4- A customer asked a freight forwarder when the cargo will arrive at Rome if the cargo is ready as follow: Origin City: Buenos Aires, Argentina Time to Pick Up: December 18th, 2022 4:00 PM, Buenos Aires time Cargo: The cargo is Beef meat boxes of 20 kilograms each one. The total shipment is 10 boxes to the Marriott Hotel Villa Borghese. The cargo is perishable without refrigeration. The product is required to prepare Christmas and new year dinners at the hotel. Time to Origin Port: 1.5 hours to the international airport, shipped at the flight at 4:00 PM Alitalia flight direct to Rome (Look for the time of flight from Buenos Aires to Rome - Fiumicino) Shipping delays: the time from the arrival of cargo to the international airport until the flight takes off if cargo is sent via cargo air transportation. IBM 1005 Int'l Transportation & Trade W2022 Prepared by Dr. Eduardo M. V. Jasson If the shipping is by Ship, there is direct shipping to Rome the same day at 6:00 PM, and there is no delay in consolidating in a refrigerated container. Time to Destination: If it is done by cargo shipping is 10 days plus 2 hours to clear custom and time to transport to the hotel. If it is by Air cargo is the time of the flight plus the same 2 hours to the hotel. Shipping Mode: You need to decide which shipping you will use and justify. Considering that Air cargo will Cost 6 times the Shipping freight.