INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Vietnam National University HCMC

Course: INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS

DETAILED GUIDELINES FOR GROUP PROJECT & PRESENTATION

LECTURER: Assoc. Prof. Dr Ho Thi Thu Hoa

Brief Assignment

Required:

1. Describe transport infrastructure of a given province/city for available modes of

transport).

2. Suggest 3 options for multimodal transport operation of a shipment (LCL or FCL)

to and from a given province/city from/to Europe/America/Intra-Asia. (note: which
specific country is flexible depending on export goods and import goods between this
province and international markets).

3. Evaluate the impact of Covid-19 to Vietnam’s logistics industry and suggest at

least 3 solutions for further improvement.

Detailed guidelines

1. Describe transport infrastructure of a given province/city for available

modes of transport).

- Find available modes of transport in a given province/city: road, rail, maritime,

inland waterway, air

- Describe the current situation of infrastructure of those modes of transport in a

given province/city.

- Use the updated data from official sources and use figures and tables to illustrate
data.

2. Suggest 3 options for multimodal transport operation of a shipment (LCL or

FCL) to and from a given province/city from/to Europe/America/Intra-Asia.
(note: which specific country is flexible depending on export goods and import
goods between this province and international markets).

- As below guidelines

3. Evaluate the impact of Covid-19 to Vietnam’s logistics industry and suggest

at least 3 solutions for further improvement.

- Find important impacts of Covid-19 to Vietnam’s logistics industry, especially to

transport both at an international and domestic scale.

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- Suggest at least 3 solutions for further improvement and evaluation the feasibility of
those solutions in applying into industry.

- Use the updated data from official sources and use figures and tables to illustrate
data.

Guidelines for task 2:

2.1. Initial info of shipment: cargo, volume, quantity

2.2. Cargo specifications:
- Vegetable, fresh food, frozen food, garment, foot-wares, general cargo,
equipment, rice, etc.
- Cargo specifications: transport requirement, specific service requirement
from customers (RF, dry, RORO, liquid….)
2.3. Select the appropriate service (LCL, FCL, container type, modes of
transport, carriers, routes, etc.)
– Based on detail requirement from customers such as leadtime,
freight, service level, modes of transport, place of receipt, place
of delivery, …. )
– Suggest 3 options for multimodal transport operation of a
shipment (access website or directory of carriers including
airlines, shipping lines for searching updated schedule and info,
eg. Evergreen, Maersk, CMA CGM, Vietnam Airlines
• Route 1
• Route 2
• Route 3
– For each route, recommend relevant carriers (eg. CMA CGM.
VNR….)
2.4. Recommend the best option of modes of transport and relevant
route
Based on cargo specification, customer requirement, benefits and
transport market trend => Recommend the best option of modes of transport
and relevant route according to criterion (leadtime, cost, unit cost, current
situation in the transport market, …).
2.5. Claims (if any) (carrier’s liability: damaged goods, lack of goods,
etc.)
2.6. Conclusion
Note:
- Use updated information with reliable and official sources.
- Access websites of companies, group-platform and send the request
to logistics companies or freight forwarder or relevant sources to
collect real data for task requirements (Play a role of cargo owner or
agents to get information, use professional email and
communication)

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 - Following the regulations when doing the task (eg. Weight limitation,
VGM, …)

Some notes for supporting Task 2:

 Example: Initial information of shipment:
- Shipper’s address:
Nha Be Garment Corporation Joint Stock Company
Tan Thuan Dong Ward, Dist 7, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
- Recipient's address: Unit 3&4, Walker Park, Walker Road,
Blackburn. Lance, BB1 2QE, UK.
- Commodity: garment
- Quantity: 01X20’container with 408 cartons including 7866 Men T-shirt
- Weight: 3 158 Kgs; Volume: 29 CBM
- Value: USD 15,732 EXW Binh Duong equivalent USD 2/ unit
 Example: Selecting transport routes
Table 1: 5 transport routes for multimodal transport for a shipment from
Vieantiane (Lao PDR) to Rotterdam (The Netherlands)

For each route, transport can be showed as follows

- Identify detailed route, modes of transport, leadtime:
For example (for illustration only):
- From District 7, Ho Chi Minh City to Cat Lai port: by road transport
- From Cat Lai port to Southampton port, UK with the transhipment at Port
Kelang, Malaysia (tranship from feeder to mother vessel): by maritime
transport
- From Southampton port, UK to recipient’s warehouse: by road transport.
The whole route can be illustrated as Figure 1:
Road Feeder vessel Mother vessel Road

Dis. 7-HCM C Cat Lai port Port Kelang Southampton port Blackburn,Anh
CCHCM
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 Figure 1: Route from District 7, HCMC to Blackburn, UK
Route from District 7, HCMC to Blackburn, UK
(Draw route according to the map)

Figure 2: Route from District 7, HCMC to Blackburn, UK

(Source: http://www.searates.com/reference/portdistance/)
Estimated distance: 16.550Km and estimated leadtime: 25 days 4
hours, detailed as in table 2.
Table 2: Distance and leadtime
Route Distance (Km) Leadtime
District 7 – Cat Lai Port (including handling 17 2 hours
time) 1 day
Customs procedure at Cat Lai port
Cat Lai port– Port Kelang 1.537 2 days
Transshipment Port Kelang 1 day
Port Kelang – Southampton 14.596 20 ngày 12 giờ
Customs procedure at Southampton 4 hours
Southampton – Blackburn (including 400 6 hours
handling time)

Total 16.550 25 days 4

hours
( Source: ………………………)
 Identify transport cost:
Cost components may be varied upon on a specific route, modes of
transport, carries, …. Below is the example for reference only.
Table 3: Door cost at Vietnam
No Components Cost ( USD)
1 O/F ( all in ) ( cước phí bao gồm phụ phí) 1.400
2 Trucking fee (phí vận chuyển đường bộ) 100
3 Lift on/lift off (phí nâng hạ) 12
4 Customs formalities fee (phí thủ tục hải quan) 70
5 B/L fee 24
6 LTHC ( loading terminal handling charge) 81
…….
Total 1.687
(Source: …………………………..)
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 Cost of door delivery at UK: to Blacburn as table 4.
Table 4: Cost of door delivery at UK
No Components Cost ( USD)
1 Handling charge 100
2 Trucking fee (phí vận chuyển đường bộ) 520
3 Customs clearance fee (phí thủ tục hải quan) 42
5 D/O fee ( phí lệnh giao hàng) 42
6 DTHC ( loading terminal handling charge) 81
……….
Total 785
(Source: …………………………..)
Total cost of multimodal transport of a shipment as in Figure 3.

Figure 3: Total cost of multimodal transport of a shipment (as reference only,

groups must draw according to group results)
In Which:
Total cost C(T) = C(cp) + C(cn) + C (I) + C(dc)
- Do the same steps for other routes
- Example for the results of one route

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Table 5: Vientiane-Danang-Singapore-Rotterdam

 Example of recommend the best option:

Table 6: Transport cost and leadtime for 5 options

- Unit transport cost for all 5 routes

Table 7: Unit transport cost for all 5 routes