Hi John I reached out to a past contributor on the site. He is a Managing Director of a moving company based in Ireland. I think you will find his answer to your question quite useful. I'll post it below here. Let me know if you WAnt me to put you in touch. ~Liam --- Buying a container and shipping it as user owner is certainly possible. If he WAnts that option there should be no reason why he can’t find a mover or a freight company to co-ordinate that for him. After clearance on this side, we (potentially we) would arrange haulage from the port with a ...

... WAy to go. It isn't difficult, and you can save a ton of money! A while back, it WAs a requirement to use a pet service. THat's not the case anymore, so people need to explore their options. The one thing I'd caution about your crate comment, WAs that there are legal requirements that the airlines have to follow for that. The pet has to be able to stand up without touching the Ceiling of the crate, turn around etc. You do not WAnt to show up at the airport with the wrong size crate, and get denied boarding. Also, those pet companies often offer you an a ...

I kept medicare in case I ever needed to return to US. There is a heavy penalty. I can also telemed with my doctor. I will need to see if supplemental is needed once I settle. I may Drop that part. GP and prescriptions are not expensive in Ireland, at least not fir what we need.

@vgupta_dub_2017. Yes I am just WAiting on this winter to pass without much covid disturbance .So will apply in January . May be you can Drop me email so that we can exchange some thoughts Mine is ...link removed...

... them so I can Drop my dog as I leave and get him when I land as I WAnt to avoid shipping him separately. If anyone has flown with a dog, intel would be nice! It's hard enough navigating an international move, pandemic on top of it, and then add the ever changing restrictions that I'm scared will leave us stranded last minute. If anyone has shipped pets during this 2020 craziness, recommendations appreciated!

Loading a container on the day is tough work. from what i hear you'll never hit that 2 hour window, so will almost certainly be owing money. Plus, there'll be the stress of trying to do so. Don't some of those services allow for Drop off and filling at your own pace? P.S where do you find a large group of muscle-laden fellows? 🙂 Chippendales 🙂

I am still trying to find an agent that will handle a self-owned container. I am finding that moving companies only offer the option of using their container - loaded/unloaded by them or self-loaded/unloaded. In the latter case they typically allow 2h for the container to be loaded after which it is $85-100 per hour. No ramp or lift is provided so that option would require having this in place when the trailer arrives. The other option is to find a shipping agent that will handle pick-up, transport and Drop-off of the container but that is proving difficult so I don't have any quotes yet to compare the cost of this option vs using movers with their own container. The total cost will include the price of the container and a crane to load the container on to the trailer at the time of pick-up. I can purchase a 20' container for $2750 including delivery and the seaworthy certificate. The crane will cost about $500-$750 depending on the total time required (they charge for the time from departure to return of the crane to their yard - which in my case will be between 2h-3h). I would welcome any suggestions for shipping agents that would be willing to handle a non-commercial container shipping job. Best regards, John

Betsy - Thanks very much for relating your experience in moving your own container. Sounds very doable while noting to avoid using Sky2C! Interesting that you needed a crane to load the container on the US side but it seems Aaltonen were able to handle delivery to the ground in Ireland - presumably using a crane mounted on the truck chassis. Regarding lack of interest from shipping companies in shipping personal containers response to date from those I have contacted is that they don't compete with their mover partners to whom they refer all enquiries. Liam - Thanks a lot for contacting the MD of the moving company in Ireland. His response matches well with what I have learned thus far and is encouraging re the Ireland leg of the move compared to the US. I appreciate his laying out the options and would like to get in touch with him to get a quote for options 1 and 3. I have been considering addressing each leg of the journey separately 1. Pick-up from home in Colorado and transport to the Port of X (New York?) - needs a truck with a crane on the chassis able to lift the container on to the trailer 2. Shipping from Port of X to Port of Dublin - needs a shipping company willing to ship a personal container 3. Transport from Port of Dublin and Drop-off to location in Ireland. - service already identified This would be a more hands on solution that requires knowledge of the paperwork required. Do you know of any source that lays out the document trail for exporting/importing a personal container? Thanks, John

Hi I have just started the process of finding an international shipper/mover to move our household stuff from Boulder (near Denver) Colorado to either Cork or Kilkenny in early spring 2021. My estimate is that it will fit into a 20′ container and from what I can tell FCL is best to minimize the handling risk of LCL. My preference would be to purchase a container so that we can load it ourselves and have the loaded container Dropped at our location in Ireland which is out in the country. I can buy a container and have it delivered to my home in Boulder no problem but can’t find any “movers” who will deal with a loaded container. All of the offers so far have been based on using their container and loading it myself. The loading time is limited to 2h before a $85/h surcharge kicks in AND requires loading into the container sitting on the trailer – not the best for loading a piano! Alternatively, and most expensive, is to have the moving company load the container. The issue seems to be the loading of the full container onto the trailer that will transport it to the shipping port or at least to a container yard for transfer to a haulage trailer to take it cross country to the docks. Same issue at the other end where the container will need to be transferred from the trailer to the ground. The reason for using my own container is lack of storage capacity at the Drop off in Ireland which is solved by keeping the contents in the container until we are able to get that sorted. This prevents us from using a typical moving company who expect to unload the contents at the destination. One solution, if we went with the moving company container option, would be to get the container unloaded into a storage unit. That adds another layer of complication but should be possible to organise if the moving company were willing. I would welcome any suggestions on how to ship my own container and any companies that can handle this type of move. Thanks,John

We were just quoted for a 20ft container out of NJ to Ireland...Liffey Van Lines $5,150 (if you pack the container yourself, they Drop the container and you have two hours to load, after that its $85 per hour for however long it takes to fill ) and $8600 for full-service door to door move. Schumacher cargo logistics quoted $6395 for full service door to door (they pack and load everything - both sides).