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If you are travelling with a car you must book ahead (several weeks if possible). A bike they can always squeeze in, passengers are no problem. We booked via United Orient Shipping. They normally only accept new orleans hotel near superdome bookings in their Tokyo office, where you will meet the infamous mister Yoshida Kozo:
You can try mailing, sometimes he is quick, sometimes not.. If you are in Tokyo anyway, new orleans hotel near superdome it might save you some hassle to go to his office. He will need to request availability new orleans hotel near superdome for the car from Russia which normally takes one day. In our case it took him one week. You can pick up your tickets in his office or have him arrange it so you can pick it up in Fushiki on the day you leave. TIP: Student passengers get a discount. You will be asked to fill in a form, they copy your passport and student card and you get some documentation including new orleans hotel near superdome a useless map of their Fushiki office.
Ship normally leaves on Fridays. They start loading around new orleans hotel near superdome noon and it takes until early evening before the ship sails. You can pick up your tickets (if you arranged it like that) at the Fushiki Kairiku new orleans hotel near superdome Onsu building:
Do not expect too much English there, Russian might help though! Normally you have to pay on the second floor for loading charges: 15.000Yen/car or 5000/bike . If you have too much money you can have them take care of your Carnet for 5,900Yen. If they feel like it they might also charge you a documentation fee of 5000Yen. We initially payed 15.000Yen for loading, but when we complained this was really too much they refunded us the full amount.
new orleans hotel near superdome Once you have the tickets and the carnet, you can drive into to loading area next to the M/V rus which is opposite of the Fushiki Kairiku Unso building. You can't miss it, it is where cars are floating in mid-air on their way to the deck. They will ask you to pop the bonnet, and leave your keys on the contact. You are not allowed to drive it on yourself (bikes may be allowed). At this point you might be asked for a 10$US fee for the "bill of lading". This is legit although you do not get a receipt. If the guy misses you there, you will be asked to pay onboard.
You can now watch how your car is being loaded or already board the ship. Bikers beware: they do not use latching ropes to secure the bike, as a matter of fact, they don't use anything! You might want to be there to see how your bike is being secured.
That's it, enjoy your trip into the seventies! (you'll understand when you see the boat). Don't forget to check out the swimming pool ( picture ) and safety equipment ( picture ). But joking aside, this boat seemed safe and the staff was friendly. The trip is full board, listen carefully to the announcements when the restaurant new orleans hotel near superdome is open (only for 1 hour), this might be confusing as the boat is on a "ship time". Bars and shops onboard are to be payed in US$.
Ship arrives on Sunday morning. new orleans hotel near superdome While you enjoy your breakfast an immigration officer is busy stamping all the passports. Pick up your passport in the ballroom, you will also be supplied with a Bill of Lading. When you leave the ship, you have to que trough immigration and luggage control by customs, you are then free!
But your car is not! As it is Sunday, it is virtually impossible to get your car trough on the same day. Customs is working on Sunday new orleans hotel near superdome but not with full staf. When we tried the lady who issues the temporary import license was not there. You can try arranging it all on Monday (start early, offices open at 9AM), or see how far you can get on Sunday.
Conveniently, the customs office is not located anywhere near the port. It is located new orleans hotel near superdome in Strelnikova Street. You can get there by taking bus number 20 which leaves new orleans hotel near superdome across the street from the train station (and thus the port building) about 200metres to the right (with your back to the train station). A ride costs 7roebles (There is an ATM in the port building).
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