Al Mellah International Shipping (0580402747) is the cheapest shipping company from Jeddah to Algeria because your shipment starts at the port itself: no long road leg and no extra cost before the sea. We ship cars, boxes, suitcases, furniture and cargo from Jeddah, Makkah, Taif and Rabigh to Oran, Algiers, Béjaïa, Annaba and Skikda in 4 to 7 weeks. Prices start from SAR 290 per box, SAR 4,100 for a room by consolidated shipping, SAR 10,300 for a 20 ft container and SAR 15,600 for a 40 ft container.
People searching for the cheapest shipping company from Jeddah to Algeria are rarely after the lowest number in an advert; they want the lowest final bill that gets all their belongings home. The two are very different: an offer that looks cheap can hide port, clearance or inland charges that appear once the container lands. This guide explains where every riyal of the price to Algeria comes from, and shows where you can genuinely save and where saving turns into a loss.
Jeddah is perfectly placed for those savings. The container is loaded outside your home in Al-Safa, Al-Rawdah or Obhur and enters Jeddah Islamic Port almost the same day, and the Algerian Consulate General in Jeddah serves Algerians in Makkah, Madinah and the western region for the change-of-residence certificate. All of this cuts days and costs that customers in distant cities have to pay.
🧮 What makes up the price of shipping from Jeddah to Algeria?
A container price is not a single number but a chain of stages, each paid to a different party. Knowing them lets you compare offers fairly and know what to ask:
| Cost item | What it means | How to reduce it |
|---|---|---|
| Packing, dismantling and loading | Labour, packing materials and bringing the empty container to your home | Sell unnecessary pieces before the survey |
| Jeddah port and export charges | Container handling and the Fasah declaration | Nearly fixed, little room to cut |
| Ocean freight | The shipping line’s rate from Jeddah to the Algerian port | Book off-peak and choose the right size |
| Destination port charges | Discharge and storage at the Algerian port | Complete the file before arrival to avoid storage days |
| Customs clearance | Preparing the declaration and following inspection | A change-of-residence certificate and an accurate list |
| Algerian duties and taxes | Charged on whatever the exemption does not cover | Do not ship new appliances in quantity |
| Inland transport in Algeria | From the port to your wilaya | Choose the nearest port or collect from the warehouse |
🚗 The cheapest way to ship a car from Jeddah to Algeria
Jeddah’s advantage for car shipping is that you do not pay a carrier for a thousand kilometres — the car reaches the port on a hydraulic flatbed within the city. But the cheapest car shipment is the one that is not refused on arrival, so we always start by confirming your car is accepted in Algeria: for a citizen resident there it must be no more than three years old from manufacture, not diesel, and limited to one car every three years. For a final returnee it enters under the change-of-residence certificate, according to the consulate’s conditions and the current Finance Law.
| Option | Relative cost | When it is cheapest |
|---|---|---|
| RoRo | Low | One empty car and a RoRo sailing soon |
| Sharing a 40 ft container with another car | Low per car | Two friends or relatives shipping at the same time to the same port |
| Your car with your furniture in a 40 ft | Best value for a family | When you are already shipping your home and need a large container |
| Dedicated 20 ft for the car | Higher | A valuable car that needs full protection |
The price differs between a small saloon and a large family car, and between a RoRo sailing available now and one weeks away, so we give a precise quote once you send the model, year and wilaya in Algeria.
📊 The price ladder: from one box to a 40 ft container
Starting prices for each tier from Jeddah; they move with the shipping season, the arrival port and the services you need in Algeria.
| What you ship | Approx. volume | Cheapest option | Starts from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clothes and gifts of a student or pilgrim | 1–2 m³ | Boxes by consolidated shipping | SAR 290 per box |
| A bedroom or a majlis | 4–7 m³ | Consolidated LCL | SAR 4,100 |
| Two rooms with kitchen appliances | 10–14 m³ | Compare consolidated with a 20 ft | After comparison |
| Three-bedroom flat | 20–28 m³ | 20 ft container | SAR 10,300 |
| Whole house, or a flat with a car | 40–58 m³ | 40 ft container | SAR 15,600 |
| Method | Transit time | Starts from |
|---|---|---|
| 🚢 Consolidated LCL | 5–7 weeks | SAR 4,100 per room |
| 🚢 20 ft FCL | 4–6 weeks | SAR 10,300 |
| 🚢 40 ft FCL | 4–6 weeks | SAR 15,600 |
| 🚢 RoRo | 4–7 weeks | Request a quote |
| ✈️ Air | 5–7 days | By chargeable weight |
🚢 Consolidated shipping: why it is cheapest for small volumes
With consolidated shipping you do not rent a whole container, only space inside one shared with other customers heading to Algeria. We collect your belongings from home or you drop them at our Jeddah warehouse; they are packed, numbered and registered in your name, and once the container is full it ships as one. That is how a room starts from SAR 4,100 instead of paying for an entire container.
✂️ 12 ways to cut your shipping bill from Jeddah to Algeria
🧳 Boxes and suitcases from Jeddah, Makkah and Taif
All year round Jeddah and Makkah receive Algerian Umrah pilgrims and visitors who go home with gifts, clothes, dates and copies of the Qur’an, as well as students at the region’s universities and workers sending things to their families. For them, per-box shipping is the cheapest option, starting from SAR 290.
| Type | Suitable weight or size | Saving tip |
|---|---|---|
| Box of clothes and gifts | Up to about 25 kg | Fill it well with no gaps — you pay for empty space |
| Box of dates and dry food | Factory-sealed packs | No home-made or perishable food |
| Large suitcase | Used personal belongings | Lock it and wrap it in film |
| Box of books and Qur’ans | Small boxes, because books are heavy | Spread the books over several boxes |
| One electrical appliance | Charged by packed volume | Keep its original box if it is used |
🛋️ Moving furniture from Jeddah for less, without damage
Jeddah’s high humidity is furniture’s first enemy, even before the sea. Wooden pieces and soft furnishings absorb coastal moisture, and once the container is closed that moisture condenses on its walls during the voyage. So we dry pieces, place moisture absorbers inside the container and pack to prevent mould. Not all packing needs an expert — here is what you can do yourself and what to leave to our crew:
| Task | You can do it yourself | Best done by our crew |
|---|---|---|
| Clothes, bedding and books | ✔ in sturdy sealed boxes | — |
| Dishes and glassware | — | ✔ individual wrapping, wooden crates for valuables |
| Dismantling beds and wardrobes | — | ✔ with numbered parts and bagged screws |
| Air conditioners | — | ✔ a technician recovers the gas before removal |
| IKEA kitchens and cabinets | — | ✔ photographed, numbered and dismantled in order |
| Carpets | ✔ clean and dry them before the date | ✔ tube rolling and sealing |
| Home office furniture | ✔ empty the drawers | ✔ anti-static wrapping for equipment |
Ship it or sell it?
| Item | Usually the better-value decision |
|---|---|
| Solid-wood bedroom set in good condition | Ship it — its value exceeds the cost of its space |
| Old sofa or worn upholstery | Sell it and buy in Algeria |
| Recent fridge or washing machine | Ship it if used and in excellent condition |
| Cheap plastic or metal tables and chairs | Sell them or leave them |
| Hand-made carpets and antiques | Ship them with special packing |
📄 Shipping documents from Jeddah and the change-of-residence certificate
The cheapest shipment is the one that arrives with a complete file, because every day of delay at the arrival port adds storage charges. Algerians living in the western region obtain the change-of-residence certificate from the Algerian Consulate General in Jeddah if registered there, provided they have lived abroad legally for at least three consecutive years, and only once. It comes with an endorsed inventory of belongings, which must match the packing list we prepare on loading day.
| Document | Boxes & suitcases | Furniture & final return | Car | Cargo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID or iqama | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fasah authorisation | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Packing list | ✔ simple | ✔ detailed and numbered | — | ✔ packing list |
| Algerian passport | Receiver’s passport | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| Change-of-residence certificate | — | ✔ for exemption | ✔ for exemption | — |
| Export plates and certificate | — | — | ✔ | — |
| Invoice and Arab certificate of origin | — | — | — | ✔ |
🛃 What raises customs charges in Algeria?
An exemption does not mean everything in the container enters free. Algerian customs value whatever goes beyond personal use and apply VAT (19%) and duties to anything the exemption does not cover. What raises the bill most: new appliances in their boxes, repeated quantities of the same item, and exceeding the exempt-value ceiling published for returnees. The fix is simple — an honest, detailed list, appliances that are genuinely used, and not turning the container into a small shop.
| Prohibited or restricted | Status |
|---|---|
| Weapons, ammunition and fireworks | Prohibited |
| Gas cylinders, paint, solvents and fuel | Not allowed in the container |
| Controlled medicines | Prohibited without prescription and permit |
| Perishable food | Needs refrigerated shipping |
| Drones and satellite communication devices | Restricted, prior authorisation required |
| Gold, cash and original documents | Carried by the traveller, never left in furniture |
🏙️ Collect at the port or deliver to your door?
After clearance you have two choices, each suited to a different case: door delivery with unloading and reassembly, which is easiest for a whole house or for customers far from the port; or collection from the arrival warehouse, which is cheapest for a few boxes if you live in Oran, Algiers or near the port.
| Option | Cost | Suits |
|---|---|---|
| Door delivery with reassembly | Higher | Containers, furniture and inland wilayas |
| Door delivery without reassembly | Medium | Many boxes and appliances |
| Collection from the arrival warehouse | Lowest | Boxes and suitcases for port-city residents |
We cover the west from Oran to Tlemcen, Sidi Bel Abbès and Mascara, the centre in Algiers, Blida and Boumerdès, Kabylie and Sétif via Béjaïa, the east from Constantine to Annaba and Tébessa, and the south in Biskra, El Oued, Ouargla and Ghardaïa by road after clearance.
🏬 Storage, insurance and tracking
✈️ Air, sea or consolidated?
| Criterion | Consolidated sea | Dedicated container | Air |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | Lowest for small volumes | Lowest per m³ for large volumes | Highest |
| Speed | 5–7 weeks | 4–6 weeks | 5–7 days |
| Security | Good with numbering and packing | Highest, because it is sealed | Good for parcels |
| Suits | Boxes and one room | A flat, a house, or a car with furniture | Documents, samples and urgent parcels |
Road is not a practical option to Algeria: there is no regular road service for furniture on such a long route, and the sea is the standard route for anything larger than a parcel.
🏭 For traders: commercial cargo, reefer and online stores
For Algerian importers holding a commercial register, we ship full or shared containers from Jeddah for products made in the western region’s factories, with a commercial invoice, packing list and Arab certificate of origin. Dates and food products travel in reefer containers at a stable temperature, and online sellers get periodic consolidated shipping that gathers orders and sends them together. For local transport we use a Dyna for small orders, a lorry for medium loads and a trailer for containers, with lashing straps, pallet jacks and ramps.
🗓️ Steps for shipping from Jeddah to Algeria
📍 Jeddah vs Riyadh and Dammam: how much do you save?
Because every container to Algeria leaves from Jeddah port, a Jeddah customer starts where others finish. The table shows the approximate difference in starting prices and days between Jeddah and inland and eastern cities:
| Origin city | 20 ft from | 40 ft from | Days before the port |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeddah | SAR 10,300 | SAR 15,600 | Almost the same day as loading |
| Makkah and Taif | SAR 10,500 | SAR 15,900 | 1 day |
| Riyadh | SAR 11,200 | SAR 16,900 | 2–3 days |
| Dammam and Al-Ahsa | SAR 11,900 | SAR 17,800 | 3–4 days |
That difference is what a Riyadh or Dammam customer pays for the long road haul, and what a Jeddah resident saves automatically. That is why some of our customers advise relatives in other cities to send small boxes with a traveller to Jeddah and ship them from here by consolidation.
📆 When should you book to pay less?
| Period | Demand for shipping to Algeria | Our advice |
|---|---|---|
| June to August | Very high with contracts and the school year ending | Book at least a month ahead, or postpone if you can |
| After Hajj season | High for boxes and suitcases | Hand in boxes early to catch the first consolidated container |
| September to November | Moderate | A good time for dedicated containers |
| December to March | Usually quietest | Best chance of lower prices and faster dates |
| Ramadan and before Eid | High for gifts | Book early if you want delivery before Eid |
🚫 Mistakes that make cheap shipping expensive
🔁 Shipping from Algeria to Jeddah
We also move shipments from Algeria to Jeddah, Makkah and Madinah for people coming to work or study and for importers of Algerian products. Many goods need a certificate of conformity through the SABER platform before entering the Kingdom, 15% VAT applies, and Saudi car import rules require the vehicle to be within the permitted age (usually five years for light vehicles).
❓ FAQ: shipping from Jeddah to Algeria
❓ What is the cheapest shipping company from Jeddah to Algeria?
The cheapest is the one giving you the lowest final bill with a clear service up to delivery, not the lowest advertised number. At Al Mellah prices start from SAR 290 per box and SAR 4,100 per room by consolidation.
❓ How much does a container from Jeddah to Algeria cost?
A 20 ft container starts from SAR 10,300 and a 40 ft from SAR 15,600.
❓ How long does shipping from Jeddah to Algeria take?
4 to 7 weeks by sea; consolidated takes slightly longer while the container fills.
❓ Can I ship a single box from Makkah to Algeria?
Yes, we collect from Makkah and Taif and a box starts from SAR 290.
❓ Where do I get a change-of-residence certificate in Jeddah?
From the Algerian Consulate General in Jeddah if you are registered there.
❓ What is the cheapest way to ship a car to Algeria?
RoRo for a single car, sharing a 40 ft container with another car, or putting it with your furniture in one container.
❓ Can I collect at the port to save money?
Yes, you can collect from the arrival warehouse instead of door delivery.
❓ Is there tax on new appliances?
Usually yes, because they may be treated as goods and charged duties and 19% VAT.
Send your item list and wilaya, and we will suggest the best-value tier in numbers.
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