Season’s Greetings!
Well, another very busy and eventful year is drawing to a close…and as usual, we are all dealing with the mad rush of getting all those last bits done before the festivities begin.
This year has seen very high volumes of used vehicle arrivals and has certainly kept us all very busy. We can only hope this continues on and the market remains capable of sustaining this level of demand.
Our offices will be closed just the Stat days, with a reduced crew on during the 3 days in between Christmas and New Year. It will be business as usual for us from January 3rd onwards.
As a last reminder, please make sure that your compliance centres are able to take delivery of your vehicles during the holiday period (not the stat days) or if they are closed, you have advise us of your alternative delivery address. Vehicles arriving that cannot be delivered will be put into storage at your cost, so please ensure all invoices are paid and correct delivery addresses are advised.
On a general note, we are seeing shifts in global shipping priorities, particularly with container stock – where they have been over accumulated, and where they are now needed more. This affects us greatly when it comes to container availability and rates to get your vehicles to NZ for those of you that use this service.
Maersk, our main container service provider has recently acquired Hamburg-SUD and the newly combined entity has now ‘realigned’ its service, priorities and pricing. We have been given new rates from Maersk for the Japan to NZ service for 2018 for our consideration and comment. Needless to say, these include pricing increases and we are still in discussions in an effort to reduce their proposed increases as much as possible. We will be in contact with those of you affected when we know what the outcome is.
On a brighter note, we would like to thank you all for your business over the last year and hope we can continue to serve you into 2018 and beyond. On behalf of the Autohub Team, we wish you a Very Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2018…
28 November 2017
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