[NHCOLL-L:3642] Re: DHL

[Jon Dunnum]

In regard to having to use DHL:  We routinely ship and receive frozen 
specimens (both whole carcasses and tissues) via FEDEX with no problems.

Gregory Watkins-Colwell wrote:

> I've gotten a few replies off list about the DHL issue.  Seems like 
> all the examples are via JFK airport.  Has anyone had this via another 
> airport?
>
> Also, has anybody tried to e-mail the DHL contact e-mail address 
> listed for the broker on the 3-177?
>
>
> I'm also bothered by the fact that at least 2 folks have said that 
> 3-177's attached to the package were retyped by DHL with some changes 
> (declared value was changed, etc).  If we legally have 180 days to 
> submit a 3-177 for all imports, and if DHL is not going to really 
> provide a service we ourselves cannot do better, then why do we have 
> to pay them to do what we already do?
>
> I've contacted the JFK USFW office and they confirm that DHL has to 
> have a package cleared before they'll deliver it.  They also said that 
> errors on the 3-177 that DHL submits can be corrected by us once we 
> get the package.  They also said that there is no system that verifies 
> that a 3-177 is for a unique transaction.  That is, when I submitted a 
> 3-177 for the same package USFW didn't notice.  It would be 
> interesting if one of the 3-177's submitted was cleared, but the other 
> was not.  How would we treat the documentation?  Would the Accession 
> be legal or not?
>
> In any case, since we have to use DHL for shipments (FedEx won't take 
> dead animals still...right?) what choice to do we have?
>
>
> Greg
>
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Jonathan L. Dunnum M.S.
Ph.D. Candidate
Senior Collection Manager
Division of Mammals
Museum of Southwestern Biology
Department of Biology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
(505) 277-9262
jldunnum at unm.edu
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