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Weekly Update 19 April 2021
Welcome to our new weekly update report for the BMSB season. We want to keep you informed of our work and answer your questions. We'll include lodgement queue processing times and volumes.
This week
Sea freight queue
For this week, sea freight lodgement turnaround is estimated at 3 - 6 days.
On Monday 19 April, morning, the total sea freight queue (includes Australian lodgements) stood at 1,114 lodgements and TET were processing lodgements due back today at 10am
Last week: average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 25:22 hrs (previous week 31:37hrs) and for second submissions 8:30 hrs (previous week 5:42hrs)
Airfreight queue
For the coming week, air freight lodgement turnaround is estimated 3-7 hours
On Monday 19 April, morning, there were 297 airfreight lodgements in the queue for processing and TET were processing those due back at 8:36am
Last week: average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 6:59hrs (previous week 4:42 hrs) and for second submissions 6:35 hrs (previous week 3:52 hrs)
Australia queue
On Monday 19 April, morning, there were 176 Australian specific lodgements, the team is processing consignments due back today at 10am
Last week:
Average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 6:30 hrs (previous week 5:05 hrs) and for second submissions 6:11 hrs (previous week 3:05 hrs).
Average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 22:44 hrs (previous week 27:14 hrs) and for second submissions 7:57 hrs (previous week 5:12 hrs)
Pressure point:
None noted
Lodgements processed Weekly 12 April – 18 April
All timings are based on business hours from 7am to 5pm.
Total lodgements processed 6,169
Air cargo first applications
3 hour target
2,522
Air cargo 2nd submission
2 hour target
340
Total
2,862
Sea cargo 1st applications
21 hour target
2,812
Sea cargo 2nd submission
4 hour target
495
Total
3,307
Australian queue
Sea cargo 1st applications
21 hour target
473
Air cargo first lodgements
3-hour target
615
Sea cargo 2nd submission
4 hour target
100
Air cargo 2nd submission
2-hour target
74
Enquiries to Customer Enquiries Centre and Standards Team
Enquiries to Standards:
Target Evaluation Clarification: Clearance of Empty Sea Containers
There is some confusion around the process for empty sea container clearance.
All Empty Containers should be declared on Inward Cargo Reports (ICR) by the shipper. MPI gives direction in the response messaging to the ICR Submitter, the Port Company (discharge port) and any Notified Parties identified by the Submitter. Care needs to be taken that Empty Containers are not declared on two different ICRs, i.e. in the instances of slot charters and or shipper owned empties, these are declared by the agreed party only. Empty Containers being imported for the first time, e.g. new empty reefers for export shipments like kiwifruit, dairy products, etc. are managed as above.
Empty Containers being imported into New Zealand for sale or lease will require an Import Declaration. They will also be included on the ICR as an Empty Container in the normal manner.
For more information about ICR for Empty Containers please refer to the:
