kennyb87 said:

If a car does go in a container abroad the ships manifest should have the item listed in what container it's in surely

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machine parts, etc etc any old ****, not everything is checked

fanatic said:

machine parts, etc etc any old ****, not everything is checked

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I'm told by a mate that exports a lot of stuff to Africa and the Middle East, that you have to give a full inventory of the container's contents, including all chassis numbers etc. Customs check one in five at random, any discrepancies on the check and they confiscate everything in the container and impose an instant £20K fine, on top of any criminal proceedings that might follow.

At least that's supposed to be what happens.

If the land rovers are going to eastern Europe, which to my mind is the most likely destination given the strong demand over there at the moment, then they could be sent via road inside tilts or curtain siders. I've sold agricultural machinery to the poles for export and they don't seem to be too worried about the paper work, so the checks can't be that stringent.

BasilSeal said:

I'm told by a mate that exports a lot of stuff to Africa and the Middle East, that you have to give a full inventory of the container's contents, including all chassis numbers etc. Customs check one in five at random, any discrepancies on the check and they confiscate everything in the container and impose an instant £20K fine, on top of any criminal proceedings that might follow.

At least that's supposed to be what happens.

If the land rovers are going to eastern Europe, which to my mind is the most likely destination given the strong demand over there at the moment, then they could be sent via road inside tilts or curtain siders. I've sold agricultural machinery to the poles for export and they don't seem to be too worried about the paper work, so the checks can't be that stringent.

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Lets face it the don't grow wings and fly.

Watched a documentary (i know sad) on this subject. Because of the sheer number of containers leaving our ports daily, they cant check everything, so what they do it check dodgy ones, at random. Sometimes they have Intel to which ones to check. But they even admit they cant check them all and cant solve the problem.

The containers are loaded up elsewhere, and transported to the port by wagon, theyre loaded onto the ship and the paerwork gets passed on. They never see the inside unless they feel the need to open it up, and they need a good reason to do it! The container maybe full of feathers, desks, furniture on the paperwork, but couold actually be full of mercs, and landys and jags etc etc.

Lets face it, if your going to nick and export cars, you aint gonna tell the truth ona bit of paper now are you?!?

If you can remember a few year back when the MSC Napoli was beached and the containers fell off they knew exactly what was in them so when cars are loaded they must know where to stack for weight distribution

wonder how hard it would be to make lorries drive through x-ray machines?

Give a quick view what's inside curtain sided lorries... though guess it doesn't help with containers...

Wonder if ultrasonics / radar or something could be used there...?

Depends what they hide them behind aswell, a few years ago a random check was made on a container coming through tees dock which was allegedly carrying part worn tyres. Once opened they found lots of tyres and a couple of audis too