RoRo vessel
The vehicle is driven on board under its own power, then parked and lashed on an enclosed deck — like a car park. It's the most direct and economical mode for a roadworthy vehicle.
RoRo transport details
Le Havre → Africa · RoRo & container
Vehicle export and shipping to Africa
International freight forwarder and shipping agent based in Le Havre. We ship your vehicles and containers from Europe to 22 ports in West, Central and Southern Africa.
- ports served in Africa
- 22ports served in Africa
- European departure ports
- 6European departure ports
- vehicles exported in 2025
- 500+vehicles exported in 2025
Shipping modes
RoRo or container: two ways to ship a vehicle
The choice depends on the vehicle, its value, the destination and what you want to load with it.
Shipping container
The vehicle is loaded and lashed inside a 20' or 40' container. It travels protected from weather and handling, and you can load personal effects or goods around it.
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Calculate your rate
Three questions and you have the price. Choose the departure port, the destination and the type of vehicle.
- Departure port
- Destination
- Vehicle
1.Where does the vehicle leave from?
How it works
Four steps, one point of contact
From picking up the vehicle in Europe to its arrival at the African port, your file stays in the same hands.
Vehicle pickup
We organise the pickup of the vehicle wherever it is in France or Europe, and its transport to our departure area in Le Havre.
Customs formalities
Export declaration, checking the vehicle's documents, and preparing the maritime transport file.
Maritime transport
Booking space on board, positioning at the quay, boarding by RoRo or loading into a container, then the crossing.
Arrival in Africa
Unloading at the destination port. The recipient or their local freight forwarder takes over for import customs clearance.
Vehicles
All types of vehicles
Sedans, 4x4s, vans and oversized vehicles. The shipping mode is adapted to the vehicle's dimensions and condition.
Sedans
City cars, compacts and saloons
4x4s and SUVs
Elevated and off-road vehicles
Vans
Light commercial vehicles and vans
Oversized
Machinery, long or elevated vehicles
Destinations
The ports we serve
Twenty-two ports served, from Mauritania to South Africa, along the entire African Atlantic coast.
The company
Freight forwarder and international shipping agent
Auto Export Europe is based in Le Havre, France's leading container port and the natural head of the shipping lines to the West African coast.
We handle the entire chain on departure: picking up the vehicle, export customs formalities, sea freight booking, loading and tracking the file through to unloading.
Free quote — no obligation
A vehicle to ship to Africa?
Send us the make, model, year and destination port. We'll respond with a quote and the most suitable shipping mode.