$1.$

What ability sets the true international freight forwarder apart from carriers and customs brokers?

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$2.$

What is the most important action a forwarder can take in choosing the correct transportation alternative?

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You have quoted your customer a rate of $$120\mathrm{.}00/40$ ft$/2000$ lb$.$ for their ocean freight.$$ The customer is shipping $73$ft$,3300$ lbs$.$

How much do you charge your customer for Ocean freight?

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You are moving $100$ cartons from Halifax to Vancouver.$$ The weight of this shipment is $700$ kg with a volume weight of $4\mathrm{.}5$ m$^3.$ You have two options:

Option #$1$:

Move by air at the rate of CAN $$4\mathrm{.}50/$kg chargeable weight.

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Option #$2$:

Load the cartons at your own expense into a ULD container: $$2000$ lump sum up to $600$ kg$.$ Over $600$ kg is moved at $$3\mathrm{.}50/$kg$.$

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$1.$ What is the Actual weight?

$2.$ What is the Chargeable weight?

$3.$ What option do you choose and why?

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$5.$

You have a $40$ ft$.$ container from Toronto is booked with an ocean carrier that has a rail interchange agreement with CN Rail.$$ The planned route is to rail the container to the Port of Montreal, then by ocean to Amsterdam.

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The day before the container is loaded the CNR workers go on strike!$$

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What alternative do you offer your customer as rail is no longer an option?

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The best alternative is to truck the container to the Port of Montreal $($this will be an additional charge$).$

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$6.$

The Port of Vancouver is seriously backed up and this is causing a delay of your weekly $40$ ft$.$ container from Hong Kong!$$ You need to find other alternatives and FAST!

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You have determined that the following two options would be viable and you have to determine which one is the best.

Your shipment is normally $50$m$^3$ of freight weighing $17500$ kg$.$

Exchange rate: $$1$ USD $=$ $$1\mathrm{.}25$ CAD

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Option #$1$:

Ocean voyage from Hong Kong $$ Halifax

Cost: $$4000/40$ ft USD

Container delivery to Toronto: $$450\mathrm{.}00$ CAD

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Option #$2$:

Mini$-$land bridge via Seattle USA

Ocean voyage to Seattle: $$2500$ USD

Cross$-$docking in Seattle: $$510/$m$^3$ USD

Trucking to Toronto: $ $6\mathrm{.}25/100$ lb$.$ USD

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$1.$ What is the cost of Option #$1$ in CAD? $$5525$

$2.$ What is the cost of option #$2$ in CAD? $$3457\mathrm{.}85$

$3.$ What option do you choose and why?

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