The Team's Board Report - Mainfreight

12
Napier
Urgent Shipment of Aircraft
Engine
In April, Air Chathams were asked
to move an aircraft engine for a
DC-3 from Opa Locka, USA to
Tonga and accepted a quote from
Mainfreight International to handle
the job for three reasons: the quote
was very competitive, the Napier
team were easy to deal with, and
Air Chathams wanted to deal with a
locally based company.
We ensured all the paperwork was
correct and advised them of
everything we required to get the
shipment underway and delivered
without any disruptions. The
engine needed to leave for Tonga
no later than 4 May and needed to
be in Tonga by 10 May. (No
pressure, yeah right!). The engine
left Opa Locka for LAX and when it
arrived into LAX we found it was
not crated as previously advised.
This was hastily arranged by the
Mainfreight team and, still on
schedule, the engine flew from LAX
to Auckland. The engine was
booked on the only weekly freight
flight to Tonga on Tuesday 10 May.
Yes, it went that morning and the
engineers started the installation
later that day. This was an urgent
freight delivery with hiccups on the
way but the engine arrived on time
– another successful job completed
by the Napier team. Air Chathams
and Chathams Pacific look forward
to using Mainfreight frequently in
the future.
Christchurch Recovery Assistance
With the devastating earthquake
that hit Christchurch on Tuesday 22
February, the eastern suburbs of
Christchurch experienced extreme
damage to their sewage pipelines.
Mainfreight International
Christchurch became involved with
the repair process by assisting The
Ministry of Civil Defence and
Emergency Management to import
a number of “sucker trucks” from
Sydney Water in Australia.
This was a good turn which had
flow on benefits to other parts of
the Mainfreight business with
domestic movements and
importing of parts for these trucks.
Bruce Angus, Operations Manager
from Sydney Water said “great
effort by Mainfreight with coordination
with MAF staff to ensure
the import process ran smoothly, I
will be recommending Mainfreight
when I head back to Australia”.
Peter Cameron, Regional Coordinator
Southern from Civil
Defence, also added “the
organisation and communication
from Mainfreight on this project
was one of the reasons why it was
so successful, well done to the
Christchurch team”. Mainfreight
International Christchurch is now
going through the process of
exporting some of these trucks
back to Australia.