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Clarke Global Logistics Helps Grill’d Launch Its First International Restaurant in Bali

| February 3, 2020

Services: International Trade Consulting, Customs Brokerage, Air Freight, Temperature-Controlled Freight Industry: Food & Beverage / Retail (Quick Service Restaurant) Client: Grill’d Healthy Burgers Location: Bali, Indonesia Date: Project completed December 2019 Overview: Establishing a Global Footprint in a Complex Market Grill’d Healthy Burgers sought to expand its operations into the competitive and highly regulated Bali, […]

Asbestos-laced goods: Importers to be aware of massive ABF penalties

| March 16, 2017

The Australian Border Force (ABF) is urging all importers to ensure adequate due diligence is undertaken that goods do not contain asbestos particularly when sourced from countries that have asbestos producing industries.  Some goods may even be labelled “asbestos free” but actually still contain asbestos if they are below a certain acceptable level in that […]

Heavy furniture shipment from Bali

| February 22, 2017

From time to time, the team at Clarke Global Logistics are asked to manage some unusual and challenging projects, a recent example being a new office set up for a highly awarded media agency in Melbourne and Sydney furnished with heavy furniture specially ordered and manufactured in Bali. Clarke Global coordinated the customs clearance and […]

Landcruiser sails home after completing World Motor Challenge

| February 1, 2017

After the trip of a lifetime driving to destinations most people can only read about, such as the untouched rugged coastline of Newfoundland (setting of The Shipping News), the ancient trading route known as the Silk Road and the surreal landscapes of remote Middle East, this treasured 1991 Toyota Landcruiser has successfully returned to Australia […]

Tips to avoiding online car purchasing scams – plus an actual case

| November 23, 2016

Recently Director at Clarke Global Logistics, Martin Moyano, was contacted by an unknown shipper to provide a quote for the shipment of a classic car purchased from Melbourne, destined for a New Zealand customer.  The quote was provided. Martin and the team did not hear back from him, however, were contacted at a later stage […]

Shipping a classic car – a case study

| November 25, 2015

Vintage and classic cars are more than functional vehicles for their owners.  They are collectors’ or sentimental items that may have taken years to obtain and involve specialised care to transport, as the following case study demonstrates. After two years of negotiation with a European owner and at great personal expense, a classic car enthusiast […]

How to import a caravan into Australia

| July 29, 2015

The team at Clarke Global are often asked to facilitate the import of caravans to Australia to individuals or to a distributor/seller.  Their customs clearance and import logistics experience in this area has provided them with a track record in hassle free shipping, avoiding unnecessary costs at the ports of exit and destination. One of […]

Journey for Brain Cancer Research

| August 23, 2013

Clarke Global is proud to support the Heads In The Clouds, Wheels On The Ground cause to raise funds for research into a cure for brain cancer. We have donated our professional fees and freight costs to assist two young Australians who embarked on a 6 month motorbike journey from Alaska to Argentina in August […]