A new export facility at Felixstowe docks in Suffolk will ensure that cars being exported from the UK to New Zealand will meet the country’s tough bio-security standards.

The facility will also carry out roadworthiness inspections on vehicles being exported to other countries, and let shippers drop off cars and then have them sent on to their destination.

The scheme will help would-be emigrants to New Zealand satisfy some of the toughest rules in the world for bio-security of imported vehicles, according to Lloydsloadinglist.com.

“The clear benefits of the inspections being completed in the UK are savings in valuable time and costs upon arrival in New Zealand and the assurance for the exporter and importer of the vehicle’s condition,” Lloyd’s Loading List noted.

New Zealand’s insistence on increasingly tough emissions regulations has prompted the setting up of this facility.

John Davies, managing director of vehicle logistics specialist Autohub said: “This is a growing export market. Over the last year we have seen a sharp increase in UK exports of second-hand cars to New Zealand.”

“The facility has the capacity to process over 30,000 cars per year, which means we are geared up to handle significant growth, whilst capitalising on the cost savings involved in processing the vehicles in the UK as they wait for exportation.”

Information provided courtesy of Excess International