Sharjah
Van rental in Sharjah
Cargo vans, pickups and trucks delivered across Sharjah. For the industrial areas, the free zones, and the flat move that has to happen between Friday prayers and Saturday morning.
From AED 150 per day
Delivered across Sharjah
About 20 km from our yard
Driver available
Coverage
Where we deliver in Sharjah
Sharjah is compact, which works in your favour: almost every route here sits comfortably inside the 150 km a day the rate includes.
Industrial Areas 1 to 18
Trade, workshops, warehousing and wholesale. The single biggest source of our Sharjah bookings, mostly cargo vans and 5-tonne trucks.
Al Nahda and Al Qasimia
Dense residential towers, and the emirate’s busiest corridor for flat moves. Tight parking, so size matters more than usual.
Muwaileh and University City
Student and family moves, and a lot of short-notice one-bed jobs at the start and end of term.
Al Majaz and the Corniche
Older apartment blocks with narrow service access. Often a Hiace job rather than a truck job.
SAIF Zone and Hamriyah
Free zone trade and distribution. Regular pallet work, usually 5-tonne with a driver.
Al Sajaa and Dhaid road
Heavier industry further out. Longer runs, so check the mileage before taking a daily rate.
The commute
Moving between Sharjah and Dubai
More than half of our Sharjah work crosses into Dubai at some point — people move to Sharjah for the rent and keep working in Dubai. The distance is short. The traffic is not.
Load early, not late
The Sharjah to Dubai corridor backs up hard from about 6:30 am and again from 4 pm. A move that starts at 6 am finishes before the road fills; one that starts at 9 am does not.
Friday is the quiet window
If your building allows it, a Friday move is the easiest driving day of the week in this direction. Check what hours the building actually permits first.
One bigger van beats two runs
Two crossings in traffic costs you the day. If it is borderline, take the next size up — see the size guide.
Salik on the Dubai side
Gate crossings are charged at cost, straight through with no handling fee. Sharjah itself has no toll gates.
A weekday on the Sharjah–Dubai corridor
Clear road, both directions
A move that starts at 6 am is finished before the road fills. One that starts at 9 am is not.
Morning peak, builds from about 6:30 am
Sharjah into Dubai. More than half our Sharjah work travels in this direction at this hour.
Evening peak, builds from about 4 pm
Dubai back into Sharjah, and the reason a second crossing costs you the whole day rather than an hour.
The two start times are the dependable part of this. How long each peak runs changes with the day, which is why the bands fade out rather than stop at an hour we cannot promise. Sharjah itself has no toll gates; Salik applies on the Dubai side and is charged at cost.
Driving something above three tonnes on that route? Dubai and Sharjah set truck movement timings separately. The Dubai side is covered in Dubai truck timings.
The fleet
What you can have delivered
| Vehicle | Load length | From | Typical Sharjah job |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-Ton Pickup | 2.3 m open bed | AED 150 | Workshop parts and site clearance in the Industrial Areas |
| Toyota Hiace | 3.1 m | AED 180 | One-bed flat, daily delivery round |
| Ford Transit | 3.4 m | AED 250 | Two-bed flat, longer furniture |
| 5-Tonne Truck | 5.2 m | AED 500 | Villa move in Muwaileh, pallets out of SAIF Zone |
| 10-Tonne Truck | 7.5 m | AED 800 | Warehouse transfer, bulk freight |
Moving food or anything that has to stay cold? That is a different vehicle — see chiller van rental in Sharjah.
Before the van
The paperwork that decides the date of a Sharjah move
In Sharjah the van is rarely what holds up a move. The utility account and the building’s permit are, and both need to be settled before the van is booked.
Start with SEWA, the Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority. Closing an account is requested online, through the SEWA app or at a service centre, and a technician visits to take a final meter reading. Someone has to be at the flat for that visit, and the final bill has to be paid before the account closes. Many landlords and buildings ask for a SEWA clearance certificate before they release the security deposit or sign off the move.
The building comes next. Most managed towers in Al Nahda, Al Taawun and Al Majaz issue a move-out permit through their management office and set the hours when furniture can go down the service lift. Ask for the permit and the hours in writing, then book the van for that window rather than for the time that suits the day.
At the other end, SEWA registration for the new flat relies on the tenancy contract, attested by Sharjah Municipality where that is required, so bring a copy with you on moving day. Sequencing it this way means the meter reading is not booked for the same morning the sofa is going down the stairs.
A move running the other way, from Dubai into Sharjah, has its own versions of the same steps at the Dubai end: the DEWA account is closed with a final bill, the Ejari registration of the old tenancy is cancelled when the tenancy ends, and the Dubai building issues its own move-out permit with its own hours. Two buildings, two permits and two utility authorities are why cross-border moves need the most notice.
Plan the parking before the day. Most streets around the towers in Al Nahda, Al Taawun and Al Majaz are paid parking run by Sharjah Municipality, loading bays at the tower are limited, and a van left on the kerb outside a marked bay while the lift is loaded can collect a fine that ends up on your bill.
Costed
A Sharjah to Dubai flat move, worked through
The most common Sharjah booking, priced on the published rate card so the trade-off between one bigger van and two trips is visible.
Al Nahda in Sharjah to Dubai Marina is roughly 45 to 50 km each way. One round trip is about 100 km, comfortably inside the 150 km included in a daily hire. A second round trip takes the day to around 200 km, so about 50 km are charged as extra.
For a one-bedroom flat, a Toyota Hiace doing two trips costs AED 180 plus about AED 25 of extra kilometres at AED 0.50, before fuel and Salik. A Ford Transit doing it in one trip costs AED 250. On money alone the two Hiace trips win by a little.
On time they lose badly. The second crossing lands in the evening peak on the Sharjah–Dubai corridor, the building’s moving hours may have ended by the time the van returns, and the crew is paid for the hours in traffic. That is why the page above advises one bigger van over two runs, and why the extra AED 45 is usually the smallest cost of the whole day.
A two-bedroom flat changes the answer. Two trips in a Ford Transit cost AED 250 plus about AED 30 of extra kilometres at AED 0.60, around AED 280. Doing it in one trip needs the 5-tonne truck at AED 500, plus AED 250 for our driver unless someone moving holds the heavy licence it requires. Unless the flat has a lot of large furniture, two well-timed Transit trips, the first leaving before 6:30 am, are the better buy.
Trade
Working Sharjah’s free zones and industrial areas
The business side of Sharjah is spread across two free zones and a long run of numbered industrial areas. Each works a little differently for a van.
SAIF Zone sits beside Sharjah International Airport, and Hamriyah Free Zone lies up the coast towards the Ajman border. Like most free zones in the UAE, both control who drives in: a vehicle collecting from a tenant usually needs the tenant to arrange entry at the gate beforehand. Ask the company you are collecting from what the gate needs and send it the plate number the day before.
SAIF Zone’s position beside the airport also makes it a source of air freight, some of it perishable. Anything that arrives by air and has to stay cold belongs in a chiller van rather than one of the dry vans on this page.
The Industrial Areas are numbered, and addresses are given by area number and street rather than by landmark. The busiest stretches fill with staff buses and parked trucks at the start and end of the working day, and many workshops load straight from the street. A pickup or panel van that can stop close to the workshop door gets in and out far faster than a truck looking for space to turn.
Al Sajaa and the road towards Al Dhaid are the long runs. Jobs out there use more of the daily mileage than anything else in the emirate, so give us the full address before choosing between a daily and a weekly rate. Al Dhaid itself, an oasis town of farms roughly 50 to 60 km inland from Sharjah city, is the furthest regular run, and with the drive out from our Dubai yard included it uses up the whole daily allowance on its own.
Sharjah van rental questions
Is the rate higher than Dubai?
No, the rates are the same in every emirate. Most Sharjah jobs are short, so the 150 km included each day tends to stretch further here than it does in Dubai.
Can I take the van into Dubai?
Yes, and most Sharjah hires do. The hire covers every emirate, and Salik gates on the Dubai side of the route are billed at cost with nothing added.
Which size for a one-bedroom flat in Al Nahda?
Usually a Hiace or an Urvan, in one trip or two. In Al Nahda the limit is parking at the tower rather than space in the van, so a smaller van that can stop close to the entrance often finishes sooner.
Do I need a permit to move out of a Sharjah building?
Most managed buildings require a move permit or NOC from the management office, and many restrict the hours. Ask both buildings about a week ahead. More in the moving guide.
Can you supply a driver?
Yes. A driver is AED 250 for a day of up to nine hours, and the 5 and 10-tonne trucks need one unless someone in your team holds a heavy vehicle licence.
Do you do pickup truck rental in Sharjah?
Yes. The 1-tonne pickup runs to Sharjah on a car licence, and the 3 ton pickup for heavier site work — that one needs a heavy licence or one of our drivers. Both are delivered from the Dubai yard and quoted by route.
Can the van go to Khor Fakkan or Kalba?
Yes. Khor Fakkan, Kalba and Dibba Al Hisn are part of Sharjah on the east coast, reached through the mountains on the Sharjah–Khor Fakkan Road. They are well over 100 km from our yard each way, so those jobs are priced as a route rather than on the daily allowance.
Do you deliver to Sharjah, and is there a charge?
Yes, anywhere in the emirate, from the Industrial Areas to the towers in Al Nahda. Delivery outside Dubai is quoted with the hire rather than charged as a fixed fee. Our yard in Nadd Al Hamar is about 20 km from central Sharjah, and the delivery amount for your address is written into the quote before you book.
Book a van in Sharjah
Send the Sharjah area, what is being moved and the day. We will reply with the van size and the price, and bring the van to you.