Andrew, assuming you were paid in full before the engine shipped, I would suspect he got it, or otherwise you would have heard from him. Did you send him a private message on the bb? I am not familiar with the name. GWH

GWH, Gabe is the shipping guy that was recommended in this thread, just wanted to see if anyone knows him. regards Andrew

I just dropped off a tractor to Gabe's facility yesterday that is heading to the UK. Was pleasant, accomodating, described some of the various tractors he has shipped prior and how he has prepared them for transport to Europe, Austrailia, and NZ. Seemed knowledgable and he was very familiar with one of the individuals noted on this post as he does much of his freighting for product departing from the west coast to the UK. Should I sell anything more to overseas buyers I am going to recommend they inquire with him to arrange and coordinate the transport.

Greg

Greg, he made me think he was the right man for the job but the engine was dropped off by Sand man in may and I still don't have it, regards Andrew

Andrew - Your shipping agent, Gabe, may be waiting upon a container that is going to Melbourne, that has some spare room in it. These "less-than-container-load" items, such as your engine, are a PIA to shippers, and often, they just don't want to know about them.
They usually prefer to deal just with 20' or 40' full containers, and nothing else.

You may be able to swing a deal if you contact American car importers in Melbourne, and see if they have containers coming, with cars in them, that have room for an engine as well.

I often see classified ads in the local Sunday paper, with importers stating they have room in containers coming from CA, and they are looking for additional freight.

Check out the local hot-rod clubs and hot-rod parts suppliers, they are the blokes who deal with this kind of thing all the time.
Freight forwarders are a PIA, they never attend to details .. and it's worse, when you don't have someone on the far end, doing the checking and double checking for you.

Another word of advice - make sure that engine is perfectly clean, or Australian Quarantine will fall on you like a ton of bricks, with additional cleaning charges, and double inspection charges .. and they don't work cheap ..

Hello Andrew , you need to speak to Gabriel in person , give him a call . 510 9407447. <a href="This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." target="_blank">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. bussiness hours !. Good luck. Sorry i didnt have room this year. peter

Peter, I am either ringing the wrong number to get the USA or I have the time zone worked out wrong! Any ideas? regards Andrew