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

[Jay Lozier]

Sergio,

Another company you can contact is EMOTrans. Again I worked with about 
10 - 12 years ago and they have a local office done by the airport.


On 08/05/2012 09:35 PM, Sergio Chaves wrote:
> 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?
>>>> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Sergio Chaves<sergio.chaves at gmail.com>
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>>>> Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 16:35:54
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>>>> Subject: [ale] [off-topic] Need Help Sending PCs to Haiti
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