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In this question, you have 2 customers who each have cargo to ship to Tianjin, China. Different shippers (consignors), different importers (consignees). All details

    

In this question, you have 2 customers who each have cargo to ship to Tianjin, China. Different shippers (consignors), different importers (consignees). All details are given below. As the consolidator, your task is to: 1. Pick up the goods from the sellers' warehouses and load the cargo into your consolidated container(s) at your Mississauga, ON, CA, warehouse. You need to determine the number of containers you need but 40' standard containers are more available, less expensive, and should be used unless one TEU with the rest FEU's makes more sense. You are picking up the following goods from Shipper #1: Ontario Maple Supplies Ltd. 147 Queen St. Brampton, ON, M5R 2S4 Consignee #1: Joe Badali Restaurants 134 North Street Beijing, China Shipment details: 1,350 cartons of Maple Syrup The dimensions of each carton are 20 in x 10 in x 11 in . The weight of each carton is 20 kg Terms of trade: CPT Tianjin Container Terminal, China Incoterms 2020. Shipper #2: Canada Goose Parka Inc. 468 North Drive, Mississauga, ON L3T 5S1 Shipment details: Consignee #2: Zapata Importers S.A. Port of Tianjin, China . 900 cartons of winter parkas The dimensions of each carton are 24 in x 18 in x 16 in The weight of each carton is 16 lb Terms of trade: CIP Tianjin Container Terminal; c/o CIFFA Forwarder, Incoterms 2020. Additional information: Neither shipment is palletized. Liquids and heavy cargo on the bottom, weight should be balanced side to side and end to end. The inside dimensions of the FEU (40' containers) = 473" long x 91" wide x 93" high and the net weight is 25,000 kg The inside dimensions of the TEU (20' containers) = 233" long x 91" wide x 93" high and the net weight is 20,000 kg

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