RELAY & QUAY
LOCAL PLANNING DOCUMENT

Original fictional demonstration. No message, price, booking or service acceptance.

CONNECTED ROAD AND RAIL
A connected movement joins modes whose schedules, equipment and handover rules may differ. The Hamburg–Gothenburg exercise is a hypothetical road–rail–road planning chain, not a representation of a bookable train, ferry or carrier product.

The purpose of the plan is to expose the transfer points. A short first leg can still determine whether a longer connection is possible. Write down the cargo boundary, equipment assumptions and the action required if the intended connection cannot be used. A combined transit allowance cannot answer those questions for the parties involved.

SIX HANDLING STEPS
1. Mark the three boundaries
Separate collection, the connecting movement and final delivery. Assign one owner to each handover rather than leaving responsibility between modes.

2. Review equipment compatibility
A real provider must confirm the unit, dimensions and terminal handling. The demo does not infer rail acceptance from a road-cargo entry.

3. Set the connection assumptions
Record the intended transfer and a contingency question. The displayed range is an illustrative allowance and not a timetable.

4. Check the transfer record
Keep count, condition and release information available at the mode change. Missing information should trigger a review before onward dispatch.

5. Plan a missed connection
State who reviews the receiving date and informs the next party. Do not present an alternative departure as confirmed when it has not been checked.

6. Confirm final access
The last road leg still needs a delivery slot and unloading method. Terminal arrival is not permission to deliver to a site.

CARGO INFORMATION
- Cargo type and suitability question: _____________________
- Service requested: _____________________
- Origin and destination node: _____________________
- Count of identical packed pieces: _____________________
- Length, width and height in centimetres — per packed piece: _____________________
- Total packed mass in kilograms across all entered pieces: _____________________
- Separate lines for mixed dimensions: _____________________
- Consolidation buffer (LCL only): 3 calendar days: _____________________
- Receiving-review buffer: 2 calendar days: _____________________
- Notes and unresolved receiving arrangements: _____________________

SEVEN TASKS ALWAYS UNRESOLVED
- Current carrier availability and rate
- Cargo classification and suitability
- Equipment and packing approval
- Collection and cargo-ready time
- Document release and customs requirements
- Destination cargo availability
- Final delivery and unloading appointment

Timing examples begin at departure and end at the authored terminal or linehaul endpoint. They exclude collection, release, availability, clearance and final delivery. Buffers are separate illustrative allowances.
Conservative boundaries of this fictional calculation only. They are not equipment capacities or proof that any piece fits or is accepted. FCL preview covers one intended dry unit only; multiple units require a separate brief.

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