OVERSEAS CARGO

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20094, 14 November 1939, Page 2

OVERSEAS CARGO

OCEAN FREIGHT ONLY TRANSHIPMENT COSTS COAST-WISE CARRIAGE BUSINESS COMPETITION ' Business men in Gisborne with connections overseas have received ‘ number of visits during the '/ .«£ from representatives ot Aucklanc itiv , toms and carrying firms, s -°*ci-t « business which a change svstem of shipment to coastal poi - in New Zealand had made available.

Overseas shipping companies have intimated that they w 1 accept freights to mam ports onij i « v _ Zealand, and that coastal t unship ment must be arranged by tha.e sult 0m main-port agents 1 wil! Randle competition for the business. from Auckland representatives within the week. Thp change is not likely to in volve a much higher cost toimportvolVe o.„ v can be learned, tor m the past 3 through freights from overfas shipping points to oul ports m New Zealand have included the coast m chorees and these will be pam fMn n sSg Z re C suU e wiU be |e tfSwoSs® anTthi will help to offset the additional charges which the importer wi called upon to meet.

Arrangements with Agents

It will be necessary now for importers in Gisborne and other out ports to arrange with agents m Auckland or Wellington to lift cargof° transhipment, pay inward whaimge, cartage, outward wharfage and com - ol freight, together with the u■« Xijpfnl entry ch»r ß c .Pn.ct.ca ly a« the additional cost w. L Uc niet out of the exchange saved through pay ment being made m New Zeaand currency, it is stated by a busmens man connected with the ■ shipping business. In the past a number of Gisborne firms have had arrangements foi overseas goods to be shipped to upland and there transhipped by then own agents. Where a sub « tantia J volume of business is done, this 1 a been found a more economical proSre than to pay a through freight to Gisborne.

Notwithstanding the offsets now available, however, imported goods will cost more to bring into the country, owing to the rise m ocean freights which the overseas shipping companies have decided upon.