International Yacht Shipping Services

Yacht Shipping

Boat transport and yacht shipping is easy and cost effective with Taurus Logistics, whether you’re buying a boat at auction or transporting a yacht you already own, we handle all facets of shipping.

Boats can be loaded wharf-to-wharf, water-to-water, or a combination, let us know your unique boat transportation requirements and we can advise on the most appropriate shipping method.

What’s Involved In Yacht Shipping?

Whether your yacht is a 60' cruiser or a 26' trailer boat will greatly influence the complexity of the shipping process. Boat transport is a very specialised field and it’s important to talk to experienced yacht shipping professionals like us so we can advise you on best practices and pitfalls.

We take care of all the red tape like customs, quarantine and port formalities, including arranging lifts in or out of the water at port, pier or anywhere else.

However there are certainly some common procedures in boat transport and yacht shipping.

• Consider the dimensions of your yacht, can anything be removed to make it smaller? Can the bowsprit, keel, flybridge and radar arches be removed? Many items can be removed with a few hours labour and can considerably lower the freight cost.
• If it’s not on a trailer it will need a cradle. We have fully adjustable steel cradles in a number of locations around the world that we can rent to you, if necessary we an build a custom cradle for your yacht.
• If possible it’s best to avoid water lifts at the port because they’re very expensive. If your boat can be made low enough for the road, it’s better to lift out a close marina and then we an truck it to port. This is not always possible depending on the size of the yacht you have.
• A water discharge is dependent on a number of factors so please talk through this with us, as it’s not always possible. For example, if the ship arrives at night, quarantine will not give clearance because the light is not good enough for them to inspect the boat.