NEW ZEALAND CLEARING FACILITIES IN WELLINGTON

NEW ZEALAND

EXPORTING CONTAINERS AND LCL YOURSELF TO WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND

YOUR GOODS MAY BE STOLEN :

But heres a list of your payments or what we paid for a 20ft FCL with many various items inside. Remember it was over 40 individual items and boxes in the container

Devanning can take 2 days and they do have forklifts. Took 2 Thais 1.5 hours to load by hand in Thailand.

An excellent container and LCL delivery trucking Company is

Mainfreight which are one of the biggest trucking companies for swingarms in NZ on the wharf. Tel: 04-473-6139 Fax: 04-473-6138. Ken Harris or email: kenh@mainfreight.co.nz Good service and excellent PR.

IMPLICATIONS FOR THOSE WISHING TO REMIT TT FUNDS TO THAILAND FROM NEW ZEALAND.

If you do not have a Bank account in New Zealand but of course have Credit card or cash the banks will not allow you to make the transfer if no bank account in NZ but even if so they cannot guarantee the funds within 1 week. All TT senders must hold a current NZ Bank Account. Our answer from Westpac Bank Information was tourists will never send money home??? they only receive??

Wellington NZ wharf is a joke but interesting to hear from others affected by having shipments stolen---- so please write to us if you have your goods stolen.

We would not recommend having your goods devanned for inspection by CentrePac, Wharf 37 Wellington, New Zealand.

OPTIONS SENDING SHIPMENTS TO WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND

Personal Effects arriving by Sea freight

As above, personal belongings arriving via sea require an Unaccompanied Personal Baggage Declaration (NZCS 218).(164 Kb) A detailed packing list should include all items in the consignment. A good tip is to number boxes or packages and make a list of the items inside.  

Full containers, privately imported goods or personal effects arriving in a sea container also require a Sea Container Quarantine Declaration(20 Kb) which must be presented to MAFBNZ Clearance Service. The declaration should then be signed by a manager of the packing or exporting facility. At the exporting facility the container will need to be inspected internally and externally and found free of contaminants.. The declaration also states what type of packing materials and wood packaging were used.

If the container is to be unpacked at a private residence, the container must be placed on a hard sealed area. Consignments of personal effects shipped as LCL or FAK must be inspected at a transitional facility, not a residence, if inspection is required.Before you send goods to NZ ask MAF the alternatives to have your goods inspected if MAF needs to inspect.

We thought pilfering in NZ was full proof but it’s a joke so be warned. It used to happen a lot back in the 60s and 70s but it still happens to day in October 2007.

For all those affected by CentrePac or on the wharf in Wellington or NZ stealing your goods please email us as we would like to know your experiences.

 Our recommendations sending goods to NZ:
1/. Have insurance and ask to watch the repacking process.
2/. If items are stolen notify the Company who devans which really is a waste of time but do it anyway and also file a report of the items stolen to the NZ Police, & maybe express your concerns to the press.They will love it.
3/. Keep a record and itemize everything in the shipment & itemize all goods going back into the container when you inspect or use an agent.The Packing list is very important.
4/. If you are a foreigner file to the NZ Embassy any problems ans demand a reply.
Note how your goods are loaded and examine all items from your packing list on discharge
5/. Send us an email so we can tell others to beware.

6/. ASK MAF for alternate facilities to inspect and what are your options and where else can you have inspections carried out.

7/. Take photos

8/. When shipping ask the shipper who will ship the goods to NZ (Shipping Line) & who will be the Delivery Agent in NZ. If this agent is different from your own then you will pay a delivery fee of anywhere around $460NZ basically a service charge. You also need to have the notifying party on the BIL (Bill of Lading) and please ask your agent in NZ to notify you of the Shipping Company who they are agents for so this goes on the BIL to avoid double costs.

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