Resource Documents
Australian Quarantine Inspection Service - Cleaning Guides for Used Machinery
GuidesThe following links will take you to PDF cleaning guides for a variety of used heavy machinery, such as used cranes, used crawler dozers, used crushers, used diggers, used dozers, used excavators, used compactors, used rollers, used scrapers, used screeners and more used construction equipment and earthmoving machinery.
- Articulated Dump Trucks
- Caterpillar Dozers
- Compactors
- Dump Trucks
- Excavators
- Hitachi DX40 Dozers
- Medium Sized Dozers
- Mini Excavators
- Mini Tractors
- Motor Graders
- Scrapers
- Skid Steer Loaders
- Wheel Loaders
Checklists
- Generic
- Compactors
- Dump Trucks
- Excavators
- Graders
- Mini Excavators
- Mini Tractors
- Scrapers
- Skid Steer Loaders
- Wheel Loaders
Customs Forms
Export Forms
Australian Arab Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc. (AACCI) Certificate of Australian Origin
Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ACCI) Certificates of Australian Origin
- Queensland (Commerce Queensland)
- South Australia (SA Business)
- Victoria (Victorian Employers’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry - VECCI)
- All other states and territories.
Quarantine documents
Examples of acceptable documents
- Combined FCL/LCL Packing Declaration
- Combined FCL/LCL Annual Packing Declaration
- Treatment certificates
Delivery postcodes – spreadsheet of all metropolitan and fringe rural postcodes in Australia. Any postcode not listed is designated rural.
CCC Resources document - AQIS manual detailing timber treatment options (pages 8 to 21) and delivery postcodes for each state (pages 22 to 26).
Other documents
Application for Approval to Import a Motor Vehicle
Useful Links
Australian Customs Service
- Customs homepage
- Commerce markings (labeling requirements)
- Customs exchange rates
- Customs fact sheets
- Customs Interactive (ICS)
- Customs tariff
- GST exemptions
- GST on taxable importations
- Importing a motor vehicle
- Prohibited and restricted imports
- Complaints and compliments
Other Useful Links:
- Incoterms 2000
- International Payment Options
- Pre-charged Equipment Licenses (Air Con)
- Glossary of Trade Terms
- Shipping container types and specifications
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS)
- AQIS homepage
- Faster clearance tips
- Fees and charges for import clearance
- ICON – Import Conditions Search
- Application to Import Quarantine Material
- ISPM 15 frequently asked questions
- Lists of acceptable/unacceptable methyl bromide fumigators
- Compliments and complaints
Other useful Government links
- ABN Lookup
- Bureau of Meteorology (weather forecasts)
- Business Victoria - Exporting
- ComLaw (Commonwealth legislation)
- Deferred GST Scheme
Useful online references
- APEC Tariff Database(customs tariff information for APEC member countries including China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, United States etc.)
- Container sizes/specifications Web Link 1 | Web Link 2
- Currency converters Web Link 1 | Web Link 2
- Babel Fish (online translator)
- Incoterms 2000
- Street maps and driving directions Web Link 1 | Web Link 2
- Time zones Web Link 1 | Web Link 2
- Travelmate (calculates distance and travel time between any two towns in Australia)
- Unit converters Web Link 1 | Web Link 2
- Webster’s Online Dictionary
- Wikipedia (public encyclopedia)
- Worldwide public holidays
Air Cargo Tracking
Next to each airline’s name is their flight number prefix and air waybill prefix, to help you identify the airline responsible for your cargo.
- Air Canada Cargo - AC 014
- Air China - CA 999
- Air Mauritius - MK 239
- Air New Zealand - NZ 086
- Asiana Airlines - OZ 988
- British Airways - BA 125
- Cathay Pacific Cargo - CX 160
- China Airlines - CI 297
- China Eastern Airlines - MU 781
- China Southern Airlines - CZ 784
- Dragonair - KA 043
- Emirates SkyCargo - EK 176
- EVA Airways - BR 695
- Garuda Indonesia - GA 126
- Japan Airlines - JL 131
- Korean Air Cargo - KE 180
- Malaysia Airlines - MH 232
- Martinair Cargo - MP 129
- Philippine Airlines - PR 079
- Qantas Airways - QF 081
- Qatar Airways - QR 157
- Singapore Airlines - SQ 618
- Thai Airways - TG 217
- UPS Air Cargo - 5X 406
- Vietnam Airlines - VN 738
- Virgin Atlantic Cargo - VS 932
If your air waybill prefix is not shown above, you could try looking it up on either of these sites:
Containerised Shipping - Container Tracking
If you know your shipping line or container number, you can often track your cargo online. Look for the 4-letter prefix (the beginning of the container number) in the tables below.
Shipping lines’ websites will usually give you the current shipment details, such as the vessel name and expected arrival dates.
Leasing businesses’ websites will usually give you the current lessee’s or customer’s name. If the lessee is a shipping line, you can then go to their website to search for the shipment details.
Break bulk, RORO and Charter Shipping - Shipment Tracking
Freightplus maintains status reports of all shipments and will update you as follows:
Weekly Shipment Status Report - sent to you by email once a week PLUS whenever the shipment status changes.
Should you wish to change the frequency of your reports or need something different, we will be very happy to tailor this for you; please talk to your usual Freightplus contact to arrange this.
Shipping lines
| Shipping Lines | Common Prefixes |
| American President Lines (APL) | APHU, APLS, APLU, APZU |
| China Shipping | CCLU, CSLU |
| CMA CGM, including Delmas | CGHU, CGMU, CMAU, DVRU, ECMU |
| COSCO (need to register first – free) | CBHU |
| Evergreen Marine | EGHU, EISU, EMCU, HMCU, IMTU, LTIU, UGMU |
| Hamburg Süd | KHLU, SUDU |
| Hanjin Shipping | HJCU |
| Hapag-Lloyd | CASU, CMUU, CPSU, CSQU, HLXU, ITAU, USCU |
| Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) | HDMU |
| K Line Group (Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd) | AKLU, KKFU, KKTU, KLFU, KLTU |
| Maersk Line | APMU, KNLU, MAEU, MGBU, MSKU, MWCU, MWMU, OCLU, POCU, PONU, SEAU |
| Malaysia International Shipping Corporation (MISC) - no online tracking available | MAJU, MISU, MNLU |
| Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) | MEDU, MSCU |
| Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) | MOAU, MOFU, MOGU, MOLU, MORU, MOTU |
| NYK Line | NYKU |
| Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) | OOLU |
| Pacific International Lines (PIL) | NLHU, PCIU |
| Regional Container Lines (RCL) | REGU |
| Shandong Yantai International Marine Shipping Co (SYMS) - no online tracking available | SYMU |
| United Arab Shipping Co (UASC) | UACU |
| ZIM Israel Navigation | ZCSU, ZIMU |
Container leasing businesses
| Container leasing businesses | Common Prefixes |
| Blue Sky Intermodal | BSIU |
| Bridgehead Container Services | BHCU, MBIU |
| Container Applications International (CAI) | CAIU, CAXU |
| Carlisle Leasing International | DRYU, INBU, INKU, IPXU |
| Cronos | CRSU, CRXU |
| Florens Container Company | FBLU, FCIU, FSCU |
| Ge Seaco Services (need to register first – free) | CLOU, GCEU, GESU, GSTU, ITLU, SCZU |
| Gold Container Corporation | GLDU |
| Grand View Development (GVC) | GVCU, GVDU |
| TAL International | ICSU, TOLU, TPHU, TRDU, TRLU |
| Textainer Capital Corporation | CLHU, GATU, MAXU, MLCU, PRSU, TEXU, TGHU, WCIU |
| Triton Container International | TCKU, TCNU, TTNU, TRIU |
| Unit Equipment Service (UES) | GVCU, GVDU, UESU, UXXU |
| Waterfront Container Leasing (need to register first – free) | WFHU |
If your container prefix is not shown above, you could try looking it up on either of these sites: