Ask the right questions to help you find the perfect container services company

Container Services covers a wide range of freight solutions from picking up the container off the wharf right through to delivering the product direct.  If a container needs to be checked by MAF the best container service provider will have MAF Accreditation and will have qualified staff on site accredited to ensure all MAF, CCA and ATF requirements are met.

Goods coming into New Zealand are heavily regulated and all goods coming into the country have to be either checked by MAF or Customs.  MAF Accreditation facilities that can also provide container transport allows importers and exporters to have their goods checked and picked up by one provider – the one stop shop option.  This is a huge benefit to any importer and exporter when faced with the rules and regulations set out by MAF.  Having experts on board so to speak who can provide this service as well as container transport, distribution and storage means the importer or exporter can easily outsource this task to people with the experience and qualifications to reach the standards that have to be met. An importer or exporter can spend a lot of unnecessary time dealing with this side the business when their time is probably better spent on other things such as marketing.    

With New Zealand’s Free Trade Agreement with China coming into effect last year, and showing clear signs of success, exporters in New Zealand are keen to send our local products overseas.  With the announcement that New Zealand has now signed a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia in October 2009 the opportunities are endless.  Once again a professional company offering container services offers real benefits to any exporter.  Like any partnership, there are certain “skills” each part of the supply chain needs to have and once again holding a MAF Accreditation is key. 

That is why importers and exporters need to make certain decisions when they are searching for that perfect container service solution.  There are just a number of key questions that will aid that decision process.  Some of these are:

• Does the container service company provide transport, distribution, MAF, CCA or ATF Approved facilities?
• Can the container service company unpack or pack my container?
• Does the container service company provide storage and warehousing facilities?
• Can I track and trace my goods and see where they are in the transport system?

If a container services company can answer yes to all of these questions you are guaranteed a gold standard service.  By being able to provide the whole range of services from unpack to pack as well as track and trace they will take away any concerns and worries importers and exporters may have around any requirements MAF have.  Being MAF Accredited is proof that certain standards and procedures have been met. 

Visit www.nzlgroup.co.nz to find the perfect container services company.  With MAF , CCA and ATF Approved facilities NZL Group can assure any exporter or importer that once their services are required they can provide the perfect one stop shop solution in container services.