Shipping Company from Saudi Arabia to Turkey 0560533140 | Container Furniture Moving and Car Shipping to Istanbul and Mersin

Saudi Express ships furniture, cars and goods from Saudi Arabia to Turkey by sea in containers from Jeddah Islamic Port or Dammam’s King Abdulaziz Port to the ports of Mersin, Iskenderun and Istanbul, then delivers to Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa, Trabzon and every other province, with air freight for parcels and urgent items. The sea journey usually takes 3 to 5 weeks door to door and air freight two to five days, prices start from SAR 1,380 for a small groupage furniture shipment, and our booking line for calls and WhatsApp is 0560533140.

Turkey is one of the most requested destinations from the Kingdom: families who bought a home in Istanbul or Trabzon, university students, investors furnishing apartments to rent, and traders shipping goods. Because the route is essentially by sea, its details differ from road shipping to Jordan or the Gulf: the container, the port, packing against humidity, and the papers Turkish customs asks for. This guide explains all of it in order.

Shipping Prices from Saudi Arabia to Turkey

Shipping from Saudi Arabia to Turkey starts from SAR 83 for documents by air, SAR 110 for a small parcel, SAR 1,380 for a groupage furniture shipment, SAR 7,350 for a full two-bedroom apartment, SAR 5,550 for a 20 ft container and SAR 9,300 for a car. The table brings the starting prices together:

What Determines the Price of Shipping to Turkey?

For sea freight the price depends on the container type (dedicated or shared), the furniture volume in cubic metres, the Saudi port nearest you, the Turkish port nearest your home, and the inland distance in Turkey from the port to the address. Delivery in Mersin or Adana near the port differs from delivery in Trabzon on the Black Sea. For air freight it depends on actual or volumetric weight, whichever is higher, and on the contents.

Turkish port charges, customs clearance and any taxes on non-exempt goods are not part of the freight price, and depend on your status in Turkey: foreign resident, returning Turkish citizen or trader. We share what we know of these costs ahead of sailing, and an agent at the Turkish port can handle clearance for you.

How Long Does Shipping from Saudi Arabia to Turkey Take?

Sea freight from Saudi Arabia to Turkey takes 3 to 5 weeks door to door, about two of them at sea and the rest for consolidation, loading, clearance and delivery. Air freight takes 2 to 5 days. Timing varies with the Saudi port, vessel schedules and the Turkish port.

A shared container usually waits until it is full before sailing, adding about a week, while a dedicated container is booked on the first suitable vessel after loading. We give you the expected sailing date and the container number so you can track it yourself.

Shipping Methods from Saudi Arabia to Turkey

The main way to ship from Saudi Arabia to Turkey is by sea in containers for furniture, cars and goods, and by air for parcels, documents and urgent items. Road through Jordan and Syria is possible for some commercial shipments in transit, but it is less used for furniture because of the long route, transit procedures and load transfers at the Syrian border.

Sea Freight by Container from Saudi Arabia to Turkey

Sea freight to Turkey is either a full container (FCL) of your own or a shared container (LCL) where you pay by cubic metre. A 20 ft container holds about 25 to 28 cubic metres, the equivalent of a two- or three-bedroom apartment with average furniture, and a 40 ft container about 55 to 65 cubic metres, a villa or a large apartment.

The loading port in the Kingdom depends on your city: Jeddah Islamic Port for Jeddah, Makkah, Madinah, Taif and the south, and King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam for the Eastern Province and Al-Ahsa, with Riyadh served by either depending on sailings. In Turkey containers usually arrive at Mersin or Iskenderun in the south, or at Istanbul’s ports in the north-west. The Saudi Ports Authority has activated a service linking Jeddah Islamic Port with Iskenderun.

With a dedicated container we load your furniture directly at your home if the street allows the container truck in; otherwise we bring it by truck to the stuffing yard. The container is sealed with a numbered seal recorded on the bill of lading and is only opened for Turkish customs inspection. In a shared container your furniture is wrapped, marked with your name and separated from other loads.

How Does a Shared Container to Turkey Work?

With a shared container we collect your furniture or goods, wrap and number them, and move them to a consolidation warehouse near the port, where other loads for the same Turkish port are gathered. Once the box is full it is loaded, sealed and sails; in Turkey it is unpacked at a customs warehouse and each customer receives their share after clearance. You pay for the cubic metres you occupy, usually with a minimum of around one cubic metre.

This suits a student shipping twenty cartons, a bed and a desk, a family moving one bedroom and some appliances, or a trader sending a trial quantity. Its only drawback is waiting for the container to fill, so we give you the expected sailing date before you book, and if you are in a hurry we suggest flying part of your things.

Which Turkish Port Suits Your Province?

Choosing the arrival port saves days and hundreds of riyals of inland transport in Turkey. The general rule: the south and central Anatolia via Mersin or Iskenderun, the Marmara region via Istanbul’s ports, and the Black Sea usually via Istanbul and then by road. This approximate table helps:

These distances are estimates only; we set the final port according to available sailings at the time of shipping. If your home is in Trabzon, arriving in Istanbul and continuing by road may be faster than waiting for another vessel, and we show you both options with time and cost.

Air Freight from Saudi Arabia to Turkey

Air freight from Saudi Arabia to Turkey arrives at Istanbul Airport, Sabiha Gökçen or Ankara Esenboğa in 2 to 5 days. Documents start from SAR 83, a small parcel from SAR 110 and express shipments up to 50 kg from SAR 550. There are many direct flights from Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Madinah to Istanbul.

For air, multiply the parcel’s dimensions in centimetres and divide by 6,000 to get its volumetric weight; the price follows whichever is heavier, that or the real weight. A large 80×50×35 cm bag has a volumetric weight of about 23 kg. Air therefore suits what a student needs in the first days of term, official papers, phones and laptops, and trade samples, leaving furniture and soft furnishings for the container.

Perfume in large quantities, loose batteries, liquids and flammable materials are not accepted by air or need special handling, and personal medicine travels in reasonable amounts with its prescription. Ask us before packing if you are unsure about a particular item.

Moving Furniture from Saudi Arabia to Turkey

A move to Turkey opens with a survey that fixes the volume, followed by carpenters dismantling, moisture-resistant packing, an inventory and loading into the container; after the voyage and clearance we deliver and reassemble the furniture in your home in Turkey. The key difference from road moves is that furniture spends weeks in a sealed container passing through hot and then humid conditions, so packing must protect against moisture, not just friction.

• Wood: blankets then stretch film, leaving small vents on some pieces so moisture does not condense under the plastic.
• Sofas and soft furnishings: foam and tightly sealed film, with moisture-absorbing sachets inside cartons.
• Appliances: dried completely before packing, because a drop of water in a fridge becomes mould after weeks.
• Glass and marble: wooden crates made of heat-treated wood in line with the international standard for wood packaging.
• Books and papers: small heavy-wall cartons wrapped in film on the outside.

Inside the container we stow the load from heaviest to lightest, secure it with straps and dividers so it does not move with the swell, and fill gaps so cartons do not slide. Every piece is numbered with its room, making unloading at your new home easy.

Car Shipping from Saudi Arabia to Turkey

Car shipping from Saudi Arabia to Turkey is by sea in a closed container or on a RoRo vessel, starting from SAR 9,300. It requires Saudi export plates, but the most important step is checking before shipping that the car can enter Turkey, because permanent import of used cars is restricted and its taxes are high.

What is usually available is temporary import: a Turkish citizen living abroad (more than 185 days a year outside Turkey) can bring one car registered in their name temporarily for up to 730 days, and a foreign resident with a valid permit may be allowed temporary import tied to the length of residence. Selling the car or transferring its ownership inside Turkey without final clearance and payment of taxes is not allowed.

Inside a container, straps and chocks hold the car in place, and a 40 ft box can take two cars. On RoRo the car is driven onto the vessel and lashed to the deck. Either way the car should be handed over clean, with no personal items inside, about a quarter tank of fuel and a spare key.

Turkish Customs and Furniture Import Documents

To bring used furniture into Turkey free of duty, a foreigner needs a valid residence or work permit, a Turkish tax number, a notarised lease of at least 12 months or a title deed, a detailed inventory, and a bill of lading in their name matching the passport. A returning Turkish citizen needs a permanent-return certificate from the consulate, a 24-month lease or a title deed.

These are the main documents for each category:

Turkish customs expects goods to be used and suitable for household use, so large quantities of one item or new boxed appliances attract attention. It is wise to list serial numbers for electronics. We review the inventory and bill of lading with you before sailing so the name matches the passport exactly, because even a small difference can delay clearance.

Shipping Commercial Goods from Saudi Arabia to Turkey

Commercial goods go to Turkey in a full or shared container by sea, or by air for small quantities and samples, and travel with a sales invoice, packing list, origin certificate and the Turkish buyer’s importer number. We handle export formalities in the Kingdom through the FASAH platform and coordinate with the clearing agent at the Turkish port.

Goods shipped on this lane include dates and packaged food products, perfumes and incense, plastic products and permitted chemicals, and equipment. Some of these need health or conformity certificates, so we check the product’s requirements with you before booking so the container is not held in port.

What Happens After the Container Reaches the Turkish Port?

When the vessel arrives an arrival notice is issued, the clearing agent submits your papers to Turkish customs, the container is either inspected or cleared on documents, and after any dues are paid a delivery order is issued and the container goes to your address or your goods are released from the consolidation warehouse. This stage usually takes three days to a week when papers are complete.

Turkish ports allow a limited number of free days for a container, after which ground rent and late-return charges for the empty box start. That is why we start your clearance file while you are still in the Kingdom and ask for your residence, tax number and lease to be ready before the vessel arrives, not after. If the apartment is on a narrow street in Istanbul, we unload the container at a nearby yard and bring the furniture in a smaller truck.

Furnishing Owned and Investment Apartments in Turkey

Many Saudis have bought apartments in Istanbul, Trabzon and Bursa and ask whether it is cheaper to ship furniture from the Kingdom or buy in Turkey. It depends on the furniture. Arabic majlis seating, rugs and furnishings the family loves and would struggle to find there are worth shipping, while ordinary furniture is competitively priced in Turkey and may be better bought locally.

If you are shipping to an empty apartment nobody lives in, we need someone to hold the key and open it on delivery day, or coordination with the compound management or estate office. If you are an investor, our advice is to put furniture for several apartments in one container and unload it at several addresses in the same city, so the container cost is spread across all of them.

Shipping Students’ Belongings to Turkish Universities

Saudi students in Turkey are spread between Istanbul, Ankara, Sakarya, Karabük and other cities, and most of what they ship is clothes, books, a laptop and a few tools. A 1–5 kg air parcel starts from SAR 110 and 5–20 kg of clothes from SAR 200; once belongings pass about thirty kilos, a shared container is usually cheaper.

Write your name exactly as in your passport, the dorm or apartment address and a Turkish phone number if you have one on the parcel, because delivery inside Turkey depends on reaching the recipient. Do not put large amounts of medicine or several electronic devices of the same type in a student parcel, so it is not treated as goods.

Prohibited Items When Shipping to Turkey

Containers bound for Turkey cannot carry any weapon, ammunition or narcotics, nor flammables such as gas, petrol and thinner, nor hazardous chemicals. Money and gold stay with you, not in the load. Other items need permission or are limited in quantity: large stocks of medicine, seeds and plants, animal products, radios and drones.

• Opened food and liquids do not go in the container because they spoil and attract insects during weeks at sea.
• Antiques need papers showing they are not protected heritage items.
• Electronics beyond personal-use quantities are treated as goods.
• Official papers, gold and medicine travel with you.

Cities We Deliver to in Turkey

We deliver to both the European and Asian sides of Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa, Antalya, Trabzon, Samsun, Yalova, Sakarya, Kocaeli, Bolu, Mersin, Adana, Gaziantep, Hatay, Konya, Kayseri and other provinces on request.

Where in Saudi Arabia Do We Collect?

Turkey-bound loads are collected across the Kingdom: the west coast (Jeddah, Yanbu, Madinah, Makkah, Taif), the centre (Riyadh, Qassim, Hail), the east (Al-Ahsa, Dammam, Jubail, Khobar), Tabuk in the north, and Abha, Khamis Mushait, Najran and Jazan in the south, then trucked to the right loading port. Guides for the main cities:

• Shipping from Riyadh to Turkey and Shipping from Jeddah to Turkey.
• Shipping from Makkah to Turkey and Shipping from Madinah to Turkey.
• Shipping from Al-Ahsa to Turkey, via Dammam port.
• All Turkey services are on our Shipping to Turkey page, container details under sea freight, and cars under car shipping.

Steps to Ship from Saudi Arabia to Turkey

Shipping to Turkey follows these steps: survey and volume, choosing the container and port, documents, dismantling, packing and loading, the voyage, clearance in Turkey, and finally delivery and reassembly.

1. Survey: photos or a visit to set the volume, and your city in Turkey.
2. Container and port: dedicated or shared, 20 or 40 ft, and the Turkish port nearest your address.
3. Documents: passport and Turkish residence or return certificate, tax number, lease and inventory.
4. Dismantling and packing: moisture-resistant packing and every piece numbered.
5. Loading and sealing: the load stowed and secured, the container sealed with a recorded number.
6. Voyage and tracking: container number, vessel name and expected arrival.
7. Clearance and delivery: Turkish customs completed, then delivery and reassembly at your home.

Marine Insurance and Storage Before Shipping

We recommend marine insurance on a Turkey shipment for full homes and cars, because it covers sea and port-handling risks as well as road risks, priced as a percentage of declared value. Before you sign we walk you through the policy terms and exclusions, for instance damage caused by packing done by the owner.

Storage before shipping helps anyone waiting to receive their apartment in Turkey or for residence and tax-number formalities, or anyone gathering belongings until a dedicated container is full. Everything stays wrapped and labelled in a closed store, billed per cubic metre per period.

Mistakes That Delay Your Shipment to Turkey

What most often delays a shipment to Turkey is shipping furniture before obtaining residence or a tax number, then a name mismatch between the bill of lading and the passport, then undeclared new appliances. Other mistakes:

• A lease shorter than required or not notarised, so the exemption does not apply.
• Wrapping furniture in film only with no moisture protection, so stains and mould appear after arrival.
• Shipping a car without confirming its right to enter, so it stays in port.
• Collecting the container late after arrival, so demurrage and storage fees build up.
• Writing a general list without serial numbers for electronics.

Tips Before Shipping from Saudi Arabia to Turkey

The most important tip: prepare your papers in Turkey before shipping the furniture, not after, and choose the port nearest your home. More tips:

• If your home is in Trabzon or on the Black Sea, ask which arrival port suits you before booking.
• If your street allows the container truck in, ask for loading straight from your home to reduce handling.
• Send important papers and first-week essentials by air or in your bag; the container takes weeks.
• Photograph furniture before packing and keep copies of the inventory and bill of lading on your phone.
• If you are a student with few belongings, air freight or a shared container costs less than a dedicated one.
• Measure the apartment entrance and lift in Turkey; many buildings have small lifts.

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