Today the MSC Gemma is enroute to England. It had docked at Sines in Portugal, and is now on route to Le Havre in France where we assume it will then travel to Bristol to pick up our cargo. 30 May 2024 MSC Gemma has docked at Le Harve next to her sister ship MSC Ans which is 100 metres smaller than MSC Gemma.

Our goods for shipping are now fully packed and placed on a pallet ready to be added to a Container ship for shipment to Auckland. Shipment Description One (1) pallet - 2.56 cubic metres.Vessel Name MSC GemmaEstimated Sailing Date 08 June 2024ETA at Port of destination 05 August 2024Estimated Delivery Date 26 August 2024Terms of Shipment Delivered to door in Auckland Our consignment will be aboard MSC Gemma which is Container ship built in China in the year 202...

Today after several weeks of preperation and packing a consignment of our belongings goes off with the International Shippers for transpost to New Zealand. Clothes, books, boats, electrical goods, household nick nacks and lots more were gathered into 29 boxes. All items had to be very carefully cleaned to allow passage through New Zealand Customs, no soil on shoes, no untreated wood, no organic items etc etc. Unfortunately, because of its size and delicacy, ou...

Day Eight Tuesday 11th July 2023 With a lot of the preparation completed yesterday evening we were up early and had the car loaded by 09.15. This meant that we were ready to leave earlier than we had thought but all was good, and so after a quick check of the food cupboards and fridge we left at 09.30 for our journey home. The weather forecast had changed, and we left in the sun rather than the rain we thought we would have. All went well until we hit road wo...

Day Seven Monday 10th July 2023 We were up early ready to make the most of our last day and the sunshine. Today we travelled south to Woodbridge. We were here some years ago with my brother when he lived in the area. However, it has changed quite a bit since then. The town is situated on the river Debden. The boats on the riverbank quay look the same but older, the historic Woodbridge Tide Mill is still there and operational. There has been a mill on this...