Line-Haul Cost per Tonne-km, Minimum Charges & Cost per Shipment
This lesson is part of the course
In this lesson
You turn six fictional shipments into tonne-km, price each one with the rate card of its mode, apply the minimum charge where the shipment is too small, and compare the cost per tonne.
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Lessons in this course
- Line-Haul Cost per Tonne-km, Minimum Charges & Cost per Shipment Locked
- Door-to-Door Chains: Pre-Carriage, Main Leg, On-Carriage & Handling Locked
- Transit Time & Reliability: Days per Leg, Spread and On-Time Share Locked
- Inventory in Transit: Capital Tied Up in Goods on the Move Locked
- Safety Stock for Slower or Less Reliable Modes Locked
- CO₂ per Tonne-km: Emission Factors, Shipment Totals & Intensity per Unit Locked
- Break-Even Distance: Where Intermodal Beats Road Locked
- The Mode Decision: Weighted Scoring, a Modal Shift & the Chart Locked