All Karo casino seating is manufactured by our parent company located in South Africa. There are 4 stages involved to transport the finished chairs from our factory to your gaming venue. Let’s have a look at these stages and the freight costs for our casino chairs in greater detail.
Quotes for Karo gaming stools
Our quotations always show 'landed' prices which include all freight and import costs required to deliver the chairs to your venue. Freight charges are not shown as 'variable' costs subject to fluctuations in exchange rates, fuel levies, or other external factors.
Stage 1 – Container loading at the factory
All our gaming stools are individually packed in boxes on pallets, typically 8-12 chairs per pallet. The pallets are stretch-wrapped with plastic before being loaded into a container. A 40′ container will hold 20 pallets which equates to between 160 and 240 complete chairs.
Stage 2 – Sea freight
The packed containers are fumigated in compliance with AQIS regulations and transported to Durban, where they are loaded onto a ship. Due to the absence of direct shipping routes from South Africa to Australia, the containers are trans-shipped on route, typically in Singapore or Mauritius. At the trans-shipment port, they are transferred to a second ship bound for Sydney.
Stage 3 – Road freight to our Sydney warehouse in Castle Hill
On arrival in Sydney, the goods must be cleared through Australian Customs. Thereafter, the containers are transported from Port Botany to our warehouse in Castle Hill for unloading.
The chairs are now classified as “landed” in Australia.
Stage 4 – Road freight from our warehouse to your gaming venue
Finally, the chairs are loaded at our warehouse and delivered by road to your venue. For venues located in the greater Sydney area, road freight is free-of-charge. For all other locations, road freight is charged at cost.