[R-390] Shipping Receivers Across the Pond

[Heinz Breuer DH2FA]

Hello,
years ago I had good experience with freight forwarders such as EMERY 
WORLDWIDE now renamed UPS SCS Supply Chain Solutions.
These freight forwarders ship consolidated airfreight at largely 
discounted rates (they have a contract with an airline and combine 
individual packages with a HAWB house airway bill under an airline 
Master AWB). Around the year 2000 I paid little over $1/lbs from FRA 
Frankfurt Germany to SFO San Francisco, CA when I delivered a 200lbs 
wooden crate with a 150lbs Rohde & Schwarz EK 07 receiver to the airport 
and the buyer picked it up in SFO and did customs clearance himself. 
Consolidated airfreight does take a few days, usually it is not on the 
next available flight.

Freight forwarders offer local pickup,  delivery and customs clearance 
but this was more than the actual airfreight.

These freight forwarders usually have offices at major airports. Check 
your phone book or the internet.

BTW nowdays wooden crates need to be certified bug free to enter the US 
and 9/11 placed some other burdens as well.

vy 73 Heinz DH2FA, KM5VT

Von meinem iPhone gesendet

Am 31.01.2013 06:55, schrieb Todd, KA1KAQ:
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 11:57 PM, <ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>> I would skip using the large container then. All it does is add bulk and
>> weight,
>> two things you don't need when shipping an item air freight  across
>> the pond. What's wrong with double-boxing?
>>
>
> Nothing at all. Even checked it out already just to see the cost
> difference.
>
> I guess I wasn't clear in my original post. The container belongs to the
> fellow that the R-388 is going to. He sent it to me with a receiver inside,
> it needs to be returned with the R-388, hence the request for air freight
> experience.
>
> Sorry about that.
>
> DHL was an option a couple years back, before they filed for bankruptcy
> protection or some such thing here in the states. They were still doing
> business overseas into the US, though. They actually cleared it through
> customs for me. I did see one of their vans yesterday, so perhaps things
> have improved. They were always a much cheaper alternative to FedEx or UPS.
>
> de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ/4
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