Reference no: EM132306044

TRANSPORATION PLANNING ASSIGNMENT

SELECTED COMPANY - YANCOAL MINING LTD COMPANY IN AUSTRALIA WHICH IS IMPORTING THE MACHINERY.

CHOOSE THE SEA TRANSPORT MODE FOR TRANSPORTAION OF THE MACHINERY.

You work for a coal mining company located in regional Western Australia. Your team is responsible for the transportation management activities of the business, including all the necessary tasks for moving the items. As the result of growing demand for coal, the company is growing and they are planning increase their production.

Your managing director has tasked you to prepare a transportation plan for importing a recent purchase of a large Hydraulic Shovel (Figure 1).
This large equipment was purchased second hand for a good price from a closed mining company located in Pasco, Peru. This is a new exercise in your company and your manager wants you to brief her on the current industry practices for importing such large equipment. In addition, you must develop and recommend a sound and costeffective transportation plan for the proposed import plan.

REQUIRMENT: Recommendations 800 WORDS

Provide a sound transportation plan for importing the mining equipment (Hydraulic Shovel) from Peru to Western Australia.

Your transportation plan must provide the reasoning behind transportation decisions, giving a balanced justification for the basis of decisions. The plan must include the route planning, model and carrier selection, network design, regulatory consideration (customs for example) and costing (approximate cost of importing shovel such as insurance, tariffs and customs etc)