[ale] [off-topic] Need Help Sending PCs to Haiti

[Sergio Chaves]

Cool.
Thanks for the good info.
Will check Panalpina too.

On 08/05/2012 07:45 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
> On 08/05/2012 04:44 PM, Sergio Chaves wrote:
>> It is a possibility.
>> I am not familiar with "sea time" travel (will investigate) and 
>> customs at a seaport.
>> We have quite a bit of help at the Airport and that would be the 
>> preferred method as of now.
> I would think airfreight is a better because of the relatively small 
> size and weight of your shipment.
>
> If sent by sea your crates would probably be combined with others to 
> fill a container (20' or 40') and the container would need to be 
> sorted in Haiti. My guess your sea time shipping time would be about 2 
> - 4 weeks with most of the time due to container assembly and 
> breakdown. For example 1 week to assemble container, 1 week to load on 
> ship (mostly container sitting in yard), 1 week sailing, 1 week to 
> breakdown container. You would not ship your freight as break-bulk by sea
>
> For air freight (say FedEx/UPS) once ready it will take about 2-4 days 
> to get to Haiti and clear customs. If you can preclear the goods while 
> in transit your time may be 1 - 2 days door to door.
>
> You might check with a freight forwarder, Panalpina is one I used to 
> work with about 10 years ago, about your options and the best way to 
> get it there.
>
> I used to work for German companies and was familiar with ocean and 
> air shipping procedures.
>>
>> Thanks for bringing that possibility up.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 08/05/2012 04:38 PM, simontek at gmail.com wrote:
>>> Ship them?
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