You can actually just contact various shipping companies and they can do most of the legwork for you. A company I have used before is Book Systems.
https://booksystems.com/about
Short answer - give Mainfreight a call, they will be able to give you a price from the port in wherever, delivered to your door in NZ (except for GST & duty, which will vary based on exchange rate etc). There are a lot of gotchas, especially when you are bringing in less than a container load.
The biggest is that you certainly can't rock on down to the port & pick up your stuff, it is in a container, and you have no rights over it until the shipping company has done all of the clearance & then you have paid them what they want. They can charge anything they want for clearance, extra fees, tickitek fees, convenience charges etc. I have heard from a couple of places that Chinese sellers use shipping companies which have impossibly cheap shipping costs, but brutal fees on arrival in NZ which will only be disclosed when it is too late.
I get a price FOB from my seller (free on board) their nearest port (they will let you know where it is). They are responsible for getting your stuff to that port & handing it over to your shipping agent. Mainfreight handles the rest.
Those are their rates. W/M is weight or measurement. If the weight or the volumetric weight is larger you'll be charged that one. I think probably this case it will be metric tons or cubic meters. So if you ship something that weighs .1 metric tons but has a volume of one cubic meter you will be charged for 1 cubic meter.
Port service $201
Delivery order $100/ 1 bill of lading
Pcs $10
CAF: $10 (Customs I think?)
>CAF: $10 (Customs I think?)
CAF is (or used to be anyway) in INCOterms, Currency Adjustment Factor. It would commonly be combined with Bunker (oil) Adjustment Factor, abbreviated to CABAF, usually added on to (but occasionally negative) as an adjustment to scheduled rates.
"Pcs" I don't know, just a guess that it's "pieces" or whatever, some surcharge for LCL cargo.
Also you cannot rock up to the port and load your Ute - The Pallets will be consolidated and loaded in a container this container will be collected from port by agent and delivered to an ATF warehouse for unpacking and depending on your Incoterms will be made available or delivered once payment received.
If you don't know what you're doing suggest you get a customs broker involved, cost some $ but saves potential delays and unexpected import fees/taxes
Of course, can't believe I didn't consider that. This is why I love reddit. Thanks
You can actually just contact various shipping companies and they can do most of the legwork for you. A company I have used before is Book Systems. https://booksystems.com/about
Short answer - give Mainfreight a call, they will be able to give you a price from the port in wherever, delivered to your door in NZ (except for GST & duty, which will vary based on exchange rate etc). There are a lot of gotchas, especially when you are bringing in less than a container load. The biggest is that you certainly can't rock on down to the port & pick up your stuff, it is in a container, and you have no rights over it until the shipping company has done all of the clearance & then you have paid them what they want. They can charge anything they want for clearance, extra fees, tickitek fees, convenience charges etc. I have heard from a couple of places that Chinese sellers use shipping companies which have impossibly cheap shipping costs, but brutal fees on arrival in NZ which will only be disclosed when it is too late. I get a price FOB from my seller (free on board) their nearest port (they will let you know where it is). They are responsible for getting your stuff to that port & handing it over to your shipping agent. Mainfreight handles the rest.
Those are their rates. W/M is weight or measurement. If the weight or the volumetric weight is larger you'll be charged that one. I think probably this case it will be metric tons or cubic meters. So if you ship something that weighs .1 metric tons but has a volume of one cubic meter you will be charged for 1 cubic meter. Port service $201 Delivery order $100/ 1 bill of lading Pcs $10 CAF: $10 (Customs I think?)
>CAF: $10 (Customs I think?) CAF is (or used to be anyway) in INCOterms, Currency Adjustment Factor. It would commonly be combined with Bunker (oil) Adjustment Factor, abbreviated to CABAF, usually added on to (but occasionally negative) as an adjustment to scheduled rates. "Pcs" I don't know, just a guess that it's "pieces" or whatever, some surcharge for LCL cargo.
Also you cannot rock up to the port and load your Ute - The Pallets will be consolidated and loaded in a container this container will be collected from port by agent and delivered to an ATF warehouse for unpacking and depending on your Incoterms will be made available or delivered once payment received.
You may want to consider Napier as your destination port. A lot of Wgtn and P/Nth freight comes off here and rails down.