What are the drawbacks to increased container vessel size in the container shipping industry? A. Bigger vessels mean that container shipping is becoming centralized with only a few key shipping companies taking the majority of the business. B. Bigger vessels become unbalanced quickly. C. Bigger vessels cause disruptions at ports and distribution sites because they take longer to unload. D. Bigger vessels are more susceptible to pirate attacks.

In the middle of the twentieth century, major U.S. cities had multiple competing city bus companies. Today, there is usually only one and it runs as a subsidized, regulated monopoly. What do you suppose caused the change?

A supplier ships goods from Richmond, VA to three market places in 3 cities (Chicago, IL; Athens, GA; St. Luis, MO). The supplier can ship every day, every other day, or every third day. There is a penalty of $0.30/cwt for each day delayed. Consolidating shipments allows for lower transportation costs from larger loads, but incurs penalty costs due to the delay. Transportation Rate (S/cwt) Shipment City Weight/day LTL 50,000 lb 50000 lb Chicago, IL 18,000 lb (180 cwt) 1.50 1.25 Athens, GA 15,000 lb (150 cwt) 1.35 1.00 St. Luis, MO 12,000 lb (120 cwt) 2.00 1.50 Total 45,000 Ib = 450 cwt Find what is the cost for the following: Shipping Every Day Shipping on the alternate Day (every two days) Shipping every three Day

How are transport and warehousing systems related? Why is the warehousing function dependent on the stowing, storage and the calculation of freight space. Please provide two examples.

Professor Gaffney needs to ship 800 pounds of laboratory equipment to a colleague across country. Due to limited departmental​ funds, Dr. Gaffney would like to minimize total shipment costs.​ Currently, the freight classification is 77.5. ​However, a local equipment manufacturing company is willing to specially package the equipment in order to drop the freight classification to 55. Use the table below to calculate the​ break-even cost of using this service. Class <500 (lbs) 500 (lbs) 1,000 (lbs) 2,000 (lbs) 5,000 (lbs) 10,000 (lbs) ≥20,000 (lbs) 50 34.31 28.56 24.61 23.24 17.24 15.48 10.68 55 36.97 30.55 26.57 24.16 18.46 17.39 11.66 60 39.74 32.33 27.57 26.51 20.79 19.37 12.03 65 41.06 34.18 29.27 28.15 21.77 20.29 13.46 70 44.33 36.93 31.29 29.84 22.87 21.13 14.46 77.5 48.53 39.82 34.83 32.75 24.46 23.58 15.75 85 51.89 42.44 36.17 34.08 26.97 26.14   17.32 92.5 55.94 46.12 39.75   37.35   28.76 28.08 18.77 100 60.07 49.31 42.43 40.15 30.86 30.54   20.39 In…

The logistics of moving goods around the world-between countries and within countries-has been troubled by volume constraints in most parts of the supply chain from carriers to warehousing. O primarily in warehouses and distribution centers O primarily in ocean and rail carriers O mostly in the trucking industry