2.3 Transportation costs

Question 1

Name the 3 key costs if we talk about transportation!

Answer 1

1. ) transportation in bottles
2. ) bulk transportation
3. ) insurance

Question 2

Transportation in bottles:

Which company is well known and specialized for the transportation of wine bottles?

Answer 2

JF Hillebrand

Question 3

Transportation in bottles:

Why do you have to be specialized for transporting wine in bottles?

Name 3 risks for the wines!

Answer 3

1. ) broken bottles
2. ) too hot = spoilage
3. ) excessive vibrations

Question 4

Transportation in bottles:

List the most important ways for transporting the wine in bottles from the most to the least expensive one!

Answer 4

ARRS

1. ) Air
2. ) Road
3. ) Rail
4. ) Sea

Question 5

Transportation in bottles:

1. ) Why is the transportation of wine by plane so expensive - list 2 reasons !
2. ) Under which circumstances is this be used for?

Answer 5

1. ) Weight & Fuel

2. ) samples for competitions / trading / beaujolais nouveau

Question 6

Transportation in bottles:

Which 2 reasons influence the price for transporting wine via rail?

Answer 6

1.) length of journey

2.) loading of goods
= standard or individual
= containerisation

Question 7

Transportation in bottles:

Name 1 advantage and disadvantage for the shipping of wine !

Answer 7

advantage:
- by far the cheapest

disadvantage:
- by far the slowest

Question 8

Bulk transportation:

1. ) How much did the bulk transportation increase from new world countries in the last 2 decades?
2. ) Name also the whole world percentage!

Answer 8

1.) from 23 % - 43 %

= 20 %

2.) 34 %

Question 9

Bulk transportation:

Name the 2 tank variation for bulk transportation and there possible volume!

Answer 9

1.) plastic Flexi tanks (standard steel container)
= 24000l

2.) Non-flexible ISO-Tank = 26000l

Question 10

Bulk transportation:

Name 2 advantages and disadvantages for bulk transportation!

Answer 10

advantages:

• environmentally-friendly
• cheaper

disadvantages:

• only large volumes
• not for smaller producers (>15000l)

Question 11

Insurance:

Name 4 reasons why an insurance would be necessary!

Answer 11

dsal

1. ) damage
2. ) spoilage
3. ) accident
4. ) lost