cargo shipping

In order to avoid any troubles concerning cargo shipping we nominee Mr. Thomas Ostermann from our Logistics Partner Dachser Austria as a single contact person. Mr. Ostermann is in charge for all issues of bringing robots and equipment to and from the venue. More information about shipping will be published on this site within the next months. If you allready have questions about shipping Mr. Ostermann will be happy to help you.

ATA Carnet

The ATA Carnet certificate allows you to bring a specific list of equipment to and from Austria. It is like a passport for your equipment and eases the process with the Austrian custom. You can use the ATA Carnet when you ship your equipment by a company as well when you bring it as carry-on baggage. The certificate is issiued by your local chamber of commerce. We strictly recommend to use this certificate in order to avoid proplems with the Austrian custom.

A list of countries which can use the ATA Carnet can be found here.

More information about the ATA Carnet certificate can be found at the website of the international chamber of commerce.

Custom Process for Juniors

For junior participants from non-EU countries who arrive directly at the airport in Graz or Vienna and carry their robot in their luggage there is a special process. Junior teams have to indicate at the Austrian custom in Graz or Vienna that they are participating in the RoboCup 2009. Then the robot will be seen as travel good and there is no custom process necessary. Anyway we recommend the teams to provide the following information.

• a foto of your robot, to provide to the custom officer
• a proforma invoice with the approximate value of the robot, it will be singed by the customs officer at arrival and is needed again during the departure

Some Advices for Senior Teams

If your team carries the robots and the equipment in the carry-on baggage please follow the following advices:

• prepare a ATA carnet as explained above

Please note that you have to do the customs process at the first airport within the EU you arrive.

Further Instructions for Shipping

For operational matters please contact our logistics partner DACHSER AUSTRIA AIR & SEA GmbH as per given details on the left.

If you chose another service provider to send your equipment to Graz please find following the delivery information:

The address of delivery depends on the delivery schedule:

If you deliver the cargo before June 25 2009 the correct address is the address of our logistic partner. It will store the equipment and will forward it to the event warehouse at the venue. The address is:

DACHSER Austria Air & Sea GmbH
Frachtgebäude
Flughafen Graz Thalerhof
A - 8073 Feldkirchen/ Austria

The DACHSER operated event warehouse will be opened on June 25 2009 09:00 - the address there is:

Stadthalle Graz
c/o DACHSER Event Warehouse
Conrad von Hötzendorfstrasse
A - 8010 Graz
Entrance to Warehouse through Fröhlichgasse

We kindly ask you to advise your service provider to pre-alert the cargo in advance to our logistic partner.
The event warehouse is operating Monday - Friday 08:00 - 17:00h / special necessities have to be discussed in advance.
Please consider to send out your equipment early enough not to run the risk being late!

Proper Labeling of Goods

Please make sure that goods forwarded to Graz are labeled with the following information:

• team name
• league
• country
• affiliation
• complete address
• person in charge
• telephone / mobile
• box n of m