{"id":218,"date":"2018-02-06T16:56:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T16:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/?page_id=218"},"modified":"2018-06-27T15:56:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T14:56:50","slug":"motor-vehicle-imports","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/our-services\/motor-vehicle-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"Motor Vehicle Imports"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_1' class='avia-section main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow avia-full-contain avia-bg-style-scroll    container_wrap sidebar_right' style = 'background-repeat: no-repeat; background-image: url(https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bg_1800.jpg); background-attachment: scroll; background-position: bottom right; ' data-section-bg-repeat='contain' ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-218'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock t--emphasize '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Penguin Shipping has the greatest accumulation of technical knowledge of customs clearance of motor vehicles of any UK Customs clearance agent.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='hr hr-short hr-center   '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Import customs clearance of Japanese import vehicles has been a major part of the business since its inception and historically the importation of vehicles from the USA and elsewhere in significant numbers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1' class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'   ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-218'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2' class='avia-section main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow avia-full-stretch av-parallax-section avia-bg-style-parallax    container_wrap sidebar_right'  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch' ><div class='av-parallax' data-avia-parallax-ratio='0.3' ><div class='av-parallax-inner main_color  avia-full-stretch' style = 'background-repeat: no-repeat; background-image: url(https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/background-foxtrot-1.png); background-attachment: scroll; background-position: top left; ' ><\/div><\/div><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-218'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='color:#ffffff; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Vehicles arrive on Roll-on\/Roll-off vessels into Southampton, Newcastle, Immingham and a few other ports in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Importation of vehicles from the USA and South Africa continues at high levels and Penguin Shipping has agency ties and represents some of the largest agents and shippers in the automotive business.<\/p>\n<p>RO-RO is a significant means of shipping from the USA but containerisation of single or multiple vehicles is available which often provides faster transit times particularly from the US West Coast.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_2' class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'   ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-218'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2  blockquote modern-quote modern-centered   '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Background<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='hr hr-default  '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The reason the Japanese vehicles were attractive was that they are right-hand drive, the same as the UK and also the Japanese \u2018Shaken\u2019, a vehicle inspection programme, similar to the UK \u2018MOT\u2019 test but far more extensive and costly, as the vehicles gets older. Auction houses were established that buy vehicles solely for export and the buyers of the vehicles for export only and receive a \u2018commission\u2019 from the Japanese government for exporting the vehicles. Early markets were New Zealand and Australia, both right-hand drive markets but the United Kingdom was a target market for the vehicles.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In the early days the regulations required the importer to have \u2018owned and used\u2019 the vehicle outside of the United Kingdom before it was formally imported and registered for road use. It was arranged by the exporters in Japan to send the vehicles to Rotterdam and for importers to travel to the Netherlands to \u2018own and use\u2019 their vehicles for a short period of time thus qualifying under the existing rules.<\/p>\n<p>This regulation was eventually swept away and the commercial importation of used Japanese vehicles started. Many private importers continued to purchase vehicles at the Japanese auctions but the vehicles could now be shipped direct to the UK ports, principally Southampton.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_3' class='avia-section main_color avia-section-small avia-no-shadow avia-full-stretch avia-bg-style-scroll    container_wrap sidebar_right' style = 'background-color: #ffd800; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-image: url(https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bgnd-hero2.jpg); background-attachment: scroll; background-position: center center; ' data-section-bg-repeat='stretch' ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-218'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:26px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"line-height: 58px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;\">Need Help Importing a Motor Vehicle?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-center  '><a href='https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/contact-us\/' class='avia-button av-icon-on-hover  avia-icon_select-yes-right-icon avia-color-theme-color avia-size-x-large avia-position-center '   ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Contact Us<\/span><span class='avia_button_icon avia_button_icon_right' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue875' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_3' class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'   ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-218'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":157,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":546,"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218\/revisions\/546"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}