Updated: Wednesday, 12 January, 2022 12.32 PM

Car Ships – Pure Car and Truck Carrier Service

China, USA, Africa, Thailand, Singapore, Japan and Korea into Australia

Thailand, Singapore to Australia (West to East Coast) and onto New Zealand

Vessel & Voyage

Laem Chabang

Singapore

Fre

Ade

Mel

Syd*

Bne

Akl

TGA

Wel

Lyttelton

Nelson

ATS Ship v111

28 Nov

2 Dec

18 Dec

22 Dec

24 Dec

26 Dec

30 Dec

3 Jan

 

7 Jan

8 Jan

9 Jan

ATS Ship v073

20 Dec

29 Dec

29 Dec

2Jan

4 Jan

6 Jan

8 Jan

14 Jan

 

16 Jan

17 Jan

18 Jan

ATS Ship v006

31 Dec

3 Jan

9 Jan

13 Jan

15 Jan

17 Jan

19 Jan

24 Jan

 

10 Feb

11 Feb

12 Feb

ATS Ship vtba

14 Jan

17 Jan

24 Jan

28 Jan

30 Jan

1 Feb

3 Feb

8 Feb

 

10 Feb

11 Feb

12 Feb

ATS Ship vtba

20 Jan

23 Jan

30 Jan

28 Jan

30 Jan

1 Feb

3 Feb

8 Feb

 

tba

tba

tba

ATS Ship vtba

 

 

28 Feb

4 Mar

6 Mar

8 Mar

10 Mar

15 Mar

 

17 Mar

18 Mar

19 Mar

* All Tauranga port calls are to be confirmed

China to Australia via Singapore to Fremantle and then onto Brisbane

Vessel & Voyage

Xingang

Shanghai

Xinsha

Singapore

Fremantle

Adelaide

Melbourne

Port Kembla

Brisbane

NZ Ship v067

24 Nov

27 Nov

5 Dec

10 Dec

31 Dec

4 Jan

6 Jan

8 Jan

10 Jan

NZ Ship v 141

21 Dec

21 Dec

2 Jan

13 Jan

30 Jan

3 Feb

5 Feb

7 Feb

9 Feb

NZ Ship vtba

19 Jan

23 Jan

31 Jan

7 Feb

13 Feb

20 Feb

24 Feb

26 Feb

2 Mar

* Cargo from China is transhipped in Singapore

China to Australia via Singapore to Darwin, Brisbane and then onto Fremantle

Vessel & Voyage

Shanghai

Xingang

Xinsha

Singapore

Darwin

Brisbane

Port Kembla

Melbourne

Adelaide

Fremantle

                     

 

* Sydney is now serviced by Port Kembla Car Terminal

USA – West Coast, Singapore to Australia and onto New Zealand

Vessel & Voyage

Long Beach

Singapore

Fremantle

Adelaide

Melbourne

Port Kembla

Brisbane

Auckland

Lyttelton

 

                 

 

Japan, Korea to Australia

Vessel

Voyage

Lloyds

 

Kanda

Nakanoseki

Kobe

Nagoya

Yokohama

Inchon

Pyongtaek

Busan

Ulsan

Townsville

Brisbane

Port Kembla

Melbourne

Adelaide

Fremantle

Darwin

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

* Sydney  is now serviced by Port Kembla Car Terminal

South East Asia to Australia (East to We Novst Coast)

Sailings Every 14 days

Transit Times 

Brisbane

Sydney*

Melbourne

Adelaide

Fremantle

Laem Chabang

13 days

15 days

17 days

19 days

23 days

Singapore

11 days

13 days

15 days

17 days

21 days

Service does omit the occasional port in Australia to fit in a Townsville port call

* Sydney is now serviced by Port Kembla Car Terminal

South East Asia to Australia (West to East Coast)

Sailings Every 14 days

Transit Times 

Fremantle

Adelaide

Melbourne

Sydney*

Brisbane

Laem Chabang

10 days

14 days

16 days

18 days

20 days

Singapore

8 days

12 days

14 days

16 days

18 days

  Europe to Australia   / New Zealand 

Sailings Every 18 days

Transit Times 

Fremantle

Melbourne

Sydney*

Brisbane

Auckland

Bremerhaven

32 days

37 days

39 days

41 days

45 days

Zeebrugge

31 days

36 days

38 days

40 days

44 days

Southhampton

30 days

35 days

37 days

39 days

43 days

Le Harve

29 days

34 days

36 days

38 days

42 days

* Sydney is now serviced by Port Kembla Car Terminal

  Europe to New Zealand / Australia

Sailings Every 14 days

Transit Times 

Auckland

Brisbane

Sydney*

Melbourne

Fremantle

Hamburg

36 days

40 days

42 days

45 days

51 days

Gothenburg

33 days

37 days

39 days

42 days

48 days

Rotterdam

31 days

35 days

37 days

40 days

46 days

Southhampton

30 days

34 days

36 days

39 days

45 days

* Sydney is now serviced by Port Kembla Car Terminal

* Sydney is now serviced by Port Kembla Car Terminal

New Zealand to Australia  

Sailings Every 14 days

Transit Times 

Brisbane

Sydney *

Melbourne

Fremantle

Auckland

4 days

6 days

9 days

15 days

We can run a feeder service from Christchurch and Nelson to connect with Auckland

* Sydney is now serviced by Port Kembla Car Terminal

  USA (East Coast) to New Zealand / Australia (1st service)

Sailings Every 30 days

Transit Times 

Melbourne

Sydney*

Brisbane

Auckland

St John

30 days

33 days

36 days

40 days

Baltimore

27 days

30 days

33 days

37 days

Savannah

25 days

28 days

31 days

35 days

  USA (East Coast) to New Zealand / Australia (2nd service)

Sailings Every 30 days

Transit Times 

Auckland

Brisbane

Sydney*

 

Melbourne

Fremantle

St John

23 days

27 days

29 days

32 days

38 days

Baltimore

21 days

25 days

27 days

30 days

36 days

Savannah

19 days

23 days

25 days

28 days

34 days

  USA (West Coast) to Australia

Sailings Every week

Transit Times 

Brisbane

Sydney*

 Melbourne

Adelaide 

Fremantle

Port Huenen (Los Angeles)

 

 

 

 

 

New Westminister

 

 

 

 

 

This service goes via Japan

  South Africa to Australia / New Zealand  

Sailings Every 18 days

Transit Times 

Fremantle

Melbourne

Sydney*

Brisbane

Auckland

Durban

12 days

18 days

20 days

22 days

26 days

Air Conditioning Gas in Cars 
When importing cars into Australia (these regulations do not apply to New Zealanders) please ensure you appraise yourself with the new regulations pertaining to vehicles with pre charged air-conditioning units containing CFC/HCFC gasses. 

Basically, CFC gas (R12) is totally banned and must not be imported underany circumstances. Whereas HCFC (R134A) may be imported under license. These regulations became Law in 1995 and will be vigorously enforced with effect from 01 April 2004. We suggest you get a company in the field of air-conditioning or refrigeration to state on their letter head that they have checked your car and find no CFC R12. The car ships are run from Japan and are proving to be unreliable in its scheduling of port calls, we recommend you make booking and wait for confirmation to be confirmed before proceeding with your personal travel plans (we suggest you allocate 2 to 3 days for confirmation to come through)

Ships from Australia to NZ call at these wharves

Port

Stevedoring

Cut off times

Auckland

Jellicoe (JA Berth)
Quay St, Auckland

All Cargo
Mon – Fri 4.00 pm
Sat – 12.00 pm

Port Kembla

AAT
Yampi Way (off Tom Thumb Rd)
Port Kembla NSW 2505

Mon – Fri
Ro/Ro & Breakbulk
7.00 am to 2.30 pm

Melbourne

Mirrat Webb Dock West
Berth 2
118 Williamstown Road
Port Melbourne Vic 3207

Mon – Fri
Ro/Ro & Breakbulk
7.00 am to 2.30 pm

Brisbane

AAT
Berth 1 to 3, Fisherman Island
Port Drive Fisherman Islands Qld 4178

Mon – Fri
Ro/Ro & Breakbulk
7.00 am to 2.30 pm

Adelaide

AAT – Outer Harbour
Oliver Rogers Road
North Haven SA 5018

Mon – Fri
Ro/Ro & Breakbulk
7.00 am to 2.30 pm

Fremantle

P & O Ports
Port Beach Road
North Fremantle
or Victoria Quay, Peter Hughes Drive WA 6160

Mon – Fri
Ro/Ro & Breakbulk
7.00 am to 2.00 pm