The FAQ's: Auto Transport to Hawaii

When you're transporting your vehicle to or from the state of Hawaii you need to understand the process because then you'll know why it takes up to three weeks to get your vehicle from pickup to delivery. When you book your shipment with your broker they'll find a truck in your area to pick your vehicle up and transport it to the port in Long Beach, California (this is if you're shipping to Hawaii). From there, the port shipping company will take possession of your vehicle and load it onto their roll-on/roll-off transportation ship. Depending on their ship schedules your vehicle could sit at the port for up to a week, so keep that in mind. Once your vehicle is loaded it will be transported to the port in Hawaii, which usually takes anywhere from 5-7 days. Check out our Hawaii auto shipping page for more information about the process and what you can expect while gathering up Hawaii auto shipping quotes.

City Spotlight: Auto Shipping to Long Beach

Long Beach is a very popular city located on the southern California coast. Not only is it popular as a resort and beach location, but also for its major port - it's one of the largest ports on the west coast and one of the largest auto transport companies that handles overseas transportation is located in the city. When it comes to auto shipping to Long Beach, it's easy enough to arrange; many carriers transport vehicles to Long Beach year-round, mainly because they're taking them to the port.

But it's not just for the port that people ship there. It's a rather large city in the state of California and, for your trivia fact of the day, it is the largest city in the U.S. that is not a county seat. It may not be much, but it's something, anyway. The city, aside from being a major port, is also considered to be a major industrial extension of nearby Los Angeles. You can read more about the city by visiting our Auto Shipping to Long Beach page, and you can get free auto transport quotes to or from the city by filling out our free online quote request form.

The FAQ's: Overseas Shipping

Wen it comes to overseas shipping of vehicles, there are a few different things that that statement could mean - are you shipping to Alaska or Hawaii? From the U.S. to another country, or the other way around? Different shipping locations can alter your price, availability of shippers, pickup and delivery times and more, so it's important to understand the distinctions.

We can provide quotes for you to ship your vehicle from the U.S. to Alaska, Hawaii, or any international port. We can't provide shipping quotes to landlocked countries (i.e. a country that has no borders on the ocean, and as such no ports for overseas shippers to ship to) - we could ship to a port in a country with a port, but you would need to arrange shipping with a company located overseas. It works the same if you're shipping into the U.S. from another country; for instance, if you were shipping from Great Britain to the U.S., you would need to contact a British shipping company to arrange overseas transportation.

You can read more about overseas auto transport right on our homepage. Just scroll down to the "Automobile Shipping Learning Center" to find out more.

Auto Shipping by State: Hawaii

Hawaii is one of those states that most shipping companies will have a separate auto transport quote process for, because it's one of only two states that lies outside of the contiguous United States. We cover auto transport and auto shipping to both Alaska and Hawaii in our Automobile Shipping Learning Center, but it's always nice to have a bit of a refresher as well.

For starters, Hawaii is going to be more expensive to ship to than most cities in the U.S. because you're going to have to ship it overseas. This means working with two different physical shipping companies in addition to your car transport company - the car transport carrier will ship your vehicle to the port (most likely in Long Beach, CA) and then the port shipping company which owns and operates the cargo ship will transport it on said cargo ship to the port in Hawaii.

You can get up to ten free quotes to ship your vehicle to or from Hawaii by following the link we provided above; it takes you to our homepage, where you can fill out our form at the top, as well as scroll down to our Automobile Shipping Learning Center, which is at the bottom of the homepage.