Al Mellah International Shipping (0580402747) is the cheapest shipping company from Jeddah to Morocco, because your container is loaded a few kilometres from the port it sails from. We ship cars by RoRo, pilgrims’ and visitors’ boxes, furniture and cargo from Jeddah, Makkah, Taif and Rabigh to Tanger Med, Casablanca and Agadir in 4 to 6 weeks. Prices start from SAR 260 per box, SAR 1,850 for a room by consolidated shipping, SAR 7,600 for a 20 ft container, SAR 11,700 for a 40 ft container and SAR 4,650 for a small car by RoRo.
Jeddah is the gateway for Moroccans in the Kingdom in two ways: it is the city thousands of Moroccan Umrah and Hajj pilgrims arrive in every year, and it is the port every container to Tangier and Casablanca leaves from. Anyone living in Jeddah, Makkah or Taif automatically saves the road haul that Riyadh and Eastern Province residents pay for. What remains is saving on everything else, which this guide explains step by step, starting with the most important saving tool: knowing the volume of your belongings yourself.
📐 Work out your volume before asking for a price
Sea freight is charged by the cubic metre, not by the number of pieces. Once you know your approximate volume, you can compare quotes and tell whether you need consolidation or a container. Use this table as a quick reference after packing:
| Item | Approx. volume after packing |
|---|---|
| Medium clothes box | 0.1 m³ |
| Large suitcase | 0.15 m³ |
| Dismantled double bed with mattress | 1.5 m³ |
| Dismantled four-door wardrobe | 1.8 m³ |
| Three-seater sofa | 1.6 m³ |
| Full majlis or living-room set | 4–6 m³ |
| Large fridge | 1 m³ |
| Washing machine | 0.5 m³ |
| Dining table with six chairs | 1.5 m³ |
| Small dismantled IKEA kitchen | 2–3 m³ |
| Your total volume | Usually the cheapest option |
|---|---|
| Up to 2 m³ | Boxes and suitcases per piece |
| 2–10 m³ | Consolidated LCL |
| 10–15 m³ | Compare consolidated with a 20 ft |
| 15–28 m³ | 20 ft container |
| Over 28 m³ | 40 ft container |
🚗 The cheapest way to ship your car from Jeddah to Morocco
From Jeddah the car reaches the port on a hydraulic flatbed within the city, so you do not pay a carrier for long distances. The cheapest option for one car is RoRo, where the car is driven onto a vehicle carrier and lashed in place, starting from SAR 4,650 for a small car to Tanger Med. But first calculate the clearance cost in Morocco, because that decides whether shipping the car is worthwhile at all.
| Option | Cost | When it is best |
|---|---|---|
| RoRo to Tanger Med | From SAR 4,650 for a small car | An empty car and a sailing soon |
| Sharing a 40 ft for two cars | Less per car than a dedicated container | Two relatives or friends shipping together |
| Car with furniture in a 40 ft | One shipment for the house and the car | A final returnee with family |
| Dedicated 20 ft | Highest | A new or valuable car |
Moroccan clearance has three cases: a final returnee gets three years of depreciation deducted from the car’s age; a Moroccan living abroad aged over sixty with ten or more years abroad gets up to a 90% reduction on one new passenger car; and an ordinary import pays full duty plus 20% VAT. On the Saudi side you need export plates from Jeddah traffic, the lien released, fines settled and a Fasah authorisation.
📊 The price ladder from Jeddah to Morocco
Each tier starts from the figure shown; the final price depends on volume, port, season and services in Morocco.
| Method | Transit | Starts from |
|---|---|---|
| 🚢 Boxes per piece | 5–6 weeks | SAR 260 |
| 🚢 Consolidated LCL | 5–6 weeks | SAR 1,850 per room |
| 🚢 20 ft FCL | 4–6 weeks | SAR 7,600 |
| 🚢 40 ft FCL | 4–6 weeks | SAR 11,700 |
| 🚢 RoRo | 4–6 weeks | SAR 4,650 |
| ✈️ Air to Casablanca | 3–7 days | By chargeable weight |
🚢 Consolidated shipping from Jeddah to Tangier and Casablanca
Consolidation is the secret of low prices for small volumes: your belongings travel in one container with other customers’ goods bound for Morocco, so you pay only for the space you occupy. We collect from your home or you drop items at our Jeddah warehouse; they are packed, measured and registered in your name, shipped once the container is full, then sorted after clearance at Tanger Med or Casablanca and delivered to each customer.
🕋 Moroccan pilgrims, Umrah visitors and guests
Moroccan Umrah and Hajj pilgrims usually go home with more than their airline allowance: prayer rugs, copies of the Qur’an, clothes, dates and gifts for the whole family. Instead of paying excess baggage at the airport, they can hand their boxes to us in Jeddah or Makkah before flying, and the boxes reach their city a few weeks later from SAR 260 per box.
| What you ship | Tip | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Qur’ans and books | Spread them over small boxes, as they are heavy | Inspected on arrival |
| Dates | Sealed factory packs | No open bags |
| Prayer rugs and clothes | Large compressed boxes | Lightest and cheapest per volume |
| Perfume and incense | Reasonable family quantities | Large quantities count as trade |
| Small appliances | In their boxes after use | New ones in quantity may be charged |
⚖️ Airport excess baggage or sea freight?
Many pilgrims and workers consider carrying everything on the plane and paying excess baggage. That makes sense for one or two bags, but it gets expensive fast once the extra weight passes twenty or thirty kilograms, since excess is charged per kilo at a high rate. This comparison helps you decide:
| Criterion | Airline excess baggage | Consolidated sea freight |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | High for every extra kilogram | Low, charged by volume, from SAR 260 per box |
| Speed | Arrives with you | Arrives after 5–6 weeks |
| Large quantities | Impractical and limited by piece count | Suitable for dozens of boxes |
| Heavy items like Qur’ans and dates | Very expensive by weight | Best, since they are heavy but compact |
| Best for | What you need on arrival | Gifts and anything that can wait |
📍 Jeddah vs Riyadh and Dammam: how much do you save?
| Origin city | 20 ft from | 40 ft from | Box from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeddah | SAR 7,600 | SAR 11,700 | SAR 260 |
| Makkah and Taif | SAR 7,750 | SAR 11,900 | SAR 265 |
| Riyadh | SAR 7,900 | SAR 12,100 | SAR 280 |
| Dammam and Al-Ahsa | SAR 8,400 | SAR 12,800 | SAR 295 |
That difference is the price of the long road haul other cities’ containers make before reaching the sea, and a Jeddah resident saves it automatically. That is why some Moroccans in other cities send their boxes with a relative travelling to Jeddah and ship them from here.
🎓 Moroccan students at western-region universities
A number of Moroccan students study at universities in Jeddah, Makkah and Madinah, and by graduation they have more than an airline allowance can take: books and references, years of clothes, small devices and gifts for the family. Consolidated per-box shipping is the cheapest solution, and we can collect several students’ boxes on one appointment to cut collection costs.
| What a student ships | Cheapest method | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Books and references | Small heavy boxes | Spread them over several boxes |
| Clothes and bedding | Vacuum bags, then large boxes | Cuts volume roughly in half |
| Laptop and small devices | Carry them in hand luggage if possible | Or pack them well in their own box |
| Graduation gifts | A separate box with a list | Reasonable family quantities |
Our advice to students: hand in boxes at least two weeks before flying, and leave the name and number of a family member in Morocco to receive them, so the shipment does not sit in the warehouse if your arrival is delayed.
🛋️ Moving furniture from Jeddah to Morocco for less
Jeddah furniture carries coastal humidity, and if a container is closed on it untreated, damp and mould appear after a few weeks. So we let wooden pieces dry before packing and place moisture absorbers inside the container. To save money you can pack clothes, books and bedding yourself, and leave to our crew what needs expertise:
| Task | Yourself | Our crew |
|---|---|---|
| Clothes, books and bedding | ✔ sturdy sealed boxes | — |
| Dismantling and numbering beds and wardrobes | — | ✔ |
| ACs and gas recovery | — | ✔ refrigeration technician |
| Kitchen and IKEA kitchens | — | ✔ photographed and numbered |
| Glass, antiques and chandeliers | — | ✔ wooden crates |
| Carpets | ✔ cleaning and drying | ✔ rolling and wrapping |
| Office furniture | ✔ emptying drawers | ✔ wrapping equipment |
What is worth shipping to Morocco?
📦 Pack your own boxes the right way
Packing your own boxes saves part of the cost, provided they survive loading, unloading and sorting at two ports. These are the rules we ask customers to follow before we collect boxes in Jeddah:
📄 Shipping documents from Jeddah and the Moroccan consulate
Moroccans in the western region deal with the Consulate General of the Kingdom of Morocco in Jeddah for the consular registration certificate or the change-of-residence certificate proving residence abroad on final return. The cheapest shipment is the one that arrives with complete documents, because waiting at port adds storage charges that wipe out any saving.
| Document | Boxes | Furniture & return | Car | Cargo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID or iqama | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fasah authorisation | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Contents list | ✔ brief | ✔ detailed | — | ✔ |
| Moroccan ID or passport | Receiver’s ID | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| Proof of residence abroad | — | ✔ | ✔ for the advantage | — |
| Export plates and certificate | — | — | ✔ | — |
| Invoice and Arab certificate of origin | — | — | — | ✔ |
🛃 What raises charges in Morocco?
Moroccan VAT at 20% and customs duty apply to whatever falls outside the exemption. What raises the bill most: new appliances in their boxes, repeated quantities of one item, and shipping without proof of residence abroad when you would qualify for the exemption. Prohibited items we simply don’t load:
| Item | Status |
|---|---|
| Drones | Prohibited without authorisation |
| Weapons and ammunition | Prohibited |
| Gas, paint and solvents | Not allowed in the container |
| Controlled medicines | Prohibited without prescription |
| Counterfeit products | Seized |
| Perishable food | Refrigerated shipping only |
🏙️ Door delivery or warehouse collection?
| Option | Cost | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Door delivery with reassembly | Highest | Furniture and containers |
| Door delivery without reassembly | Medium | Many boxes |
| Warehouse collection | Lowest | Boxes for residents of Tangier, Casablanca and nearby |
We deliver in Tangier, Tetouan and Al Hoceima in the north; Rabat, Salé, Kenitra, Casablanca and Mohammedia on the Atlantic; Fez and Meknes in the centre; Marrakech, Safi and Agadir in the south; and Oujda and Nador in the east.
Approximate delivery time after clearance
| City | From Tanger Med | From Casablanca |
|---|---|---|
| Tangier and Tetouan | Same day | — |
| Fez and Meknes | 1 day | 1 day |
| Rabat, Salé and Kenitra | 1 day | Same day |
| Casablanca and Mohammedia | 1 day | Same day |
| Marrakech, El Jadida and Safi | 2 days | 1 day |
| Agadir | 2–3 days | 1–2 days |
| Oujda and Nador | 1–2 days | 2 days |
🏬 Storage, insurance and tracking
✈️ Air, consolidated or container?
| Criterion | Air | Consolidated sea | Dedicated container |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | 3–7 days | 5–6 weeks | 4–6 weeks |
| Cost | Highest | Lowest for small volumes | Lowest per m³ for large volumes |
| Suits | Documents and urgent parcels | Boxes and one room | A flat, a house, or a car with furniture |
There is no practical road route from Jeddah to Morocco for furniture and cars; the sea is the standard route for anything larger than a parcel.
When you need to send a passport, documents or an urgent parcel before the container arrives, we arrange air freight from Jeddah to Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca and on to your city, charged by actual or volumetric weight, whichever is higher.
🏭 For traders: cargo, reefer and online stores
We ship full or shared containers for Moroccan importers from western-region factories and Jeddah suppliers with a commercial invoice and Arab certificate of origin, reefer containers for dates and food, and periodic consolidated shipping for online sellers. In Jeddah we use Dynas and lorries for collection and trailers to take containers to the port.
📆 When to ship from Jeddah to pay less
| Period | Situation | Our advice |
|---|---|---|
| May to August | Peak season as the community heads home for summer | Book very early or postpone |
| Hajj season and after | Box congestion | Hand in early to catch the first container |
| September to November | Moderate | Good for dedicated containers |
| December to March | Usually quietest | Best chance of a lower price |
🚫 Mistakes that turn cheap shipping into expensive shipping
🗓️ Steps for shipping from Jeddah to Morocco
🔁 From Morocco to Jeddah
We ship from Tanger Med and Casablanca to Jeddah, Makkah and Madinah for people coming to work and for traders in Moroccan products. Imports into the Kingdom are subject to SABER platform requirements, 15% VAT, and used-car import rules that set a maximum vehicle age.
❓ FAQ: shipping from Jeddah to Morocco
❓ What is the cheapest shipping company from Jeddah to Morocco?
The cheapest is the one giving you the lowest final bill up to delivery. At Al Mellah a box starts from SAR 260 and a consolidated room from SAR 1,850.
❓ How much is a container from Jeddah to Morocco?
A 20 ft container starts from SAR 7,600 and a 40 ft from SAR 11,700.
❓ How much does it cost to ship a car from Jeddah to Morocco?
From SAR 4,650 for a small car by RoRo to Tanger Med.
❓ How long does shipping from Jeddah to Morocco take?
4 to 6 weeks by sea and 3 to 7 days by air.
❓ Can I ship Umrah gifts to Morocco?
Yes, we collect boxes in Jeddah and Makkah and deliver them in your Moroccan city.
❓ How do I know my volume?
Use the volume table in this article, or send us photos for a free estimate.
❓ Where do I get residence documents in Jeddah?
From the Consulate General of the Kingdom of Morocco in Jeddah.
❓ Can I pack my own boxes?
Yes, provided you use strong boxes under 25 kg each; we re-pack anything that needs extra protection.
❓ Do you collect from Makkah and Taif?
Yes, we gather boxes from Makkah, Taif and Rabigh to our Jeddah warehouse.
Send photos of your belongings and your city; we calculate the volume and suggest the best-value tier.
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