CHINA | HONG KONG Delays to vessels around the New Zealand coast have continued to affect schedule integrity of most services. The ongoing disruption to vessel schedules has resulted in reduced sailings on three of our direct services over…
An increase of the present free time allowance. Dear valued customer, As you may be aware, Mondiale VGL operate our own intermodal facilities to empower us with improved service controls with less variables and to help reduce the impediments…
Empty Container Parks Overcapacity Redirection of containers and cancellation of timeslots. Dear valued customer, Regrettably, we continue to experience issues in accessing empty container parks. With many park operators understaffed and at capacity, an alarming number of containers are…
AUSTRALIA Vessel scheduling continues to play a detrimental role on this trade. To maintain some schedule integrity Wellington and Lyttelton have been omitted on the last two voyages of ANLs Hansa Bitburg. We have seen an increase in capacity…
NON OPERATING REEFER CONTAINERS … AN IMPORTANT MONDIALE VGL OFFERING Did you know that reefer containers can be used to carry non refrigerated cargo at a reduced ocean freight cost? Known as non-operating reefers (NORs) – shipping lines generally…
The Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment (DAWE) continues to face considerable resource challenges credited to high import volumes. There are significant resulting delays and last-minute cancellations of appointments for Victoria and New South Wales inspections. This is exclusively…
Shanghai is still grappling with its latest outbreak of COVID-19, however after 4 weeks of tight restrictions we may now be starting to see promising signs that the outbreak is contained. The daily case numbers in Shanghai have been…
Please see the below article from the NZ Herald which will be of interest to all those importing from Shanghai specifically. Covid-19: NZ supply chain pressures to get worse due to China lockdowns, Shanghai port delays 20 Apr, 2022…
Please note we have received notification from the shipping lines that routings have been amended for West Coast North America to Oceania, in order to provide additional vessels that will discharge cargo in New Zealand. In order to provide…
The current outbreak in China unfortunately continues to grow, with some 23 cities now facing either a partial or total lockdown, affecting a reported 193 million people in areas accounting for 22% of GDP. A brief summary of how…