Moving stuff overseas, whether internationally or not takes ALOT of preparation and a good set of balls to deal with the (majority) difficult people.
He may have found some trouble with customs as well. When I shipped all my A-series engines and panels and all sorts up to PNG it was a downright nightmare.
Flammable goods?
Duty?
Profit or personal use?
etc, etc.
I hope it works out for everyone. Particularly the BMC boys, a healthy shipment of this size would have taken the heat off the domestic Datsun prices!