The New Zealand Government moved the country into the RED traffic light setting as the emergence of the Covid variant Omicron was confirmed in the community. Omicron is more infectious than earlier variants of Covid.

Mainfreight has taken the following steps to reduce the incidence of absenteeism and any flow-on impact on services that this variant may have. 

There are many different sizes and types of shipping containers. You might be wondering what size container to use?  Are there different types of shipping containers? This guide will help you understand what type of shipping container will best suit your needs.  
 

New Year, New Books!  Books In Homes USA is a nonprofit dedicated to supporting children in under-resourced communities in literacy and beyond. The Chicago Mainfreight team had the pleasure to work with Books in Homes USA at B.J. Ward Elementary School in Bolingbrook, IL. A free bookfair was held allowing each student to collect books of their choice.

There are significant disruptions to supply chains nationally caused by absenteeism due to the Omicron variant. Our Sydney branch has had a number of team members needing to isolate due to COVID infections which has overloaded our operations teams beyond their capacity.  

2022 Chinese New Year is coming soon! It’s that time of year when some countries in Asia enter their holiday season. As businesses close for celebrations it is vital that your supply chain is prepared for the shutdown. Please see the following public holidays for our team in Asia.

Mainfreight France extended her services by offering special transport for exclusive goods—Mainfreight Fine Art.

Our Mainfreight Transport Pruszkow Branch has settled in a brand new office in Konotopa.

Following the big celebration of Mainfreight Shanghai’s 21st Branch Anniversary, the previously successful combined Air and Ocean has now been split into two standalone branches for Air Freight and Ocean Freight to focus on each respective mode. Peter Koo will be the first Branch Manager of the Mainfreight Shanghai Airfreight Branch and responsible for driving the global development and direction of this airfreight. Let's see his journey at Mainfreight.

Written by our team for our team members, customers and shareholders keeping them informed with activities that have been going on around Mainfreight Worldwide
 

On January 1, 2022, Brexit will be one year away. For businesses, this means, among other things, an end to delayed customs declarations for imports into the UK and the introduction of full customs declarations and checks. From this date, a fully completed UK import declaration is mandatory.