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What a shocker, sea freight delay
Just got some cranky mood inducing news this morning. Our bike is sitting in Singapore. We sent it sea freight from Dili, Timor Leste (air freight was not an option) to Vancouver but it has to change boats in Sing. It was going well, all cozy in a big crate but now we hear they want it uncrated, put on a pallet, and the oil drained before loading on the 2nd boat. All of the sudden there is some yammering about Dangerous goods, I thought DG was only for planes? The Dili freight agent is very nice but this is getting way outside their usual runs. We are in DC trying to avoid flying to Sing to sort this big fat mess out. Anyone have words of wisdom? Our bums grow itchy to be back on the road so it's much appreciated
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Lookup and read the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, then tell the agent in Dili to tell you which section of the IMDG "used engine oil less than 5 litres" falls in - it does n't, oil is not a DG. After that tell them to stop f...ing you around and get the crate into the next container going to Vancouver. Make sure that the agent in Dili knows its his problem to fix and not yours.

How did you pay? Credit Card? if so get onto them and make it their problem to expedite the bike for you.

I've never heard of such a ridiculous excuse - I'd suspect that they dont have enough freight going to Vancouver ex SIN to fill a container and are just creating an excuse to make the delay problem yours. I know some freight forwarders dont like any liquids in their containers, but all vehicles are shipped with oil (and fuels on RoRo) and if it was a problem they should have declared that.
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I've never heard of such a ridiculous excuse - I'd suspect that they dont have enough freight going to Vancouver ex SIN to fill a container and are just creating an excuse to make the delay problem yours. I know some freight forwarders dont like any liquids in their containers, but all vehicles are shipped with oil (and fuels on RoRo) and if it was a problem they should have declared that.

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Ditto !
Credit card? Lol this was Dili so all cash, natch. They got us by the short n curlies. I started pawing thru the IMDG doc, jeez! Worse than the US tax code

Trying to call the shipper in Sing with crappy Skype, good times. It is ridiculous. We never had to drain oil for air freight. Thanks for the info.
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So sorry to hear about your situation.
I cant imagine why you would need to drain oil out of a sealed engine. Thousands of vehicles are transported by ship every day. I have never heard of anyone having to drain oil before. My own bikes were shipped from the USA and oil was never mentioned.
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Sounds like utter bull, I have shipped and flown my bike several times with the oil in it and a lot of new bikes come from the factory with oil in them and are shipped without a problem. As has been stated it sounds like an excuse for something else, good luck with sorting it out quickly and keep us informed about how you get on.
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