Shipments done by Travellers

Costs:

473 AUD shipping costs for one bike (2,64 m3), Affordable Shipping in Sydney

50 AUD for a second hand crate for a BMW GS 1200 (100w, 245l, 110h), Procycles Sydney

469 NZD port service & fees, Carotrans/Mainfreight in Auckland

86 NZD cargo handling, Carotrans in Auckland

88 NZD clearance certificate, Biosecurity Authority/Ministry for Primary Industries

We contacted Bob from Affordable Shipping by phone and email. He needs a copy of your passport and the stamped out CdP and is very reliable and easy going. Vessels go once a week (Wednesday), cut off is one week earlier. You will get the bill of lading by email after the vessel left Sydney. It will contain the contact details of the shipping agency in charge in Auckland and information about the whole procedure in NZ. The vessel arrives in Auckland the following Sunday. We were still able to pick it up 2 days later (Tuesday afternoon), with the boat being 1 day late.

Bikes and gear need to be cleaned thoroughly for Biosecurity in NZ. You can pack all your motorbike gear, tools and spare parts with the bike. It has to be crated but this can be done at the storage. Got the crate from Procycles in Sydney (148 George St., Hornsby NSW 2077, tel. 02 99109500) for 50 AUD. We picked it up by trailer and brought it directly to Kings storage. You will need a hammer to nail the timber for the lid, cling foil to close the box will be provided by Affordable Shipping.

Customs is at the airport, international terminal (10 Cooks River Drive, tel. 1300558287). You need a proof of the booking, 100 points identification and the carnet to get stamped out. There is an additional office in the city center.

On the 10th of November I flew my bike from Sydney to Auckland with Qantas, the process was easy, the guy's on the counter put me in touch with a dangerous goods firm who worked with me, as I wanted to get the bike down there on a dry day, as it has to be clean, they charged Au$125, I took the bike down on the day, disconnected the battery, had a quarter of a tank of petrol.
The Qantas staff, weighed the bike 320kg, then I left the bike in there warehouse. Went back and did the paperwork, paid Au$1100 and walked away!
The bike flew in the day after me, I went down to New Zealand freight after completing the carnet in the customs office in the centre of Auckland, the quarantine guy took five minutes to look at the bike, NZ$25.50, NZ freight charged NZ$30 for paperwork and the bike was brought out! Qantas did a fantastic job strapping my bike into one of their containers, Simple easy service!

The above cost is for 2 bikes, KTM 640E & Kawasaki KL250 in one crate, 2.5m3, 350kg. We crated the bikes ourselves - the Sydney agent was happy for us to do that in their warehouse - into 2 std steel moto crates with the front wheels & handlebars off. The 2 crates bolted together to make one before being wrapped in cardboard & plastic.

The bikes were crated up in Sydney on 24 April & were cleared to pickup in Auckland on 18 May. This was a week longer than expected, but this wasn't a problem as it was the homeward leg of the trip.

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Info shipping from Australia to NZ and Germany

Customshaus in Brisbane ,140 Creekstreet,Australian Custom Service,Level 2 Terrica Place,Client Service,Tel. 07 3835 3774,Mo-Fr 9-15.30 Uhr,
Koordinaten South 27* 22.905,east 153* 10.450,middle from Brissi,you have to make the carnet clearance here,not on the airport

shipping company
Australia Trade and Shipping, (all per email to finished)
i...@australiatrade.com.au, Tel. 38081200,in Springwood 4127,5 Bates Street
warehouse in Brisbaner Port,south Brisbane,over Gatewaybridge,then next exit out to Port,

ACFS,warehouse
corner Whrimbel Street+Sandpiper Avenue,Mo-Fr 7.30- 15.30 Uhr
in circle north out,(Oneway)150 m right in Tor in,drive around the building until the frontroad(Koordinaten South 27* 22.907,east 153* 10.449) ,enclosed shoes waering on the yard i bring my both bike crates with a truck to them,from(abel.com.au)they enload them with a forklift, into the Office paperswork finished,you take some sticker put them by yourself on the crate,that’s all,Australiatrade email you a bill on the same day,you can pay per online the bill,the bill of loading will be emailt to you after money clearance,but only when the bike is on the ship,after this you can make the carnet de passage clearance in brissi with the customhouse,(see address in begin)the customs don’t watch your bike or gear,this will be done on your arrival place.
hope it helps one or another one further.
costs,1cbm3 to NZ 2,40,- Ad+120,- Ad fees incl. Handlingfees ,KLR 650 komplett 1,8cbm3 ,705,- AD, 240kg,

here follow costs in NZ
in NZ,Christchurch 180,- Nzd (1 Euro=2,25 Nzd, in June-2009),for the Qurantaene like MAF 90,-Nzd,for paperwork from frightoffice 90,-Nzd,the Carnet clearance by customs is free,

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I organised the freight of my BMW R1150RT myself via air with Qantas Freight.

Phoning the 1300 number, option 5 then option 3 gets you eventually speaking with a real person. They will tell you that only freight forwarders can book in a bike for transport. Other wise you go standby and it can take 10 days or l;onger to get the bike to NZ as it needs to go via Sydney, the clearance port for most Australia to Auckland freight. Freight forwarders will costs a lot more. I was not bothered about a delay, as this was my homeward journey.

I got the Dangerous Goods documentation done by Dangerous Goods Management (DGM) (phone +61 7 32602366) at the cost of $123 Australian. Just phoned them the day before, and they were really good.

I spent 2 days cleaning the bike, then had to take it in on a wet day so some last minute prep at the airport was needed. Took it to DGM, then after an hour took it to Qantas Freight. Bothe these places are reasonably close to the airport. I was concerned about the amount of fuel in the bike, but have since learnt that as long as it is below 25% full it is OK.

Took 2 hours at Qantas freight to check in the bike. They allowed me to place the stickers on the bike to eliminate any potential for damage. It was checked by security, I disconnected the battery and tapped the leads and paid the money.

The quote I received from Qantas Freight over the phone was worked using volumetric weight, but at the office they worked it out using actual weight which saved my $500. I think I was lucky. The Qantas freight people were excellent to deal with, and very helpful.

I had a Carnet for the bike, and the next step was to walk to Customs and get them to complete their paperwork. Qantas Freight then wanted the Carnet back to send with the bike, but this is not essential and I kept it (fortunately).

The bike was left with Qantas at 12noon on Wednesday and was in Auckland by the end of the next day! I found oput that I had 4 days from arrival to pickup before storage charges kicked in, so no problem as I was due in Auckland on the Sunday. (BIG mistake).

My wife and I made several calls to NZ customs (1800301861 from Australia; 0800428786 from NZ; 09 2565228 direct) and to MAF (0800222009) and to the Air Frieght Cargo people in NZ (099098631) in advance to try and find out processes upon landing. We got several stories, and then experienced a different scenario.

So here is our experience.

The best thing is to avoid flying in on Sunday afternoon. The Customs Customer Service building (3 km from Airport) normally deals with the Carnets and close at 12noon on Sunday. I went to Lane4 on customs when I arrived as instructed and asked them to complete the carnet (which I had on me, along with a copy of the airbill). The office did not know what to do and was uncertain, but I convinced him to stamp and fill it in.

I then went to the MAF/Air New Zealand Warehouse on Ogilvy St. This is a 10 minutes walk from the Airport terminal. I had a friend meet me and drove me around. This is a good idea if you can arrange it.

The fright people said I needed a Delivery Order (DO Number) from customs. THIS IS NOT TRUE: but it took several hours to sort out. If you do not have a Carnet, you WILL NEED a DO Number from Customs. The people were freindly and helpful, but just did not know the process for a Carnet processing of a returning bike.

MAF are in the same building, and inspected and cleared the bike very promptly. They were very helpful, but rather casual with the inspection. The bike looked really clean and polished though.

The only fees I pad was $33.75 NZ for a document fee to the freight people and $15 NZ to MAF. Saved $20 by having a copy of my registration papers with me.

All in all time from landing to bike being handed over was 4 hours.

Overall an easy thing to do, and cheaper than any quotes I received for shipping.