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Track Your Boxes

Times & Bureaucracies of container arrival and release in Israel:
1 - Date Of Arrival, Port Ashdod means anytime within that date (24 hours) the ship will dock at Ashdod port.
     "Arrival at Port Ashdod" sometimes means that it lands at Port Chaifa, and is then transported to Port Ashdod by frieght train.
2 - Then container has to be unloaded, (anywhere from 5 hours to 2 days).
3 - If ship lands at Port Chaifa, container gets loaded onto freight train, (they usually wait till they fill up train, then it leaves for Port Ashdod - 4 hours to 2 days).
4 - Arrival in Port Ashdod, shipped to delegated warehouse, (a few hours) where it is then entered into computer, and customs broker can then start 'working' on it.
5 - Customes broker sends all documents to meches, and waits for an answer as to how meches would like to proceed. Meches' choices:
           a - free it immediately,
           b - spot check it, (they remove between 100-200 boxes, check most of them - if all OK, return them to the container & 'free' it)
           c - check most of the boxes
           d - x-ray container
      Any of the above can take between 1 to 5 business days to release the container.
6 - Container is released, transport to Yerushalayim is sought (depending on time of day of release, availability of truck, etc. (6 to 8 hours)

Receivers should call our hotline @ 054-686-8705 on January 6th after 5:00 PM for instructions

It is the responsibility of the RECEIVER to find out the pick-up date and time.

As of:	Information

	To avoid local residents complaining, and to prevent us paying a hefty municipal fine for each box left on location, a gemach will pick up all boxes left over, at 9:30 PM, and it's theirs to keep.

	Updates regarding container that left New York on Sunday, November 21th (Shipment#67):

Dec 27	So far, ETA stays the same (we know that's meaningless).
Dec 28	Well, there you have it folks. As of this afternoon, new ETA: Jan 13. (And we're only starting).
Jan 13	Don't even want to tell you what they said for the new ETA. I'm fighting with them over the last three days to get it here earlier . As of now, please call on Thursday, Jan 20 and hope to have some better news.

Jan 20	After fighting, pleading, and threatning, they 'advanced' the ETA to the 26th. So please call (hopefully for the last time) on the 27th (after 5:00 PM).




Location	Alleyway behind Rechov Sorotzkin 7

	Drivers may call 054-686-8705 for directions after 12:01 PM (but PLEASE don't call to ask "how many boxes", "what color are my boxes" etc)














Sept 6 Container	Unfortunately, we were caught with illegal contents in a few boxes. The nezek right now stands at a little over of $1,300.00. We were lucky to have a customs broker, who brokered a deal with the people in meches. (What saved us was showing them the contract everyone has to sign). Instead of confiscating the entire container and filing criminal charges against me, the seven boxes were removed and we paid 'only' the charge of destroying the contents, and their 'checking' costs, in addition to their administrative fees. Add to this the port fees at $120/day, and putting us on their 'to-be-checked' list! How does anyone have the chutzpa to endanger an entire lift? What heter does he have? As of this writing, (with our Rav's blessing) they are being sued in small claims court. The situation could've spiralled to about $ 30,000.00!!! Plus the cost of a criminal lawyer. Costumer # 1071 had six boxes of illegal items (shoes, slippers), and costumer #1020 one box (meds).


	New New WhatsApp Service New New To improve our service, we are starting a WhatsApp broadcast system to keep you informed of container drop-offs and/or pick-ups. To join: 1 - Add Minchas Shlomo to your contact list, 2 – Use phone number +1-917-657-4200 (include the +), 3 – Send us a WhatsApp message stating that you wish to join and your customer number (if you know it). Specify if you are a - SHIPPER (U.S.) or, b- RECEIVER (Israel). *You cannot be in both groups.* PLEASE, DO NOT use this WhatsApp to contact us, ever. Anyone who does will be removed from our broadcast list and blocked. If you need to communicate with us, please call or email. This communication system works in ONE DIRECTION only. We hope to better serve you with this new service.

	Estimated Future Container Drop-off dates (Boro Park) Sunday: March 27, May 8, June 26. Please check back. Always subject to change. ALWAYS recheck 1-2 weeks before date.