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Getting it there
Interior design is increasingly a global concern. Working outside your home territory presents new challenges. Josh Brown from AirSea Packing Group offers some advice
material begins with detailed, bespoke planning. Objects need to be handled and picked up from vendors, galleries and manufacturers with great care and with full condition analysis prior to the process of packing for long distance transit or international export.
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Decisions need to be taken about the use of a variety of archival materials and bespoke in-house crating techniques. What will work best for the protection of surfaces, finishes and all manner of fragile components across a huge potential range of delicate, valuable and often unique objects?
The final destination will also dictate final packing specifications as climatic conditions can change so rapidly. It is vital that these are understood and the necessary precautions are taken.
At the same time, the client’s needs and timeframes have
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shipments of any product, antique or
to be carefully considered. Critical “must have” dates at destination dictate the method of transportation. There are road, sea or airfreight choices. Obviously, airfreight offers the swiftest solution to tight deadlines. The packing and crating process needs to be fine- tuned once the shipping method has been finalised.
The next stage involves the detail and attention to the formalities associated with the documentation which is required to describe a consignment in detail for both the end user and, crucially, for outgoing and incoming Customs.
Clear and detailed information is required for both, sometimes in different formats. You need people who know what they are doing to prepare all documentation as far in advance as possible. This is to ensure that, upon presentation, all formal processes take place smoothly and in accordance with prevailing laws, rules and regulations.
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The client needs to be totally comfortable that the accurate picture is being presented to the authorities and that the correct route through Customs is chosen
This is particularly important when import duties, taxes and restricted commodities (ivory and tortoiseshell, for example) are concerned.
The client needs to be totally comfortable that the accurate picture is being presented to the authorities and that the correct route through Customs is chosen. Objects may be in bond or under temporary import or, simply, they may be for a straightforward import.
Access to a worldwide network of specialist clearing and handling agents allows Customs processes and formalities to proceed smoothly prior to the safe delivery and installation of objects to their new destination.
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Josh Brown is head of business development at AirSea Packing Group. AirSea Packing Group provides specialist handling, packing, shipping, storage, transportation, delivery & “White Glove” installation services to designers, specialists, museums and architects who need to move valuable, fragile and unique objects with care.
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