Update from Steves Wholesale

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Bad news from the USA last night - our 40' container of Hornady and our other brands has had the shipping canceled. Instead of arriving late October it will now be Jan 2022..
It's a terrible situation even getting stock of the likes of 6.5PRC, 7MM08, 17 HMR and 6.5 projectiles to then take 6 months to get here.
I'm sorry for everyone effected in many ways. We are going to airfreight over some reloading tools and other goods to help.
Very few ships are wanting to come to NZ, and I'm sure the Auckland waterfront and Covid are playing a part in this.
We need to open up NZ quickly and learn to live with the covid flu, there is no other choice now.
Steve Collings

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copied from FB post.

F..k, how do “unlike” that. International shipping is getting worse not better

Makes it very tough for wholesaler importers. They have my sympathy.

I can see some pretty crazy prices for 143eldx on trademe in the months to come:oh noes:

....if anyone is selling

4 weeks wait for ships on the US coast to dock, so i heard from one of our shipping companies. NZ is being dropped altogether from schedules due to the very attractive offers for ships to ply the China_EU/US routes for xmas.

A usual update from a shipping agent says something like "Inbound prices going up another $500/container, as they have been every fortnight. Delays 1 week longer again form these countries X,XX,XXX. XXXX is not even responding to or accepting any further shipping orders until Nov 2021. Were doing the best we can but another shipping line just ditched NZ, hoping to re-route via Sydney..." and its been this way for months.

Another big issue is the demand for empty containers in China means the shipping companies make more money carrying those from the US (where they arrived full) back to china for a quick return rather than sail all the way to NZ with a full load.....meaning possible shipping issues due to economics of sailing. Add to that the long delays in getting unloaded here adding to the shipping companies costs with no way of recouping it compared to a drop off in China....(Someone sad there was 445 ships waiting to be processed at AKL port- not sure if the number is accurate but I do know there are big delays...And it is not just due to covid (though it is not helping...) Some of these issues were forecast 5 or 6 years ago and the predictor was poo-poo'd because everyone thought he as trying to justify charging more for shipping....

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Originally Posted by GDMP

Maybe NZ needs its own shipping line, in order to ensure reliability of service.

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We used to but the fools sold it

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Got myself another 2 boxes of ELDx off the shelf the other day, there was 9 or 10 left :)

Freight pricing has gone through the roof. We just handed a 40 foot of Sako Ammo and the shipping charge was not pretty!

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Originally Posted by mcche171

Freight pricing has gone through the roof. We just handed a 40 foot of Sako Ammo and the shipping charge was not pretty!

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@mcche171 any 6.5 PRC ammo in that container? if so, who & when will it be available. Cheers

Unfortunate not. Just like all manufacturers, components are an issue. For that PRC round, Projectiles are not available.

so where is sako ammunition now available in CHCH...and what is there to be bought...pretty sure there will be a LOT of folks with 6.5 something or others wanting to buy what they can find ASAP..before it dries up completely.

Ammo’s started shipping on Friday. Lots of 6.5 CM super hammerhead, new 6.5 CM Blade and 6.5 CM TRG. All Chch stores have some incoming

6.5x55????

@mcche171 so price increase then? or rrp stayed the same

Only 6.5x55 we were able to get was the new Sako Blade Round.

Yes, as with all suppliers, we can only absorb so much. Thankfully it was only half of what we were expecting

Much 30-06 come in?


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we dont have excess MT cans...you just proved it yourself..we fill them up.....

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Originally Posted by Mauser308

The overseas shipping thing is really interesting, they are justifying it by saying that they get more money running a ship to the US, where they only work the ports 9-5 6 days a week so the ship waits ages, then running the ship back full of empty boxes which is a weird thing when we get full import boxes into NZ, turn a ship around 24/7 in a couple of days, and send it out full of loaded export cans paying their own way as payload not backload.

If they are so short of empty cans, why aren't they sending an empty ship to collect the excess MT's from here?

I really can't figure out the issues with shipping, I can understand a surcharge to get here for sailing times but the boats aren't exactly sailing around empty at the shipping line's cost...

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But are we getting a few day turn around...Last I heard the queue would nearly make Australia....

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Surely all these empty logging ships could be bringing in a few containers or other goods? I might write to Jacinda and asked why we aren't taxing these empty ships coming in.

Mid pandemic last year Sulphur point ( TGA) was running at 150% capacity or something close to it. The rehandling of boxes to come to the hook was astronomical it would take 30 minutes to get one from the yard ( usually come in at about 1 -2 minutes per ) for a load rate of 30 to 50 / hr.
They couldnt literally take them away (to Akl etc) Things started to improve when more rail got put on, and then the cost to hire a box went through the roof so not as much import / export via container.
Now 25 to 50% of the staff have been layed off due to not getting the jab ( bear in mind this is people that have worked under level 4 PPE restrictions since this shit storm started.... with NO border leak of covid via personnel at the ports )

Add to that the people have been operating at full capacity under the wonderfull 24 /7 routine ..... on pretty much minimum wage for a lot of these people...... things slowing down .... you aint seen the half of it yet.

And like eveything its not just here, its everywhere.

Yep in 30-06 we had some 150 and 180 gr Gamehead came in, as well as some new 150gr Super hammerhead

Glad I have good stocks everything I shoot but supply is sporadic, that's for sure.
Broncos and Delta Mike have Winchester small rifle primers at a good price at the moment if anybody is looking.
Not much else around though at a good price at the moment. Some of the prices being charged in the community are crazy.
Hopeful its not the new norm.

Sounds like NZ needs its own ammo and reloading component manufacturer.

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Originally Posted by mimms2

hashtag belmont

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What do Belmont manufacture?

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Originally Posted by marky123

What do Belmont manufacture?

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The best 223 ammo in the world but they cant get components