cooking up a storm in Wagga…

A customer who knew what she needed to cook up a great meal in her home, purchased a new stove from Canada. She made contact with Platinum® Freight who then facilitated and monitored the shipment from Vancouver, customs cleared it through Australian Customs and then...

a little bit of Bali in your backyard…

Last week , we had a customer who went to Bali for a holiday and fell in love with some stone statues, needless to say the process of bringing goods from one place to another is very detailed but we were able to keep the process as simple as possible.  The customer...

the best job in the world…but it's not easy…

I remember very clearly the day that I sat the exam (22 years ago) to become a customs broker; the results which now allow me to do the work that I love doing. The results of the National Examination which was sat on 28 May 2011 were released on 8 July 2011. 104 new...

Are you paying too much for your imports?

Are you paying more than you need to? Ask Platinum® Freight Management how you can save money on your next import! It has been the experience of Platinum® Freight Management that importers have been paying duty on items imported into Australia, which are actually...

from Bali to Broome…no matter where you live..

On Tuesday we received a call from a new customer who had items in Perth and needed them in Broome (a distance of 2,415 kilometres) by Friday. We customs cleared the goods and facilitated the movement to Broome; on Friday morning at 7.49am we texted the customer to...