Specific Freight

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Specific Freight Pty Ltd offer's a range of services for international
import and export air transportation.

These include:

* Express product for emergency spares
* Consolidations
* Economy consolidations
* Specialty oversize/project forwarding

Our global network covers all trade lanes with which Australia trades.
This coverage includes North America, Europe, Asia, South America
Eastern Europe and the South Pacific. Daily consolidations in and out
of Melbourne and Sydney gateways with our major trading cities
provides frequency combined with varied carrier arrangements for the
most efficient routing and pricing combination.

We provide both LCL (FAK) and FCL services worldwide. Through our
global partners we are able to tailor an oceanfreight package to meet
the time and cost constraints of our customers.

This includes:

* Direct service
* Transhipment services
* Conference/Non-Conference services

and solutions which may require a multi-modal (both air/sea) services.
Ocean services are a dynamic environment. With constant fluctuations
in rates as competition increases amongst the shipping lines, time
defined/fixed day services and other value added services are all
available. Specific Freight Pty Ltd maintains a close working
relationship with the shipping lines to ensure all our customers will
obtain maximum benefits from these carriers.

Specific Freight Pty Ltd currently provides perishable export services
involving a variety of product types.

These include:

* Pharmaceuticals
* Biologicals
* Fruit and Vegetables
* Meat and Fish

We have recently achieved MSQA (AQIS quality accreditation) which
is required for dealing with meat products. All cargo is loaded and
unloaded within our warehouse with operating hours for this facility
including early mornings, weekends and Public Holidays.

The staff at Specific Freight Pty Ltd who manage our perishable
freight understand the critical processes inherent with this type of
product and the constant and repeated follow up and communication it
demands (which makes our service a success).

Our Customs team comprise four licenced brokers and trained support
staff. All shipments are processed and customs entries created via
a specialist computer system. Our brokers maintain a database of
parts and tariff details for each customer which are profiled during
each customs entry created. Other electronic Customs initiatives that
we have undertaken include:

* Cargo Automation
* Tarifftech
* EDIFICE
* Electronic entry lodgement and payment

Combining both our forwarding and customs clearance services can
reduce transit times by up to 24 hours.

We can also provide:

* Landed Costing reports
* Transit reports
* Purchase order facilitation
* Consulting services - including tariff advice, tariff concessions
policy by-laws and prudential audit activities

Technology is now the force that moves providers of logistics
services such as Specific Freight Pty Ltd. Our ability to process
information for tracking costing, billing or whatever the need, are
as important to us as moving the freight. Our Computer network
offers a modern cargo tracking facility with an interactive Internet
site to enhance our customer service capability.

Benefits will include:

* Tracking by part number or other key reference fields
* Automated pre-alerts
* Electronic POD information to our customers
* Comprehensive e-mail facility for communication with our
customers and overseas agents.
* The system will be able to provide Key Performance Indicators
(KPIs) to ensure service standards are maintained.