The general situation from Europe and the Mediterranean is that there is a shortage of space on all vessels out of Europe to Asai and Central America (in the case of Hamburg Sud), once containers have arrived at those transhipment points there is furthe space shortage on second leg vessels to New Zealand.

Normally we would have expected space problems to have eased by now heading in to December but to date they haven't. This is largely due to the fact that shipping lines have cancelled services meaning that where there were once 5 sailings a week ex Europe there are now just 3 as opposed to any increase in trade.

We will try to keep delays to a minimum and advise you of short shipments as soon as we can. we are in constant contact with shipping lines regarding the situation.

Please allow for at least one week longer than expected for your freight to arrive from Europe.