Relay & Quay / Planning notes
Relay & Quay is a fictional logistics-planning brand created to make a complex enquiry readable. Its working idea is simple: keep the physical cargo, the transport boundary and the receiving decision on the same page.
The examples do not represent a carrier network or an operating history. They show how a planner might organise the questions before approaching a real provider. A route is useful only when the people at its ends know what they are expected to release and receive.
Seven illustrative city nodes connect the stories in this demo. Select a marker or use the complete location list to read the same information. A point on this diagram is not a staffed office or a service availability claim.
Illustrative city connections. Diagram positions are schematic; these are not physical offices.
Netherlands / Europe
A sea-to-road example connecting a container terminal, a cross-dock and a regional receiving slot.
Read Rotterdam node detailsGermany / Europe
A regional planning node for spare-parts storage and the illustrative northbound rail connection.
Read Hamburg node detailsSweden / Europe
The northern receiving node in the intermodal exercise; final unloading requires its own appointment.
Read Gothenburg node detailsSpain / Europe
A road-network endpoint used to separate a linehaul window from a timed exhibition delivery.
Read Valencia node detailsSingapore / Asia
The Asian consolidation example links supplier receiving checks with sea and air dispatch choices.
Read Singapore node detailsSouth Korea / Asia
An origin terminal in the ocean plan; factory collection and export release are outside the displayed lane time.
Read Busan node detailsCanada / North America
The Atlantic example ends at a terminal handover, before inland clearance and final delivery.
Read Halifax node detailsA sea-to-road example connecting a container terminal, a cross-dock and a regional receiving slot.
A regional planning node for spare-parts storage and the illustrative northbound rail connection.
The northern receiving node in the intermodal exercise; final unloading requires its own appointment.
A road-network endpoint used to separate a linehaul window from a timed exhibition delivery.
The Asian consolidation example links supplier receiving checks with sea and air dispatch choices.
An origin terminal in the ocean plan; factory collection and export release are outside the displayed lane time.
The Atlantic example ends at a terminal handover, before inland clearance and final delivery.
Illustrative network nodes
Directional planning lanes
Transport mode families
Fictional desk views
Original planning articles
Three fictional editorial roles give the planning examples consistent ownership. Their biographies explain the questions they address; they are not real contacts or professional endorsements.
Fictional editorial role
Ocean planning lead
Mara is the fictional editor of the ocean planning desk. Her work in these examples connects cargo readiness, terminal cut-offs and the information needed by the receiving team. She asks which part of a delivery window is a constraint before selecting a sailing.
Read profileOpen local deskFictional editorial role
Network and projects lead
Eli develops the illustrative road, rail and project handovers in this demo. His planning notes keep loading access, lifting responsibility and an agreed exception owner beside the route itself. He treats an unconfirmed connection as a question to resolve, rather than a promised service.
Read profileOpen local deskFictional editorial role
Cargo and receiving lead
Sana writes the receiving and air-cargo examples. Her focus is the information that survives a handover: package counts, dimensions, condition records and the instruction to stop when labels disagree. Her role here is fictional and does not imply a professional accreditation.
Read profileOpen local deskEighteen practical checks are grouped around the load, the movement and the receiving decision.
Our environmental approach begins with a consistent comparison boundary. Read how cargo, utilisation and the legs included can change an apparently simple result.
Read the environmental notes