Shipping from Dubai
to Tuvalu.

Yes. Our movers and packers do the packing, wrapping and listing in Dubai, then we ship your furniture and household goods in a full container, or share one if you have less to send. The item by item list matters, because customs clear personal effects against it. Fuel, gas cylinders, paint, aerosols and loose batteries cannot travel, and we give you the full list before packing day.

Sea freight runs between about 52 and 70 days depending on the routing, and air freight takes about 7 days. That sea range is the widest on our network, and it comes from how many transhipments the service uses rather than from any uncertainty about the distance. We tell you which routing your cargo is on.

Because Tuvalu is served by multi-transhipment routings and they differ enormously. The cargo changes ship several times, and which hubs it passes through can be worth two and a half weeks. We could not verify a simple direct Jebel Ali service. Any page giving you one confident number for this lane is quoting an average nobody sails.

It deserves a serious look here, more than on almost any lane we run. Sea can take ten weeks and air takes about 7 days. For a small, valuable or time-critical consignment the difference is not a convenience, it is the difference between having the goods this month and having them at the end of the quarter.

We could not verify a universal one. Imported goods remain under customs control and must be properly entered before they can be removed, and restricted commodities need the relevant approval. Send us the product and we will confirm before you book.

It depends on what you send, how big it is, and which routing you choose. We do not publish prices because every shipment is different. Sea freight is priced per container when you fill one, and per cubic metre when you share one. On this lane we show you the routing behind the price, because the cheapest is often the slowest by a fortnight. Send us the details.

Funafuti and Vaiaku on the main atoll, then Asau, Savave, Tanrake, Toga, Kulia, Lolua, Motufoua and Niulakita by domestic service. Tuvalu is small in land area and spread wide across the ocean, so the outer islands depend entirely on the domestic sailing schedule.

Yes. Cargo lands at Funafuti and continues on a domestic service. Those sailings are infrequent, so we confirm the schedule before quoting a delivery date rather than assuming one. It is worth planning the last leg at the same time as the first.

Because there is no quick second attempt. Goods stay under customs control until they are properly entered, and if something is wrong the next sailing may be a long way off. We get the documentation right in Dubai rather than correcting it seventy days later.

Yes. We handle freight forwarding to Tuvalu door to door. We collect the goods in Dubai, move them, clear them at Funafuti and bring them to your address, including the island leg where one is needed.

You can send as little as one box or one pallet. We put small shipments from different customers into one shared container. This is called LCL, or less than container load. Your goods load in the UAE and come into Funafuti. When you have more goods, you move up to your own full container, which is called FCL. We will tell you which one is cheaper.

We can move the vehicle, but we could not verify a current permanent vehicle import rule for Tuvalu. Rather than publish something we have not checked, we confirm the position with the authorities before you buy. Send us the make, model, year and chassis number.

Yes, at both ends. We do customs clearance in Dubai and the import entry at Funafuti, plus any commodity permit the goods need.

Yes. We collect anywhere in Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and the rest of the UAE. We can also hold your goods in warehousing and storage in Dubai until you are ready to ship. On a lane this long, holding cargo until the right sailing is often better than putting it on the first one.

Yes. We move full house moves and part loads. We could not verify a household-goods concession for Tuvalu, so we will not promise relief we have not checked. Tell us your situation and we will confirm what applies.