working life - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics

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the port
ZeeBrugge, Belgium. the
trucking company delivers the
vehicle to the terminal where it has
already been assigned to a voyage through the
order Management system. there are two different
sailings to oceania from Zeebrugge – one is via the
Us and panama Canal to Australia, the other is via south
Africa. Both trips take around 40 days. Urgent cars are
given a red priority sticker.
5arriviNg
iN australia
melBourne, AustrAliA. the car is discharged. Urgent cars
are the first to be moved to the Vehicle processing Centre
(VpC), where they are washed, inspected and made ready for
delivery. WWL can change the port of destination during the
shipment, should the need arise for BMW to have a vehicle
shipped to a different part of Australia.
4 the voyage to oceaNia
At seA. From the moment the vehicle is picked up by WWL
to the moment it is dispatched at the destination, BMW and
their dealerships can see what they have ordered through the
web visibility tool, 2vu. BMW can type in details such as a
dealer name and see how many vehicles have been loaded in
Zeebrugge for this dealer. status messages from WWL are
displayed in BMW’s system.
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destiNatioN
melBourne, AustrAliA. Before the car’s final transport to the
dealer, a transport order is sent from the system to the selected
trucking company. When delivered, WWL receives confirmation
in real time into its system from the trucking company. the same
information is available in WWL’s web visibility tool.
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