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Importing tiny houses from Turkey: made-to-measure transport

A concrete example of outsized transport: the import of tiny houses from Turkey, requiring special logistics for an express "Ro-ro"!

6 March 2025
Frédéric Mercier
Car Shipping, Customs, Out of Gauge, Sea freight, Turkey

Tiny houses are winning over individuals and professionals alike as an alternative, environmentally-friendly housing solution. Report from our Sete branch with Yves, a specialist in outsize transport and Ro-Ro in the North Africa/Turkey area.

House transport or vehicle transport?
It’s the kind of challenge that doesn’t scare us – on the contrary!

Why import tiny houses from Turkey?

For our customer, importing from Turkey is an excellent choice:

Manufactured in Turkey to the highest quality standards, with robust materials and meticulous finishing.
No customs duties thanks to the customs union with Turkey,
Fast “Ro-ro” transportvia the port of Sète, door-to-door within a week.
All this adds up to unbeatable value for money , making tiny houses affordable on the French market.

Tailor-made transport: from oversize to RO-RO

To deliver this tiny house measuring 11 meters long, 2.55 meters wide and 4 meters high to the Ardeche, we opted for RO-RO (Roll-On/Roll-Off) shipping from the Turkish port of Yalova.

This mode of transport, on trucks and ferries, enables rapid loading and unloading. By limiting handling, safety is optimized for this type of cargo.

The main challenge lay in the tiny house‘s exceptional dimensions. This unusual size necessitated the use ofan extendable trailer, to safely accommodate the cargo.

To ensure We have a very short transit time to Sète, and customs formalities are controlled and anticipated. U smooth circulation thanks to our transit office transit office in the port of Sète.