 per sedan and SAR 33 per kg by air. Call or WhatsApp: 0555915287.

🚚 Capital to Beirut: the essentials

Road route: Riyadh → Qassim → Hail → Al Jouf → Al Qurayyat → Al Haditha → Al Omari → Jaber → Nassib → Damascus → Jdeidet Yabous → Al Masnaa → Beirut.
Distance: about 1,900 km to Beirut.
Road time: 7–12 days door to door; the Bekaa a few hours before Beirut.
Sea: a container from Riyadh via Dammam or Jeddah port to Beirut port, 15–25 days port to port.
Air: King Khalid Airport to Rafic Hariri Airport in 2–4 days.
Starts from: SAR 11 per kg by road, SAR 2,350 per 20 ft container, SAR 5,200 per villa.
Collection: from any district in Riyadh, Al Kharj, Diriyah, Al Muzahimiyah and the industrial cities.

Shipping company from Riyadh to Lebanon: the northern road through three countries

Shipping from Riyadh to Lebanon is not a trip to a neighbouring country: between the capital and Beirut lie three international borders and four crossings. The truck leaves Riyadh on the Qassim road, passes Buraydah and Hail, and continues north to Al Jouf and Al Qurayyat until it reaches the Al Haditha crossing. After Saudi inspection it enters Jordan at Al Omari, crosses Jordan northwards via Azraq and Zarqa to the Jaber crossing, then enters Syria at Nassib, drives via Daraa to Damascus, and turns west to Jdeidet Yabous, reaching Lebanon’s Al Masnaa crossing. From Al Masnaa, Chtaura and Zahle are minutes away, and Beirut about an hour after crossing Dahr al-Baidar.

This route means the trip passes Saudi customs, then transit procedures in Jordan and Syria, then Lebanese Customs. Transit procedures are not fixed; they change from time to time, and at some crossings the load may have to move onto another truck. So we never book a road shipment from Riyadh to Lebanon before reviewing the route and the procedures in force on booking day, and if we see that the sea suits your shipment better, we offer sea freight to Beirut port and explain the difference frankly.

The usual time is 7–12 days from your door in Riyadh to your door in Lebanon. A shared truck may wait a day or two to fill, while a dedicated truck leaves straight after loading. The real difference in time is made at the crossings, which is why we give you a realistic date after reviewing the route rather than an optimistic number that will not hold.

Road, sea or air from Riyadh?

A Riyadh customer has three options. Road suits medium furniture, cars on transporters, boxes and consolidated parcels, and reaches the door directly. Sea suits a villa or full household, a car in a container and large commercial goods; the container is taken from Riyadh to Dammam or Jeddah port and then sails to Beirut. Air is for urgent, light shipments from King Khalid Airport.

Comparison	Road from Riyadh	Sea via Dammam or Jeddah	Air from King Khalid Airport
Time	7–12 days door to door	15–25 days port to port, plus transport to the port	2–4 days
Best for	Furniture, cars, parcels, medium cargo	Villas, full households, commercial containers, cars	Documents, prescription medicines, samples, gifts
Starts from	SAR 11 per kg	SAR 2,350 per 20 ft container	SAR 33 per kg
Load transfer en route	May be required at some crossings	No, the container stays sealed to Beirut	No

Why Riyadh residents choose Al Saif

We know Riyadh well: spacious villas in Al Narjis, Al Malqa, Al Yasmin and Hittin; buildings and flats in Olaya, Al Malaz, Al Sulaimaniyah and Al Rawdah; and warehouses and factories in Al Sulay and the Second and Third Industrial Cities. Each type of building needs a different loading approach: a villa needs a large crew and a large truck or container, a flat needs the lift and parking coordinated, and a warehouse needs a forklift and pallets. And on the other end we know Lebanon: busy Beirut, the mountains with their climbing roads, and the Bekaa close to the border.

Route review before booking: we confirm transit procedures in Jordan and Syria before setting the date.
A sea alternative from Riyadh: a container from your door via Dammam or Jeddah port to Beirut port.
Dismantling, packing and assembly crew: in Riyadh, with assembly in Lebanon on request.
A plan for the last stretch: a smaller vehicle for mountain roads and narrow streets, and a hoist for upper floors.
Clearance on both sides: Fasah in Riyadh, and follow-up with Lebanese Customs at Al Masnaa, the port or the airport.
Itemised quote: before loading day.
Optional insurance: insurance can be added for valuable items on request.

Shipping prices from Riyadh to Lebanon

Starting prices from Riyadh are the same as from the rest of the Kingdom, so a customer in the capital pays no more than anyone else for consolidated freight. Distance and the chosen route do raise the final price, though: the Riyadh–Beirut road is about 1,900 km, and sea freight from Riyadh adds moving the container to Dammam or Jeddah port. The itemised quote confirms the final price.

Item	Starts from
Parcel up to 5 kg	SAR 140
Consolidated road freight, per kg	SAR 11
One room with dismantling, packing and assembly	SAR 950
Medium household by sea (shared)	SAR 2,350
20 ft container to Beirut	SAR 2,350
40 ft container to Beirut	SAR 3,750
Villa	SAR 5,200
Sedan	SAR 2,350
SUV	SAR 3,750
Car inside its own container	Same as a 20 ft container
Commercial goods by road, per kg	SAR 11
Air freight, per kg	SAR 33 (actual or volumetric, whichever is higher)

What raises or lowers the price?

The core element of the price is the size of the shipment: rooms and pieces for furniture, weight or pallets for cargo, and kilograms for parcels. Then the shipping method: a shared truck costs less than a dedicated one, and a sea container may cost less than a dedicated truck for a large home. Then the services you need: dismantling, packing and assembly, AC removal and installation, and storage. Then the location in Riyadh: a villa on the edge of the city or in Al Kharj differs from a flat in Al Malaz. Finally the address in Lebanon: the Bekaa is the closest point to the border, Beirut and Mount Lebanon come next, the North and South need an extra leg, and a mountain home or high floor may need a smaller vehicle or a hoist.

For air freight from King Khalid Airport, the price is based on actual or volumetric weight, whichever is higher, where volumetric weight is length × width × height in centimetres ÷ 6000. A 60 × 50 × 50 cm box is charged at about 25 kg even if it actually weighs less.

Tips to save on shipping from Riyadh

Send boxes and parcels by consolidated road freight if you are not in a hurry; it is the cheapest way for small quantities.
If your home is a villa or large flat, ask for a comparison between a dedicated truck and a sea container.
Sell old or heavy furniture in Riyadh rather than paying for its space.
Use boxes of uniform size so they stack easily.
Prepare the Lebanese consignee’s details and your documents before loading day.
Avoid the peak weeks before the summer holidays if you can, or book early.

Furniture moving from Riyadh to Lebanon

Riyadh homes are usually spacious, with large majlis rooms, many bedrooms and full kitchens, and moving that furniture to Lebanon means a 1,900 km trip through four crossings, possibly with the load moved from one truck to another at one of them. So we give packing its full time. Our crew comes to your home in Al Narjis, Olaya, Al Rawabi or any other district, starts by listing and photographing the pieces, then dismantles, packs and numbers everything and prepares a contents list matching the box numbers — the same list submitted to customs.

Packing a Riyadh home’s furniture before shipping to Lebanon — Al Saif

Bedrooms and majlis seating

Beds and wardrobes are fully dismantled, and screws go into numbered bags taped to the piece itself. Mirrors and glass fronts are wrapped in foam and then rigid cardboard, and mattresses go into sealed covers. Large Arabic majlis seating and big sofas are wrapped in fabric and then plastic, with cardboard corners protecting wooden edges. We also point out that some large Riyadh majlis sets may not suit the smaller living rooms of Beirut flats, and we help you decide what is worth shipping.

Kitchens and IKEA kitchens

Villa kitchens in Riyadh are large and often made to measure; a wooden kitchen is dismantled into numbered units, and marble or granite is protected with a wooden frame. IKEA kitchens, common in Riyadh flats, need a technician who knows the system, photographs them before dismantling, keeps the metal fittings and takes them apart without damaging the particle board at the holes. For assembly in Lebanon, we tell you in advance whether the new space fits the kitchen or needs adjusting.

Appliances and air conditioners

Fridges are emptied and dried a day ahead, washing-machine drums are locked with transit bolts, screens go into padded boxes, and ovens and cookers are wrapped with their doors secured. Split ACs are removed by a technician after the gas is pumped down, and the indoor unit, outdoor unit and pipes are each packed separately. Old window units are often not worth shipping, and we tell you so at the survey.

Antiques and office furniture

Chandeliers, paintings, glass antiques and fine tableware each go into their own crate, and insurance can be added for valuable items on request. For companies in Olaya and on King Fahd Road relocating staff or opening an office in Beirut, we dismantle desks, chairs and cabinets, pack equipment and files, number them by department and deliver them to the new office layout in Lebanon.

Loading Riyadh furniture onto a closed truck bound for Lebanon — Al Saif

Delivery in the mountains and in Beirut buildings

The big difference between Riyadh and Lebanon at delivery is the terrain. In Riyadh a truck reaches a villa door easily; in Lebanon the home may be on a narrow mountain road in the Metn, Keserwan or Aley, on an old street in Achrafieh or Hamra that a large truck cannot enter, or in a tall building in Verdun or Ras Beirut with a small lift. So at booking we ask about the floor, the lift and the street width. When needed, the large truck unloads at a suitable point and a smaller vehicle continues to the door, and an external furniture hoist is used for upper floors. After unloading, the crew reassembles beds, wardrobes and the kitchen on request and removes the packing materials from the home.

A container from Riyadh to Beirut port for the full household

Many Riyadh customers moving a villa or full household choose a sea container. We load the container outside your home in Riyadh; it is then taken to King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam or Jeddah Islamic Port and sails via the Suez Canal to Beirut port in 15–25 days port to port, depending on the shipping line. In Beirut we arrange collection and customs clearance, then deliver the furniture to your home in any region. The container stays sealed from Riyadh to Beirut, so your goods are never moved between trucks at land crossings.

A furniture container from Riyadh via Dammam port to Beirut port — Al Saif

A 20 ft container starts from SAR 2,350 and usually holds the furniture of a two- to three-room flat, while a 40 ft container starts from SAR 3,750 and suits a villa or large home. If your furniture does not fill a container, it can travel in a shared one, with a medium household by sea starting from SAR 2,350. Moving the container from Riyadh to the port is added in the itemised quote.

Cargo shipping from Riyadh to Lebanon

Riyadh is a commercial and industrial hub, and the factories of its industrial cities and the warehouses of Al Sulay export foodstuffs, plastic and paper products, cleaning materials and building materials that the Lebanese market buys. We ship these goods by road as a partial load from SAR 11 per kg, as a full load in a dedicated truck, or by sea in a container from Dammam or Jeddah port to Beirut or Tripoli port.

Partial loads for traders and stores

A trader sending regular orders to a distributor in Beirut or Tripoli does not need a full truck every time. We collect the goods from the warehouse in Al Sulay or the industrial city, stack them on pallets, stretch-wrap them and add them to a shared truck. This option also suits anyone testing the Lebanese market with a small quantity before scaling up.

Full loads and commercial containers

For large orders we provide a dedicated truck that leaves straight after loading, or a 20 ft or 40 ft container loaded at the factory and taken to Dammam or Jeddah port, then on to Beirut or Tripoli. Tripoli port suits goods for northern Lebanon, Beirut port the rest of the country. We handle export formalities in the Kingdom and clearance in Lebanon until the goods reach the consignee’s warehouse.

Commercial goods documents

Commercial registration.
Commercial invoice.
Packing list.
Certificate of origin.
Health certificate for foodstuffs.

Car shipping from Riyadh to Lebanon

A car from Riyadh to Lebanon normally goes by sea, inside its own container or on a RoRo vessel onto which it is driven at the port, or by land transit on a car transporter. The itemised quote confirms the right method for the car type and the procedures in force. A sedan starts from SAR 2,350, an SUV from SAR 3,750, and a car in its own container costs the same as a 20 ft container. We collect the car from your home or a Riyadh showroom and handle moving it to the port or loading it onto the transporter.

Car shipping documents from Riyadh

Vehicle registration (istimara).
Owner’s ID.
Export plates or export certificate.
A bank letter if the car is financed.
No unpaid traffic fines.

Before you ship your car to Lebanon

The rules for importing cars into Lebanon are set by Lebanese Customs and change from time to time, so confirm the rules for your car with Lebanese Customs before shipping. We help you prepare the export papers in Riyadh and follow the car’s arrival and clearance in line with the regulations in force at the time of shipping. The car must be emptied of personal belongings before handover.

Customs, crossings and exemptions

Before the truck leaves Riyadh we obtain the Fasah authorisation and submit the contents list to Saudi customs, with inspection at Al Haditha. In Jordan and Syria the shipment usually crosses as sealed transit, with the possibility of moving the load onto another truck at some crossings, which we check before booking. In Lebanon the shipment is cleared at Al Masnaa or an inland customs centre, at Beirut port for containers, or at Rafic Hariri Airport for air freight.

Lebanese families returning home for good from Riyadh may benefit from exemptions on personal effects and used furniture, but those exemptions are set by Lebanese Customs, so check them in advance and keep proof of your residence in the Kingdom. All procedures follow the regulations in force at the time of shipping.

Documents for moving furniture from Riyadh

National ID or iqama.
Passport.
Contents list.
Fasah authorisation.
The Lebanese consignee’s details: ID, mobile and full address.

Road freight from Riyadh to Lebanon

Road freight is what most Riyadh customers choose for medium furniture, boxes and cars on transporters. The truck heads north from Riyadh, crosses Al Haditha to Al Omari, crosses Jordan to Jaber, crosses Syria from Nassib to Jdeidet Yabous and enters Lebanon at Al Masnaa. We keep you updated at every crossing, so you know where your shipment is each day.

Time from Riyadh to Lebanese regions

Destination in Lebanon	Main areas	Approx. time from Riyadh by road
Bekaa	Zahle, Chtaura, Baalbek	7–12 days, a few hours before Beirut
Beirut	Achrafieh, Hamra, Verdun, Ras Beirut	7–12 days
Mount Lebanon	Metn, Keserwan and Jounieh, Chouf, Aley, Baabda	Roughly with the Beirut run
North	Tripoli, Zgharta, Akkar	Half a day to a day after Beirut
South	Saida, Tyre, Nabatieh	Half a day to a day after Beirut
Any area	By air to Rafic Hariri Airport	2–4 days

The distance from Riyadh to Beirut is about 1,900 km, and all these times depend on border procedures on the day of crossing.

Returning expatriates from Riyadh, students and family gifts

Riyadh has a large Lebanese community working in companies, hospitals, banks and restaurants, and many of them decide at some point to return to Lebanon for good. That move needs planning: what to ship and what to sell, whether to ship the car, and whether the home in Lebanon is ready or storage is needed. We sit down with the family, arrange all of that and suggest road or a container depending on volume.

Lebanese university students in Riyadh, or Riyadh students studying at Beirut universities, usually need to ship boxes of books, clothes and devices, and consolidated freight by the kilo suits them. For anyone sending gifts to family in Lebanon — Qassim dates, Riyadh perfumes, children’s clothes — parcels start from SAR 140 up to 5 kg, and air is available when the occasion is close.

Parcels, bags and e-commerce from Riyadh

We collect parcels and bags from any Riyadh district and ship them by consolidated road freight by the kilo, or by air when urgent. Riyadh online store owners selling perfumes, oud, dates and clothing to customers in Lebanon can send their orders with us regularly, and we deliver each order to the Lebanese customer’s address with a tracking reference.

Air freight from King Khalid Airport to Beirut

For urgent shipments we fly from King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh to Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut in 2–4 days, starting from SAR 33 per kg on actual or volumetric weight, whichever is higher (L × W × H ÷ 6000). We collect the shipment from your home or office, prepare its papers and follow its clearance and delivery in Beirut. Air suits documents, prescription medicines, spare parts, trade samples, and clothes and gifts before occasions.

Air freight from King Khalid Airport in Riyadh to Rafic Hariri Airport in Beirut — Al Saif

Prohibited items and packing

Flammables, gas cylinders, loose batteries, medicines without a prescription, and plants and seeds without a permit cannot be shipped. Carry cash, jewellery and original documents with you rather than putting them in the furniture. We wrap glass in foam and rigid cardboard, sofas in fabric and plastic, antiques in wooden crates and tableware in double-wall cartons, and mark every box with its number, contents and destination room.

Steps for shipping from Riyadh to Lebanon

Get in touch: on 0555915287 with your Riyadh district, the type of shipment and the address in Lebanon.
Survey: a home visit or an estimate from photos and video.
Route review: we confirm transit procedures and recommend road, sea or air.
Itemised quote: line by line before booking.
Paperwork: Fasah, the contents list and the consignee’s details.
Dismantling, packing and loading: at the set time.
Transit and clearance: follow-up at every crossing, the port or the airport.
Delivery and assembly: to the door in Lebanon.

Tracking and storage in Riyadh or Lebanon

We tell you when the truck leaves Riyadh, crosses Al Haditha, then Jaber and Nassib, then Al Masnaa, and when delivery is scheduled. If you have to vacate your Riyadh home before your Lebanese home is ready, we store the furniture in a closed warehouse in Riyadh until dispatch, or in Lebanon after arrival, priced by volume and duration.

Shipping from Lebanon to Riyadh

We also ship from Lebanon to Riyadh, for Lebanese families coming to work in the capital and for traders importing Lebanese products. The same road in reverse, or by sea from Beirut port to Dammam or Jeddah and then on to Riyadh, or by air from Rafic Hariri Airport to King Khalid Airport. Documents are reviewed according to the regulations in force at the time of shipping.

When to ship from Riyadh to Lebanon?

Demand rises before the summer holidays, when many families return to Lebanon, and before Eid, so trucks fill up and crossings get busier. Book early in those periods, or choose a quieter time if your date is flexible. In winter, snow can affect the Dahr al-Baidar road and some mountain roads, and we take that into account when setting a delivery date in the mountains.

Frequently asked questions about shipping from Riyadh to Lebanon

How long does shipping from Riyadh to Lebanon take?

7–12 days by road door to door depending on border procedures, 15–25 days by sea port to port, and 2–4 days by air.

What is the distance from Riyadh to Beirut?

About 1,900 km by road through Jordan and Syria.

Which crossing do Riyadh shipments to Lebanon use?

Al Haditha to Al Omari, then Jaber and Nassib, then Jdeidet Yabous and Al Masnaa.

How much is furniture moving from Riyadh to Lebanon?

From SAR 950 per room, SAR 2,350 for a medium household by sea and SAR 5,200 per villa.

How much is car shipping from Riyadh to Lebanon?

From SAR 2,350 for a sedan and SAR 3,750 for an SUV.

Can I ship a container from Riyadh to Beirut?

Yes, via Dammam or Jeddah port; a 20 ft container starts from SAR 2,350 and a 40 ft from SAR 3,750.

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