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SEA FREIGHT TO KAVIENG
“SEA FREIGHT FROM AUSTRALIA TO KAVIENG”
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“Over 20 years experience shipping to Kavieng and surrounding islands”
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Welcome to CargoMaster, are you thinking of Shipping to Kavieng. Our high performance team of PNG Sea Freight service specialists offer many years’ experience shipping containers Kavieng and surrounding islands. CargoMaster is one of Australia’s most trusted shipping companies from Australia to Kavieng.
Also servicing: Aitape, Alotau, Arawa, Buka, Daru, Kieta, Kimbe, Lae, Lihir, Lorengau, Madang, Oro Bay, Port Moresby, Rabaul, Vanimo, Wewak,
ABOUT KAVIENG
Kavieng is the largest town and capital of the Papua New Guinean province of New Ireland. New Ireland is both a province and Island. Kavieng is also the largest port in the area. Kavieng is located on the northern tip of New Ireland. Kavieng has a population of approx. 20,000 as at 2021. New Ireland Province is an isolated group of islands in north-east PNG. New Ireland province has a population of approximately 243,035 people, New Ireland’s diverse geography includes tropical beaches, coastal lowlands, mountains and inland plateaus spread over 9,600 square kilometers of land and 230,000 square kilometers of sea. The main island is called New Ireland (320 kilometers long and 10-40 kilometers wide).
Kavieng has an airport which offers daily connecting flights to Port Moresby and other parts of PNG.
Kavieng is the local administration area and has government offices a hospital, hotels and luxury beach resorts. The area is popular with diving companies as there are many World War II wrecks.
There is a large deep water port at Kavieng, which accommodates commercial container vessels from Australia. Kavieng’s main export is copra and cocoa which is exported by sea freight from the port.
During the second world war Kavieng was heavily bombed and came under massive attack by Japanese forces. As such the majority of Australians were evacuated from New Ireland. The Japanese invaded and occupied the island on 24 January, 1942. Over the next two years, almost all of the Europeans who had remained on the island were executed by the Japanese. Japan’s Rear Admiral Ryukichi Tamura gave the order to kill all the European prisoners in Kavieng as an imminent invasion by United States, Australian, NZ and British forces was expected. At least twenty-three of these were executed in the Kavieng Wharf Massacre in March 1944, which later led to the perpetrators being sentenced for war crimes. By the time the Allies retook the island in 1945, Kavieng had been almost completely destroyed.
TYPICAL QUESTIONS CALLERS ASK ABOUT SHIPPING TO KAVIENG
“How much does it cost to ship a car from Australia to Kavieng”
“The cost of shipping cars to Kavieng, New Ireland province, Papua New Guinea from Australia will depend on where in Australia you are shipping from and the commodity you intend shipping too”
SHIPPING TO KAVIENG
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TRANSIT TIMES FROM AUSTRALIA TO KAVIENG
- Sydney to Kavieng: 8-12 Days
- Melbourne to Kavieng: 14-20 Days
- Brisbane to Kavieng:
- Fremantle (Perth) to Kavieng: 18-32 Days
- Hobart/Launceston to Kavieng: 16-22 Days
- Canberra to Kavieng
- Townsville to Kavieng: 14-22 Days
- Darwin to Kavieng
PORTS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA CUSTOMS AUTHORITY
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SHIPPING TO KAVIENG
Prohibited And Restricted Items:
Remember, you are moving to one of the cleanest, greenest, Island Countries in the world, PNG’s people are very much InTouch with the environment and protecting their country from unwanted pests and diseases. Border control is very strict and heavy fines (even imprisonment penalties) apply for non compliance, your goods could even be sent back to the origin port .Certain items are restricted or prohibited and cannot be imported into PNG
Please be aware the below items are NOT PERMITTED into PNG:
- objectionable material contained on items like videotapes, films, records, CD-ROMs and in publications
- weapons like flick knives, butterfly knives, swordsticks, knuckle-dusters
- any weapon which is disguised as something else
- equipment for using cannabis or methamphetamine
- anything which you’re planning to use in a crime.
For the commodities below you should check to see if you will NEED A PERMIT:
- ivory in any form, including jewelry, and carvings
- tortoise or sea turtle shell jewelry, and ornaments
- meat or food derived from whales, dolphins, rare crane, and pheasants, or sea turtles
- medicines containing musk, or rhinoceros or tiger derivatives such as ground horn or bone
- carvings or other things made from whalebone or bone from other marine mammals
- cat skins
- trophies of sea turtles, all big cats, rare reptiles, cranes, pheasants, bears, antelope, and deer
- live species, including pet eagles, hawks, owls and parrots, many cacti, orchids, cycads, and cyclamens
- carnivorous plants.
You may not be able to bring some medicines into PNG, especially controlled drugs. This includes medicines containing pseudoephedrine. Remember heavy fines and possibility of imprisonment for non compliance
Prescription medication in most cases is acceptable, if you can present a valid doctors prescription .
If you’re returning to PNG or are immigrant after 21 months or more overseas, you may be entitled to concessions on vehicles and boats, motor cycles that either accompany you or are transported separately.
Bringing Motor Vehicles Into PAPUA NEW GUINEA:
There is an increasing number of people purchasing cars online from overseas and importing them in Papua New Guinea. Although the purchase price of these vehicles may seem cheaper than what you can purchase here in Papua New Guinea there are significant costs associated with importing and getting these vehicles on the road. In addition to freight and insurance costs, there is also import duties which can, depending on the size of the motor, range from 40%-110% of the vehicles import value. On top of this Import GST of 10% is also collected at the time of import. Add to this broker fees, Quarantine clearance fees, port handling fees, car safety inspection fees and registration fees and this can often double the original purchase price of the vehicle.
Please be aware of all the costs associated with purchasing and importing a vehicle from overseas before you make you purchase. If your vehicle is imported and left at a Customs wharf for over 30 days it is forfeited to the Sate of Papua New Guinea and can be sold or auctioned to recover the duty, GST, and other handling and storage fees owing.
Documentation will be evidence will need to be produced to support your claim. These documents may include:
- receipts showing purchase and delivery dates
- registration and insurance papers
- evidence when the vehicle, boat or plane was surrendered for shipping .
“What if I don’t qualify for concessions”
You will have to pay Duty and GST.
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CONTACT OUR TEAM TODAY CARGOMASTER WILL SAVE YOU TOO!
CALL: 1300 767 136