Shipping Company from Saudi Arabia to Libya | 0555915287 Sea Furniture Moving, Containers & Car Shipping to Tripoli and Benghazi

Al Saif International Shipping ships from every city in the Kingdom to Libya by sea and air. Household furniture, cars and commercial goods are loaded in your city and trucked to Jeddah Islamic Port or King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam, then sail through the Red Sea, the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean to Tripoli port, Misrata port or Benghazi port in about 15–22 days from Jeddah, and we deliver to your door in Tripoli, Benghazi, Misrata, Zawiya, Al Khums and Sabha. Parcels, bags and urgent items fly to Mitiga Airport in Tripoli or Benina Airport in Benghazi in 2–5 days. A box up to 30 kg starts from SAR 140, one room from SAR 1,690, a sedan from SAR 3,250 and a 20 ft container from SAR 5,600. Call or WhatsApp: 0555915287.

Shipping company from Saudi Arabia to Libya: how your shipment travels

Libya faces the Mediterranean along a long coastline where its main cities sit, and that geography decides how shipments reach it from the Kingdom. Tripoli, Misrata, Benghazi, Al Khums and Zawiya are all on or near the coast, each with a port or a port close by, so the sea is the natural route for furniture, cars and goods. The container is sealed once at your home or warehouse in the Kingdom and opened only for customs inspection at the Libyan port, so there is no repeated loading and unloading, and your belongings are not passed between trucks and warehouses over thousands of kilometres.

The journey has three clear stages. It begins with transport inside the Kingdom from your city to the port, which depends on where you live: customers in Jeddah, Makkah and Taif are close to Jeddah Islamic Port; customers in Riyadh, Qassim, Hail and the south have their furniture trucked to Jeddah; and customers in the Eastern Province can ship from Dammam port or move their container to Jeddah. Then comes the sea leg, as the ship heads north up the Red Sea, crosses the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean and turns west to the Libyan ports. Finally, the arrival stage covers customs clearance at the Libyan port and delivery to the consignee’s address, or collection straight from the port through a local agent.

We do not offer a land route to Libya, because sea and air cover every practical need: sea for volume and weight, air for urgent and light items. This clarity saves customers a lot of confusion. Instead of comparing unrealistic offers, you choose between two proven routes, each with a known duration and cost.

Sea or air to Libya?

The rule is simple: anything heavy or bulky goes by sea, and anything urgent or small goes by air. Apartment and villa furniture, cars, large appliances and commercial goods by the ton are sea shipments by nature. Documents, prescribed medicines, small gifts, student bags and trade samples belong on a plane. The reason is that air freight is charged on actual weight or volumetric weight, whichever is higher, and volumetric weight is length × width × height in centimetres divided by 6000. A sofa or wardrobe may be light, but it takes up a lot of space, so its volumetric weight and air cost climb steeply, while shared sea freight charges only for its volume in cubic metres.

Why customers across the Kingdom choose Al Saif for Libya

Shipping to Libya needs someone who understands the whole route, from your door in the Kingdom to your door in Libya, not someone who sells you space in a container and leaves you at the port. That is why we handle every stage ourselves or with agents we follow directly:

• Collection from every city: Riyadh, Jeddah, Makkah, Madinah, Dammam, Khobar, Al Ahsa, Jubail, Qassim, Tabuk, Abha, Khamis Mushait, Taif, Hail, Jazan and Najran.
• Dismantling, packing and numbering: a team packs each piece in the right material and numbers it on a contents list, and you keep a copy.
• Port and sailing choice: we explain the difference between Jeddah and Dammam in time and cost, and pick the Libyan port closest to your address.
• Itemised quote: inland transport, sea or air freight, Libyan arrival and clearance charges, and door delivery.
• Flexible delivery: port to door, or port to port with your own Libyan agent.
• Optional insurance: insurance can be added for valuable items on request.
• One number to follow up: 0555915287 from packing day to delivery day.

Many of our Libya customers ship once in their lives, when they finish their work in the Kingdom and return home, so they do not know the terms or the steps. We explain everything plainly: the difference between a full and a shared container, which documents are needed, who handles clearance, how long the voyage takes and what happens if the ship is delayed. A customer who understands the journey feels at ease and makes clearer decisions on volume, timing and budget.

Shipping prices from Saudi Arabia to Libya

These prices are a starting point to help you plan. The final cost depends on volume or weight, your collection city in the Kingdom, your delivery city in Libya and the service you need. All prices are in Saudi riyals:

Air freight is always charged on actual or volumetric weight, whichever is higher (L × W × H ÷ 6000). Destination charges and customs clearance in Libya are set in the itemised quote according to the port and type of shipment, so you know in advance what is paid here and what is paid there.

What raises or lowers the price?

• Actual volume: the cubic metre is the basis of shared freight, so every item you will not need in Libya adds to the bill for nothing.
• Collection city: a Jeddah customer pays no long trip to the port, while Riyadh, Tabuk or Abha adds trucking to Jeddah.
• Arrival port: Tripoli, Misrata and Benghazi differ in ship schedules and handling costs.
• Container type: your own 20 or 40 ft container gives full independence; a shared one saves money on small volumes.
• Extra services: dismantling and assembly, wooden crating for antiques, storage, and delivery to an inland city such as Sabha.
• Insurance: insurance can be added for valuable items on request.

How to save on shipping to Libya

The cheapest way to move a few belongings is shared freight by the cubic metre, or by the kilo above 100 kg, as long as you can be a little flexible on sailing dates. Sort your home two weeks before packing: heavy old furniture you can replace at a fair price in Libya is not worth shipping, while good appliances, fitted kitchens, carpets, antiques and keepsakes are. Dismantling beds and tables cuts volume a lot, and filling boxes to the top avoids empty space. If your home is close to a 20 ft container, your own container may cost less than paying per metre in a shared one, and we work this out for you before booking. Finally, book early before holidays and the end of the school year, when schedules fill up.

Furniture moving from Saudi Arabia to Libya

Moving a home to Libya is more than loading boxes into a container. It starts with a visit or video call to estimate volume, then dismantling large pieces, packing each item in what suits it, numbering everything on a contents list and loading the container in an order that prevents rubbing and crushing through weeks at sea. The voyage passes through the heat and humidity of the Red Sea and then the changing Mediterranean weather, and badly packed furniture can suffer from damp or vibration.

Bedrooms and majlis seating

We dismantle beds, wardrobes and dressing tables and gather screws and small fittings in numbered bags taped to the piece itself, so assembly in Libya is easy. Mattresses go into sealed plastic covers against dust and damp, and wardrobe doors and mirrors are protected with heavy cardboard and corner guards. Majlis seating and sofas are wrapped in blankets and bubble wrap, then clear plastic, with exposed wood protected from scratches.

Kitchens and IKEA kitchens

Many homes in the Kingdom have fitted or IKEA kitchens their owners want to take. We take down upper and lower cabinets carefully, number each unit by position and keep hinges and handles in labelled bags. Marble or granite worktops travel in a wooden frame, because they break easily if carried flat without support. IKEA kitchens are easy to take apart and rebuild if every part stays complete and numbered, but particle board reacts to damp, so we wrap it in plastic before the cardboard.

Appliances and air conditioners

Fridges, washing machines and ovens are emptied and dried a day or two before shipping so no smell or mould forms inside the sealed container. We lock the washer drum, tie the doors and wrap the appliance in cardboard and bubble wrap. Split AC units need a technician to remove both units and keep the refrigerant in the outdoor unit before disconnecting the pipes, then each unit is wrapped separately. Screens travel in dedicated boxes or wooden crates, and we recommend telling us about valuable devices in advance.

Antiques and office furniture

Antiques, chandeliers, glassware and paintings are each wrapped in layers of paper and bubble wrap, then placed in made-to-measure wooden crates where needed. Office furniture — desks, chairs and filing cabinets — is dismantled and numbered by room, with drawers emptied and doors secured. Insurance can be added for valuable items on request, and we record them on the contents list with a clear description.

Sea freight from Saudi Arabia to Libya

Sea freight is the main route for furniture, cars and goods from the Kingdom to Libya. Most shipments leave from Jeddah Islamic Port, which sits directly on the Red Sea, so ships head north to the Suez Canal and into the Mediterranean. King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam serves the Eastern Province, but ships from there sail around the Arabian Peninsula, from the Gulf to the Arabian Sea and then the Red Sea, before reaching Suez, so the voyage is longer. That is why we prefer Jeddah for most customers and use Dammam when its sailing schedule suits you or the goods are already in the Eastern Province.

Libya has three main ports we ship to. Tripoli port serves the capital, Zawiya, Gharyan and the surrounding area. Misrata port is a free zone port serving Misrata, Zliten and Al Khums, and many shipments to central cities and the south, such as Sabha, pass through it. Benghazi port serves eastern Libya: Benghazi, Al Marj, Al Bayda and nearby towns. We choose the arrival port by the consignee’s address so the road leg after the port is as short as possible.

Full container (FCL) or shared (LCL)?

A full container means the container is yours alone, 20 ft or 40 ft, loaded at your door and sealed with no one else’s goods inside. A 20 ft container usually suits a two- to three-bedroom apartment, and a 40 ft container suits villas, large homes, or a home plus a car. With shared freight you pay only for the space you use, by the cubic metre, or by the kilo if your shipment is over 100 kg, and your goods travel with other customers’ shipments in one container. Shared freight suits one room or a limited load, but it waits for the container to fill and may be opened during consolidation and unloading, so we pack it with extra care.

Trucking the container from your city to the port

Customers in inland cities never need to go to the port. We send the container to your door, or load your furniture into a closed truck to our warehouse and pack it into the container there, and a truck takes it to Jeddah. From Riyadh the distance to Jeddah is about 950 km, from Qassim about 1,000 km, from Madinah about 420 km and from Makkah only about 80 km. We match the loading date to the sailing date so the container does not wait at the port for long.

Port to door or port to port?

This is one of the most important decisions before shipping. With port to door, our agent clears customs at the Libyan port, then we truck the shipment to your address, unload it and assemble the furniture on request. This suits anyone who does not know the procedures in Libya, someone returning after a long absence, or a family that cannot follow up at the port.

With port to port, our job ends when the container reaches Tripoli, Misrata or Benghazi, and the consignee or their local clearance agent handles release and transport. This suits traders who already work with an agent, or someone with a relative in Libya who knows port procedures. Either way, we send you the bill of lading and arrival notice and give the agent all the details they need.

Collecting at the port and the local agent

If you choose to collect yourself, you will usually need a licensed customs agent at the Libyan port to file the declaration, attend the inspection, pay the fees and release the shipment. We advise agreeing with the agent before the ship arrives and giving them a copy of the contents list, the bill of lading and the consignee’s details, because delays mean port storage charges. If you do not have an agent, port-to-door service spares you all of this.

Libyan cities we deliver to

We deliver to most Libyan cities. These are the most requested by our customers in the Kingdom:

Tripoli is the most requested destination, home to the largest number of returning families, and we reach its districts and arrange delivery with the consignee. Benghazi is the hub of the east, reached directly through Benghazi port. Misrata is a trading city, and many traders prefer its free port for their goods. Zawiya and Al Khums are close to coastal ports, so the road leg is short. For Sabha in the south we ship through Tripoli or Misrata, then the shipment continues by road inside Libya to the consignee’s address, and this inland leg is included in the quote.

Residents returning home for good, students and family gifts

Our largest group of Libya customers are residents who worked in the Kingdom for many years and decided to return home for good. They usually move a complete home, with furniture, appliances and sometimes a car, and need someone to arrange everything from dismantling and packing to delivery in Libya. We advise starting at least three weeks before the travel date, and not shipping things needed in the last days; carry those in luggage or send them by air.

Returning residents’ personal effects may receive special customs treatment in Libya, but exemption conditions and details are set by Libyan Customs and change over time. So we advise every returning resident to confirm with Libyan Customs or the consulate before shipping, and we prepare the documents in line with the regulations in force at the time of shipping.

There are also Libyan students at universities in the Kingdom, or students in Libya who need books or devices from here. Air freight suits their bags and small boxes, and shared freight suits a pile of boxes at graduation. And there are families sending gifts to relatives for special occasions — clothes, perfume, dates and small devices — which we ship in boxes up to 30 kg from SAR 140.

Commercial cargo shipping from Saudi Arabia to Libya

A Libyan trader importing from the Kingdom and a Saudi factory exporting to Libya both need regular shipping with clear costs. We ship packaged foods, building materials, household goods, plastics, clothing, perfumes, spare parts and other goods permitted for export and import.

Partial loads for traders and shops

If your goods do not fill a container, we ship them shared by the cubic metre from SAR 420, or by the kilo for 100 kg and over from SAR 5.5. This suits small shops, traders testing a new product, or anyone sending small repeat batches instead of storing a large quantity.

Full loads and commercial containers

For large quantities we book a full 20 ft container from SAR 5,600 or a 40 ft from SAR 7,500, loaded at the factory or warehouse and sealed. We choose the arrival port by the importer’s warehouse, and many traders prefer Misrata because it is a free zone.

Commercial cargo documents

• Exporter’s commercial registration.
• Commercial invoice.
• Packing list.
• Certificate of origin.

The importer in Libya may need further documents depending on the goods, so we advise them to confirm with their agent, and we prepare what is needed on our side in line with the regulations in force at the time of shipping.

Car shipping from Saudi Arabia to Libya

We ship cars to Libya in two ways. By RoRo, the car is driven onto the ship and secured on deck, and it is not covered because it is driven aboard. Or inside a container, where the car is strapped into a closed container, protected from dust and weather, and some belongings can travel with it in the same container where regulations allow. A sedan starts from SAR 3,250 and your own 20 ft container from SAR 5,600.

Car shipping documents

• Vehicle registration.
• Owner’s ID.
• Export plates or export certificate.
• Bank letter if the car is financed.

Before you ship your car to Libya

Car import conditions in Libya, such as vehicle age, required certificates and exemptions, are set by Libyan Customs and change over time. Confirm them with Libyan Customs or the consulate before shipping, so your car does not arrive and run into release problems. Before handover, wash the car and clean the interior, leave a quarter tank of fuel or less, photograph it from every side, and remove personal items unless it travels in a container and they are permitted.

Customs, exemptions and required documents

Customs is a core part of your shipment’s journey: in the Kingdom on export and in Libya on import. In the Kingdom we handle export procedures through the Fasah platform, which is why we need your authorisation to file on your behalf. In Libya our agent or your local agent files the declaration and attends inspection. Exemptions for personal effects, car import conditions, and what enters duty-free or is taxed are set by Libyan Customs and change over time, so rather than quoting figures that may not be accurate, we advise you to confirm with Libyan Customs or the consulate before shipping.

Furniture moving documents

• National ID or iqama.
• Passport.
• Contents list.
• Fasah authorisation.
• Consignee details in Libya: name, ID, address and phone number.

Parcels, bags and e-commerce

Not every customer moves a home. Many want to send a box, a bag or a few boxes to family in Libya, and they have two options. A box up to 30 kg starts from SAR 140, suitable for gifts, clothes, dates and personal items. If you have many boxes totalling more than 100 kg, shared freight by the kilo starts from SAR 5.5, which is far cheaper than air.

For online stores selling to customers in Libya, we ship orders consolidated by air or sea depending on size and timing. Air suits small urgent orders, and shared sea freight suits stock sent to a warehouse in Libya for local distribution.

Air freight from Saudi Arabia to Tripoli and Benghazi

Air freight to Libya departs from King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, or your city’s airport when needed, and arrives at Mitiga Airport in Tripoli or Benina Airport in Benghazi in 2–5 days depending on flights and clearance. It starts from SAR 17 per kg, on actual or volumetric weight, whichever is higher.

Air freight suits documents, prescribed medicines with the prescription, urgent spare parts, trade samples, student bags and small electronics. It does not suit furniture, whose volumetric weight is high. Measure your box before shipping: a 60 × 50 × 50 cm box has a volumetric weight of 25 kg even if it actually weighs only 10 kg.

Prohibited items and packing

Some items cannot be shipped by any route, either because they endanger the ship or plane or because they need special permits:

• Flammables such as petrol, alcohol, aerosols and paints.
• Gas cylinders, even empty ones.
• Loose batteries.
• Medicines without a prescription.
• Plants and seeds without a permit.

For packing we use new heavy-duty boxes, bubble wrap for appliances and glass, blankets for furniture, clear plastic against damp, and wooden crates for antiques and marble. Each box is marked with its number, contents and the room it goes to in Libya, so the unloading team can put everything in place.

Distance and time to Libya

Sea times are port to port. Add time for loading and inland transport, waiting for the sailing, clearance in Libya and door delivery. Times can change with ship schedules and stops at intermediate ports.

Steps for shipping from Saudi Arabia to Libya

1. Contact: call or WhatsApp 0555915287 with your city in the Kingdom, your city in Libya and the type of shipment.
2. Volume estimate: a visit, video call or item list, followed by an itemised quote.
3. Booking and documents: confirm the date and hand over ID or iqama, passport, Fasah authorisation and consignee details.
4. Dismantling and packing: our team dismantles, packs, numbers and prepares the contents list.
5. Loading and sealing: the container is loaded at your door or at the warehouse and sealed.
6. Trucking to port and export: the container goes to Jeddah or Dammam and export formalities are completed.
7. Sailing: we send you the bill of lading and container number.
8. Arrival and clearance: clearance in Tripoli, Misrata or Benghazi.
9. Delivery: door delivery with assembly on request, or collection at the port.

Tracking and storage

After sailing you receive the container and bill of lading numbers and can follow the voyage with the shipping line, and we tell you the key milestones: leaving Jeddah, crossing Suez and arriving at the Libyan port. If you need to store your furniture before shipping — because your lease ends before your travel date, for example — we offer storage in a closed warehouse in the Kingdom, priced by volume and duration. Storage in Libya after arrival can also be arranged if your home there is not ready.

Shipping from Libya to Saudi Arabia

We also arrange shipping in the reverse direction, from Tripoli, Misrata and Benghazi to Jeddah Islamic Port or Dammam, and from Mitiga and Benina airports to the Kingdom’s airports. This route suits Libyans coming to work in the Kingdom with their belongings, traders importing Libyan products, and families sending items to children who live or study here. Saudi import customs rules apply in this direction, and we prepare the documents in line with the regulations in force at the time of shipping.

When to ship to Libya

Demand for shipping to Libya rises at the end of the school year and the start of the summer holiday, as work contracts end, and before Ramadan and Eid when families send gifts. Schedules fill up in these periods, so book early. Autumn and winter offer wider availability, and well-packed furniture is not affected by Mediterranean weather. In the Saudi summer we start loading early in the morning to keep the midday heat off the furniture and the crew.

Frequently asked questions about shipping from Saudi Arabia to Libya

How long does sea shipping from Saudi Arabia to Libya take?

About 15–22 days from Jeddah Islamic Port, port to port, and longer from Dammam, plus inland transport, clearance and delivery.

Is there land shipping to Libya?

We do not offer a land route; we ship furniture, cars and goods by sea, and parcels and urgent items by air.

How much is furniture moving from Saudi Arabia to Libya?

From SAR 1,690 per room, SAR 420 per CBM, SAR 5,600 for a 20 ft container and SAR 7,500 for a 40 ft container.

Can a returning resident’s furniture be moved to Libya?

Yes, we dismantle, pack and ship the whole home to the door. Personal-effects exemptions are set by Libyan Customs, so confirm them before shipping.

How much is car shipping to Libya?

From SAR 3,250 for a sedan and SAR 5,600 in your own 20 ft container.

Which Libyan port does the container arrive at?

Tripoli, Misrata or Benghazi, depending on the consignee’s address.

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