Your customer has contacted you to move cargo from Montreal, Canada to Capetown, South Africa.
Your job as a freight forwarder is to find the type of ship best suited to carry this cargo. In the About
Ships lesson you learnt that there are different types of ships to carry different types of cargo. Many are
purpose built to accommodate a specific type of cargo, others can handle a variety of different cargoes.

Note: In the real world it is a good idea to, at the very least, have a picture of the cargo as well as its
dimensions and weight.

Instructions:
 Look at the cargo and pay particular attention to the dimensions;
 Look at the standard dimensions and weights for containers on the chart provided.

Cargo specifications:
Dimensions: 30 ft L x 10 ft W x 12 ft H excavator
Weight: 35,000 lb
The unit is self-propelled and on tracks
Load port: Baltimore, MD
Discharge port: Antwerp, Belgium

 

Container specifications;

 

Questions
1.) Can the cargo be transported in a container? (Please explain why or why not) (10 Marks)
2.) There are two (2) typical choices of ships that would be suitable for transporting this type of
cargo. What are they? (Please explain) (10 Marks)