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In all the cases indicate the local time and GMT 1. A customer asked a freight forwarder when the cargo will arrive at Mumbay Port

In all the cases indicate the local time and GMT

1. A customer asked a freight forwarder when the cargo will arrive at Mumbay Port if the cargo is ready as follow:

Origin City: New York

Time to Pick Up: February 28th, 2022 4:00 AM, New York time.

Cargo: 8 Full Container

Time to Origin Port: 2 hs by truck, Port of New York

Navigation Time, 45 days Plus delays

Shipping Mode: by ship using Panama Channel - 4 hours of delay in the Channel

2 - A customer asked a freight forwarder when the cargo will arrive at Toronto if the cargo is ready as follow:

Origin City: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Time to Pick Up: June 1 st, 2022 4:00 PM, Buenos Aires time

Cargo: The cargo are Blueberries in 1-pint cases, in boxes of 24 cases. The cargo is very perishable and must be in the destination country in less than 24 hs.

Time to Origin Port: 1.5 hours to the international airport Ezeiza/Ministro Pistarini, shipped at the flight at 11:00 PM air Canada flight direct to Toronto (Look for the time of flight from Buenos Aires to Toronto)

Shipping delays: the time from the arrival of cargo to the international airport until the flight takes off.

Shipping Mode: By Airplane or other you can decide is better

3 - A customer asked a freight forwarder when the cargo will arrive in Los Angeles if the cargo is ready as follow:

Origin City: Dubai

Time to Pick Up: January 6th, 2022 6:00 PM, Dubai Time

Cargo: Full Container

Time to Origin Port: 1 hs by truck, and 15 hs of waiting to be loaded in the ship

Navigation Time, 25 days Plus delays

Shipping Mode: by ship using the Suez Channel - 10 hours of delay in the Channel

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 18 th, 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.

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.

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