The Assignment:

Your team of transportation specialists has been hired by Atco Structures (Calgary) to determine the most efficient, least cost transportation options to move these structures from their construction site in Calgary, Alberta to a port in Lima, Peru. The shipment of the entire order will leave the Calgary facility on March 1, 2019. The Peruvian customer will make its own arrangements to move the structures from the ship to the mining site and will take care of all the customs and duty charges to permit entry of the product into the country. Therefore, you are only concerned with the modes of transport and costs associated with moving these structures through Canada to a point from which they will be loaded and shipped to the port in Peru.

Your team must undertake the following tasks and produce a report for the management of Atco Structures that provides the following details:

1. Identification of the preferred mode or modes of transportation that will be required to deliver the structures from Calgary to Peru with an explanation of why these modes are preferred. The type and number of carriers, equipment, vehicles and or vessels to be used with each mode must be explained as well.