“WE NEED YOUR HELP WITH PARKING”
To be able to shift cars from Ports efficiently, we need to be able to take them somewhere, as soon as they are free to go. Usually this is your compliance centre.
The situation (particularly in Auckland and Lyttleton) is that the Port is so congested, and traffic is so slow, that the majority of cars need to be shifted from the port, outside of normal business hours to achieve removal within the free time. An 8 car transporter, may only be able to deliver 3 trips on a Friday in Auckland (24 cars ) as “Rush Hour” is now pretty much an all day event.
The trouble we face, is that a large number of Compliance Centres now only work 5 days, 8am to 5pm, and lock the doors. Very few have after-hours access to their storage.
As we are faced with transporters working throughout the night, and weekends, just to clear the Ports within the 3 days of free parking, we really need to be able to deliver to your indicated address outside of business times.
If we don’t get your help on this, I can guarantee Demurrage Charges of $57 per day from the Port, or double handling, and storage if we use the Transporters yards to park cars. This applies to you whether you use AUTOHUB or not.
To help us: Please ask you Compliance Centre for assistance with after-hours access, and ask them to contact us if this can be made available.
Or… if we deliver direct to you, then some form of after-hours access would certainly give you faster delivery, and ensure our price is maintained.
I cannot indicate strongly enough, that we need your understanding and help with this issue.
All Transport Companies have advised us that those who pay early, and have good access to after-hours parking will get priority clearing. Others will just go into a queue.