A road collection feeding a rail service
A Swiss forwarder plans a road collection followed by a rail main leg and road delivery. The customer needs a confirmed receiving window and excludes unnecessary handling because the cargo is sensitive. The collecting truck has spare total payload, but one proposed loading arrangement would place too much mass over a particular axle under the supplied vehicle assessment. The consignee also needs a suitable unloading device. The initial quotation compares only rail line-haul prices and treats train running time as the entire delivery duration. A late collection may miss the terminal acceptance. No legal axle threshold or driver-hour limit is supplied. The specialist must coordinate the actual physical and time interfaces rather than invent permission from the available capacity.
1. What should the service plan establish?
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Confirm cargo compatibility, actual handling, suitable loading distribution and restraint, collection and delivery access, unloading equipment, terminal windows, onward connection, relevant Swiss route and driver requirements, and full cost scope. Spare total payload alone does not establish a safe usable arrangement.
2. Calculate a separate model: 360 km at a stipulated average 60 km/h plus 75 minutes handling.
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Driving time is six hours; handling adds one hour fifteen minutes, giving seven hours fifteen minutes. The model excludes breaks, restrictions, border processing, and disruption, so it is not a lawful guaranteed journey schedule.