Our work at Gulf International Shipping is that of a shipping company from Saudi Arabia to Morocco: our crews collect furniture, parcels, trade goods and cars anywhere in the Kingdom, drive them to Jeddah Islamic Port, and load them into a container whose ship crosses Suez and the Mediterranean bound for Tanger Med or Casablanca; after Moroccan customs clears the load, our truck delivers it to the address you give us in any Moroccan city. Expect roughly 20–30 days end to end when the goods are loaded in Jeddah, Makkah or Taif, between 22 and 32 days from Riyadh or Tabuk, and between 23 and 34 days from Dammam and other Eastern Province towns; an air parcel to Casablanca lands in 3–7 days. Prices begin at SAR 110 per small parcel, SAR 780 for each cubic metre in a shared box, SAR 1,380 to move a full bedroom, a 20 ft box reserved for you at SAR 4,140, and, for a car not yet five years old, SAR 4,600.
Morocco lies more than five thousand kilometres from the Kingdom, and there is no road link between the two that works for freight. So the real choice is not “road or sea?” but “shared container or full container, and sea or air?”. This guide explains how a shipment actually travels from your door in Riyadh, Jeddah or Dammam to your family’s door in Casablanca, Fes or Agadir: the realistic transit time for each Saudi city, the starting price of every service, and what Moroccan customs expects for furniture and cars, so you can decide with every step in view.
At a glance
- How it travels: containers by sea out of Jeddah Islamic Port, or planes for anything urgent; no overland freight route exists between the two countries
- Sea route: truck from your city to Jeddah → ship via Suez and the Mediterranean → Tanger Med or Casablanca → truck to the address
- Sailing time: roughly ten days quay to quay between Jeddah and Tanger Med, with a short onward leg when the box is bound for Casablanca
- Door-to-door time: Jeddah, Makkah and Taif 20–30 days, Madinah 21–31, Riyadh and Tabuk 22–32, Dammam 23–34 days
- Air freight: non-stop flights link Riyadh and Jeddah with Casablanca, plus Jeddah with Rabat; parcels land at the door in 3–7 days
- Prices: a parcel costs SAR 110 and up, each shared cubic metre SAR 780 and up, a bedroom set SAR 1,380 and up, and a complete home SAR 3,680 and up
- Cars: we only accept cars younger than five years; container freight starts at SAR 4,600, Moroccan duties extra
Route: Saudi Arabia → Jeddah port → Suez → Tanger Med → your Moroccan city · Time: 20–34 days by sea · Contact: 0568829975
Is there overland shipping from Saudi Arabia to Morocco?
No. There is no overland freight service from Saudi Arabia to Morocco, and any advert promising a truck that leaves Riyadh and unloads in Casablanca is describing a route that does not operate. A road journey would cross several countries and vast stretches of desert, and no scheduled freight line runs it, which is why no serious carrier sells it. The two practical options are the sea, for furniture, cars, commercial goods and anything bulky, and the air, for urgent parcels, documents and small high-value items.
At Gulf International Shipping the truck covers only two legs of the trip: from your house or store in the Kingdom to Jeddah Islamic Port, and from the Moroccan port to the final address. Everything in between is done by a container on a ship. That is why Morocco takes longer than Jordan or the UAE, and also why it costs far less for large volumes than any other method.
Be wary of “road freight to Morocco”
If an advert says road shipping to Morocco takes one or two weeks, or mentions a “Saudi–Moroccan border”, it is simply wrong. Ask the company three things: which port will the container sail from, which Moroccan port will it reach, and when is the next sailing? A clear answer to all three is the mark of a company that knows the route.
What route does a shipment to Morocco take? The sea journey stage by stage
The sea route from Saudi Arabia to Morocco always starts at Jeddah Islamic Port, because it is the closest major Saudi port to the Suez Canal and the place where westbound services to the Mediterranean sail from. From Jeddah the vessel steams north through the Red Sea, passes through the canal, normally stops at Port Said, and then runs the length of the Mediterranean to Tanger Med on the Strait of Gibraltar. Below is a stage-by-stage view of who handles your goods and for how long.
There is still no direct shipping line linking a Saudi port to a Moroccan one without stops. One may be announced in future, but what operates now are weekly services through Suez that call at Mediterranean ports before Tangier. That is why we pick, for each container, a Jeddah sailing that routes through Suez, review the timetable week by week, and confirm the Moroccan arrival port with you before the doors are sealed.
Tanger Med, Casablanca or Agadir?
Tanger Med is Morocco’s main container hub, on the Strait of Gibraltar east of Tangier, and most containers from Jeddah arrive there directly. Casablanca port is closer to Rabat, Marrakech and central Morocco, but boxes coming from Jeddah normally get there on a feeder from Tangier or another Mediterranean hub, which costs a few extra days. Agadir serves Souss and the south, and we use it when the schedule suits. The rule of thumb: for Tangier, Tetouan, Fes, Meknes or Rabat, Tanger Med is usually the fastest; for Casablanca or Marrakech we compare clearing in Tangier and trucking south against a sea relay to Casablanca, and choose whichever is cheaper and quicker.
Shipping time from Saudi Arabia to Morocco: how many days?
By sea, allow between 20 and 34 days from your door to the consignee’s; by air, between 3 and 7. The sea figure depends on three things: the distance from your city to the port in Jeddah, the date of the next departure, and whether you book a whole box. A dedicated container leaves on the first vessel after packing, whereas LCL cargo sits until the shared box is full, sometimes as long as a week. The table gives realistic times from each Saudi city to Tangier, Rabat and Casablanca.
The figures are estimates to the north of Morocco, Rabat and Casablanca; deliveries to Marrakech, Agadir, Oujda or further south take a further two to four days. Time the consignee spends gathering exemption papers is not counted, nor are public holidays in either country. Once you book, we narrow the date using the vessel timetable, conditions in the Red Sea and the clearance workload, and share the container number for tracking.
Approximate costs of shipping from Saudi Arabia to Morocco
Before drawing up this table we checked what Morocco shippers advertise in every Saudi city that publishes rates, then placed each of our starting figures under the cheapest advertised price for the same item. Figures cover transport from the Kingdom to Morocco with normal packing. Whatever Moroccan customs levies on new items or vehicles is settled with customs directly and sits outside our invoice.
Note: a container reaches the consignee’s door 20–34 days after loading, depending on the Saudi city, and an air parcel 3–7 days after collection. In the bedroom row, the lower figure is a bedroom on its own and the higher one a bedroom plus the household cartons in shared freight.
Starting prices for single items and appliances
Sending only one or two pieces? Here is what a single item costs, at minimum, inside a shared container:
These minimums are worked out for the Hejaz towns next to the port in Jeddah and climb with the distance of your city from it; reaching Marrakech, Agadir or the far south also costs slightly more than reaching Tangier or Casablanca. Each Saudi city has its own price table in its article, and they are all collected on shipping prices from Saudi Arabia to Morocco, including shipping from Riyadh to Morocco and shipping from Dammam to Morocco. A few photos and the name of the Moroccan town are enough for us to price your load.
Shared container (LCL) or full container (FCL)?
The biggest decision in the cost of shipping to Morocco is the container. With LCL (less than container load) your goods share a box with other customers’ and the bill follows the space they take, from SAR 780 for each cubic metre. It suits parcels, cartons and one or two rooms, roughly anything under 12–15 m³. With FCL (full container load) the whole container is booked in your name, filled at your home or at our depot, then sealed and not opened until Moroccan customs. The smaller 20 ft box begins at SAR 4,140; the 40 ft at SAR 6,440.
When is a full container worth it despite the higher total? When your goods fill more than about half of it, because the cost per cubic metre then drops below the shared rate. It also makes sense when you want the fewest possible handlings for valuable furniture, or a fixed sailing date that does not wait for a shared box to fill. We price both options after the survey, and our Morocco sea freight guide goes deeper into the difference.
What does Gulf International Shipping send to Morocco?
Household furniture
Bedrooms, salons, majlis seating, kitchens, carpets and antiques, dismantled, sea-packed and reassembled in Morocco.
Appliances
Fridges, washing machines, air conditioners and TVs, drained and secured before loading.
Cartons and family consignments
Suitcases, cartons, family gifts and documents, by weight or by the cubic metre.
Students’ and workers’ belongings
Books, devices and clothes for anyone finishing study or work in the Kingdom and heading home.
Cars
Passenger cars under 5 years old, strapped inside a closed container.
Commercial goods
Shared loads or full containers of spare parts, equipment, packaged goods and e-commerce orders.
Moving furniture from Saudi Arabia to Morocco
Moving furniture to Morocco differs from a move to the Gulf in one important way: your furniture will spend three to five weeks inside a steel box crossing two seas, with heat and humidity swinging between Red Sea days and Mediterranean nights. Packing that is fine for a short truck ride is not enough. Our crews start with paper against the wood, add bubble wrap and thick board, seal the lot in plastic to keep damp out, and hang moisture-absorbing bags inside the box. Glass, marble and valuable pieces go into wooden crates built to size.
Beds and wardrobes are dismantled and each item’s screws go in a bag marked with its number, while cartons are numbered in sequence to match the inventory. That inventory is not just for tidiness: it is the very list Moroccan customs asks for, ideally in Arabic or French, and we prepare it for you with photos. Water is emptied from fridges and washers and they are left to dry so nothing smells on arrival; doors and drums are locked in place, and our technicians take air conditioners down only after recovering the refrigerant. Families whose Moroccan home is not ready can leave everything in our Saudi warehouse until the sailing they choose.
On the Moroccan side we take over after clearance, drive the load to your address, rebuild the beds and wardrobes, and carry each carton to the room marked on it. For the full picture of a household move, its stages and its prices, read furniture moving from Saudi Arabia to Morocco.
Does a Moroccan returning home pay duty on furniture?
Usually not. A Moroccan who ends residence in the Kingdom and goes home to settle can bring used furniture, clothes and personal belongings duty-free, together with one household appliance per category, as long as the total stays under the limit Moroccan customs applies; a family can use this right only once. Two papers unlock it: the original certificate of change of residence, issued by Morocco’s embassy in Riyadh or its consulate in Jeddah, and a written list of the goods carrying a date and your signature. The furniture should follow your move, and anything left behind may follow in one more consignment within six months of the certificate being issued, as long as it appeared on the original list and goes through the very same customs office. Anything new attracts customs duty and VAT at 20%. Check the rules with customs before loading; our full explanation is in Morocco returning residents’ household goods.
Car shipping from Saudi Arabia to Morocco: what are the rules?
Before we ask about make or model, we ask about age: Morocco refuses to register an imported passenger car once five years have passed since it was first registered, so our sealed containers out of Jeddah only take younger cars. A company that offers to ship an eight-year-old car to Morocco for permanent use without mentioning it is exposing you to a car stuck at the port that cannot be registered. There are limited exceptions, such as returning Moroccan retirees, who are usually allowed a passenger car under 10 years old, and classic cars over 25 years old under a special regime not meant for daily use.
The car travels to Jeddah port on an enclosed carrier, is then strapped, chocked and covered inside a 20 ft container, and sails sealed to Morocco. In the Kingdom we complete its final export through Absher and then the export declaration on Fasah, and it must be handed over empty of personal belongings. What is payable in Morocco, duty plus VAT at 20%, is worked out by customs after weighing up what the car is worth, how powerful it is for tax purposes and how old its registration is, so it stays outside our bill. The freight itself starts at SAR 4,600 as far as the Moroccan quay.
Moroccans abroad get some conditional relief too: a personal vehicle can enter under temporary admission for up to 180 days per calendar year, in one go or in parts; a retiree past sixty with more than a decade abroad is entitled to one substantial duty cut in a lifetime; and a returning resident gets a reduction that shrinks as the car ages, on condition it is not sold for the period customs specifies. Verify all of this with customs before the car ships; we go through it in car shipping from Saudi Arabia to Morocco.
Why we don’t ship cars to Morocco on ro-ro vessels
Inside a closed container the car is protected from salt spray and scratches for a voyage of more than two weeks, and nobody touches it until the customs inspection. That is why every car we ship to Morocco goes in a closed container.
Air freight from Saudi Arabia to Morocco
Fly it when four weeks is simply too long: documents, prescribed medicines, electronics, a family gift for an upcoming occasion, or spare parts that a business is waiting on. Riyadh has a non-stop service to Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca, Jeddah has non-stop services to Casablanca on more than one airline as well as a Jeddah–Rabat route, and the flight time is around seven hours. Counting clearance at the airport, the parcel is usually handed over three to seven days after we collect it.
From Dammam, Taif and Tabuk there are no direct flights to Morocco, so we move the parcel to Riyadh or Jeddah airport to catch the flight. From Madinah there are seasonal flights, or we route via Jeddah. Our lowest price for an express air parcel is SAR 1,655, while kilo rates are set case by case from gross weight, dimensional weight and the nature of the goods, so message us the details on WhatsApp. For more detail read air freight from Saudi Arabia to Morocco.
Shipping from Riyadh and the Eastern Province: why does it go through Jeddah?
You may wonder why we truck your goods some 1,300–1,400 km from Dammam to Jeddah when King Abdulaziz Port is on your doorstep. The answer is that the shipping lines heading for the Mediterranean and Morocco sail from Jeddah Islamic Port on the Red Sea, the closest to the Suez Canal. Our decision at Gulf International Shipping is therefore to drive Eastern Province loads across the Kingdom to Jeddah and put them on the water there, and loads from Riyadh, Qassim and Tabuk follow the same pattern. The closed truck leaves Dammam, Khobar or Al-Ahsa and reaches Jeddah in 2–3 days, or in one to two days from Riyadh, and the goods go into the consolidation warehouse or straight into the container.
This means the price from Riyadh or Dammam includes the truck to Jeddah, so don’t be surprised that it is higher than Jeddah’s own price. In return you get a nearer sailing date and a shorter sea passage. For city-specific details read shipping company from Dammam to Morocco, shipping company from Riyadh to Morocco and shipping company from Tabuk to Morocco.
Documents required for shipping to Morocco
Paperwork depends on what you send. This table lists what we need from you in the Kingdom and what the consignee needs in Morocco:
Whatever you send, we take care of the Saudi export entry through Fasah, and a licensed broker files the Moroccan declaration for the consignee. Keep in mind that Moroccan customs gives cargo in its custody 45 days at most before declaring it abandoned, which is why we gather the consignee’s papers while the ship is still at sea.
Prohibited and restricted items for Morocco
The main items Moroccan customs refuses are weapons and ammunition, narcotics, counterfeit goods, obscene or subversive printed and audiovisual material, any kind of drone (toy models included), and maps showing Morocco with incomplete borders. Some goods are restricted and need a licence or special procedure:
- Medicines: personal quantities with a prescription; larger amounts need approval from the health authority.
- Radio, telecom and satellite devices: need approval from the Moroccan telecom regulator.
- Animals, animal products and plants: need health certificates; we advise against sending plants.
- Food: small quantities of tinned food and packed dates; avoid pet food.
- Antiques and artefacts: need a special permit, and Saudi antiquities may not be exported at all.
- Hunting guns and ammunition: need prior security authorisation.
- On the Saudi side: weapons, antiquities and some subsidised products need a licence before they can leave.
Delivery across Morocco
Our delivery network covers all of Morocco’s regions. The base times in the earlier table cover the north, Rabat and Casablanca; this table shows what each region adds:
Steps to ship from Saudi Arabia to Morocco
- 1Send the details
Photograph your items or list them, name your Saudi city and Moroccan city, and send it on WhatsApp 0568829975. - 2Get the price and date
We recommend a shared box, a whole container or a flight, and come back with a figure and the nearest departure. - 3Prepare the papers
ID or iqama, car papers where relevant and, for returnees seeking the exemption, the residence-change certificate. - 4Packing and loading
Our team sea-packs and numbers everything, and the truck takes it to Jeddah Islamic Port. - 5Export and sailing
We file the export declaration on Fasah, the container sails through Suez, and we send you its number to follow. - 6Clearance in Morocco
Our broker files the entry at the Moroccan port and stands beside the consignee, or for them under a mandate, when the box is opened. - 7Delivery and assembly
The truck arrives at your address, we unload and reassemble, and you sign for delivery.
What decides the cost of shipping to Morocco?
Sea freight to Morocco is usually charged by volume rather than weight, meaning the number of cubic metres your goods occupy, or the price of a full container if you book one. These factors move the cost:
- Volume: each extra cubic metre in a shared container adds to the price, so travelling lighter saves money directly.
- Loading city: Jeddah, Makkah and Taif are cheaper being close to the port; Riyadh, Tabuk and Dammam carry the truck to Jeddah.
- Moroccan city: Tangier, Rabat and Casablanca cost less than Marrakech, Agadir, Oujda and the south.
- Packing: a made-to-measure crate for a mirror or antique adds a little to the bill and saves pieces you could never replace.
- Shared or full container: a full box is cheaper per cubic metre once the volume grows.
- Insurance and clearance: priced on the value and type of goods.
- Moroccan duties: apply to new goods and cars and are paid to customs, not to us.
A rough example: a family in Jeddah sending a bedroom and ten cartons that take up about 4 m³ in a shared container would start from around SAR 3,120 (4 × 780) before special packing, insurance and clearance. If the goods were the contents of a whole flat of about 25 m³, booking a whole 20 ft box (SAR 4,140 and upward) would work out far cheaper than paying by the cubic metre.
Cheapest options for shipping to Morocco
The cheapest way to ship to Morocco is shared sea freight for small and medium volumes, and a full container once the volume passes about half a box. To cut costs further, leave behind worn pieces whose freight would exceed their value, pack small things in uniform cartons instead of bags, dismantle whatever can be dismantled, and book early before the summer, when demand to Morocco rises as families head home. If you have a few urgent items and many that can wait, fly the urgent ones and send the rest by sea rather than paying air rates for everything.
Common mistakes to avoid when shipping to Morocco
- Believing “7 days by sea”: the sailing from Jeddah to Tangier alone takes about 10 days, so furniture cannot be at your door in a week.
- Buying or shipping a car over 5 years old: it will not be registered in Morocco except under narrow exceptions.
- Trusting a car price “including customs” of two thousand riyals: duty and 20% VAT are set by Moroccan customs per car and cannot come to that.
- Mixing new items into returnee furniture: new pieces pay duty and VAT even inside a returnee’s household.
- Leaving the change-of-residence certificate too late: without it there is no exemption, and the second-lot window runs from its date.
- Leaving the shipment at the port: overrunning the customs storage period risks the goods being treated as abandoned.
- Unnumbered cartons with no inventory: they slow the inspection and delay the container’s release.
Shipping from Morocco to Saudi Arabia
Cargo also flows the other way: personal effects and trade goods such as handicrafts or packaged foods sail from Tangier or Casablanca to Jeddah, and we truck them on to your Saudi city. Saudi import rules then apply, so expect to need an invoice, proof of origin and, for certain foods, clearance from the SFDA. Name the Moroccan pickup town and we will list what is needed and what it costs.
Why Gulf International Shipping?
A sea route explained honestly
We name the loading port, the Moroccan port and the container type before you pay.
Realistic transit times
An honest range of 20 to 34 days, not a one-week promise that never happens.
Below published prices
Our starting price is lower than what other Morocco shippers advertise for the same item.
Sea-grade packing
Layers that protect against moisture and movement on a voyage across two seas.
Straight talk on cars and customs
You hear about the car age limit and the returnee paperwork from us before anything is loaded.
One number
Call or WhatsApp 0568829975 from the survey to delivery in Morocco.
Get the cost of your shipment to Morocco
Share a few pictures, the Saudi pickup city and the Moroccan delivery town; we answer with a price and the closest departure date.
Related Morocco articles
- Furniture moving from Saudi Arabia to Morocco and Morocco returning residents’ household goods
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- Shipping from Madinah to Morocco, from Taif and from Tabuk
- Sea freight from Saudi Arabia to Morocco, air freight to Morocco and car shipping to Morocco
- Cartons and parcels to Morocco, shipping prices to Morocco and all destinations from Saudi Arabia
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