The bike ride to conquer cancer 2012
Recently a friend and I completed the “Gong bike ride” from Sydney. It took me a couple of days to fully appreciate and process what that ride symbolized; it was a combination of personal achievement but mostly it was about supporting a cause. So, in all things that I...
Hearing or speech impaired? We hear you.
Platinum® Freight Management is proud to announce that it now offers it's hearing or speech impaired customs clearance clients the ability to contact us through the National Relay Service. If you are deaf, or have a hearing impairment or speech impairment then please...
2 "forkies" via Platinum® Freight
This week we customs cleared a customers second order of forklifts [it might sound simple enough but there are various concerns with machinery coming to Australia] and luckily enough the customer was proactive and made contact with us before they were purchased [so...
Cheers…Salute…Enjoy…
This week we customs cleared and facilitated the export of Australian produced wine; it was a proud moment to welcome a new customer on-board and at the same time be working with such a premium product - a full shipping container of Australian...
Keeping the beer cool….what a Platinum idea…
This week we welcome on board a stubby holder importer. The team at Platinum® Freight received the paperwork on Tuesday afternoon, customs cleared the cargo after hours and then had the shipment waiting for the importer on Wednesday. Platinum® Freight and the team are...
Kayaking with Platinum up the river…
This week we welcome on board a kayak importer who is importing single and family kayaks. The team at Platinum® Freight were successful in winning this new business as all shipments will be pre-cleared through Australian Customs - allowing the cargo to be enjoyed on...
10 Go Karts…perfect toys for the boys…
A group of mates put their money together and purchased 10 go karts. The karts which recently arrived have proven popular - so popular in fact that their is talk of importing a further 10 karts. As an added benefit of being a customer of Platinum® Freight, this...
"un nuovo inizio…" a new beginning in Italian
This week we welcome on board a fabric importer who is importing high value fabrics from Italy for the very first time. The team at Platinum® Freight, assessed the duty rates for fabric and noticed that the standard rate of duty would be 5%. Platinum®...
Platinum® Freight & Fairfax Digital
This week we welcome on board Faifax Digital who have asked us to customs clear their camera technicians when they travel abroad. The camera technicians will be travelling with their valuable camera equipment onboard the same plane that they travel on; Platinum®...
Every new Facebook fan = $1 donated to the White Ribbon Foundation
For every new "like" on our facebook page throughout September, we will donate $1 the White Ribbon Foundation. Click here to visit our Facebook page The white Ribbon Foundation is Australia's campaign to stop violence against women. You can read more about it here:...
Free Freight Offer!
Have you ever heard the saying, "there is no such thing as a free lunch"? Well at Platinum® Freight there is... If you import your Sea Freight LCL shipments with us from the following ports, you will pay $0 for the freight and the arrival port charges in Sydney are...
while the others sleep…Platinum is at work…
Recently, a new customer called us as he been notified that a shipment had just arrived in Sydney that morning. While the other customs brokers slept - we customs cleared the spectrum analyser and finalised the whole process so that he could collect the package over...