UNITS Planning and arranging transport, 5 Work with a partner. Follow the steps below and practise making enquiries and giving advice. Use phrases from this unit. A 8 Tell B what you would like to enquire about. \ ‘Ask A to be more specific. x » Recommend one or two options. Offer another alternative. Give B some details of your shipment. Tell B you are not sure you want this option. ‘Ask B about orderjcancellation deadlines. “Answer B's question. Tell B you will give him/ / her a quotation within the next hour. Thank B for help. ® 6 tistentoa shipping agent describing one of the containers a * details and label the drawing with the words from the box. lable. Complete the sing height * payload © length * tare weight © width * gross weight Type of container: 4o ft open top 1 4,030 kg 2 £32,500 kg 3. maximum = e A Internal measurements: e 4 —______ 12.02 m 5 235m 6 232m 7 Usten again and note the non-metric measurements the agent mentions. 1 tare weight: 2 intemal length: 3 internal height:UNITS Planning and arranging transport | 42. Rewrite the sentences. Example: The container is 6 metres long. The length of the container is six metres. (Or: The container’s length is b metres) The package weighs 45 kg. ‘This seagoing vessel is about 30 m wide. ‘The case we need to ship is 1 m long, 50 cm wide and 35 cm high. Its depth is nearly 3 cm. The ship’s length is more than 65 m. The open container’s door height is 7 ft 10 in. What do these abbreviations stand for? 1 ft 2 kg 3 02 4 om 5 bb 6 cuyd 77 ar 9 pt 10 gal Put the words from above into the correct column in the table. Complete the table with other weights you can think of. metric non-metric length “yard (yd) weight gram () surface square millimetre (mm) | volume capacity fluid ounce (fl oz)42 | UNITS Planning and arranging transport 11 Describe the measurements and weight of a container to your partner. Use phrases from this unit. ci: PartnerA Fileos, port Partner Fes. p.72 Numbers | When dealing with consignment details itis often necessary to talk about numbers, | We write a comma to show thousands (but we don’ say it): 235,000 two hundred and thirty-five thousand We use a point to show decimals: | 15 one point five We use the word and after hundreds: 185 ‘one hundred and eighty-five When arranging transport, we need to give details about the size and weight of the | consignment to be shipped. Size Our consignment is 3 by 2 by 2.5 metres. This box measures 2 by 1.5 by 2.5 metres, Its measurements are 20 by 85 by 60 centimetres. | Weight | The empty container weighs 5,000 kg. The netjtare/gross weight of the container is .. ka/tons. | The container’s maximum payload is. | Dimensions The box is 40 cm high/long/wide/deep. Its/The height/length/width/depth is 4o cm. Remember: This container is almost six metres/feet long (not six metre/foot!) But: It’s a twenty-foot container. (not feet!) SSE ® _— 12 Listen to the dialogue between a forwarder and a customer asking for a shipping quotation. ” Then say whether the statements are true (7) or false XJaccording to the dialogue. 1 Karla Hanssen needs a quotation for air freight to the United Arab Emirates. [_] 2. They want to ship cooling units to Abu Dhabi. oO 3 The consignment consists of 18 boxes. O 4 They want to ship from Sweden. oO 5 The units should be picked up on August 6". oO 6 Martin will call back within the next two hours. 0UNIT Planning and aranging transport | 43 13 Listen again and complete the missing details in the online quotation form. Quotation form comparyname | (2 Contac [Kafatnssen Tel [oo46 boa65050 ‘Shipping information Point of on eT Destination: Method of transport: Air Number of units/items: Pick-up date: Delivery date: eee a ee perenne elitist tae le Freight information Volume: Totalweight gs Dimensions cn): [igo amg as cm wide and 82 on dep] Type and nature of gods: Special requirements Hazardous: > Other: must arrive by ° 14 Work with a partner. Write an email asking for a quotation. Include the information from the order form above. Well need a quotation fora shipment to Please quote for (the supplyitransport of .. Please send us a quotation for .. Please quote your lowest prices for Your quotation should include detailed information on freight and insurance rates, delivery terms, delivery date, and terms of payment.