This is Chip Hitchcock's data as of 4/15/05
pickup | drop-dead | safe | cost: | cost: | cost: | cost: | ||
who | phone | incl? | ship date | ship date | 4 st(0) | 4.53 st | 5 st | 6 st |
Shannon Express Int'l | 800-755-1001 | yes(1) | 5 Jul(3) | 28 Jun(3) | 1674 | 1899 | 2079 | 2485 |
American Baggage(5) | 800 752-6773 | no | wk of 5 Jul(7) | 1115 | 1385 | 1385 | 1655 | |
APX(6) | 877-597-0258 | no | 13 Jul(4) | 6 Jul(2) | 705 | 787 | 860 | 1015 |
notes: | ||||||||
(0)"st"=="stere"==cubic meter. a solid pallet of books is 1.5-1.8st. (NB: pallet counts in volume calc.) | ||||||||
a solid pallet of books is 1.5-1.8st. (NB: pallet counts in volume calc.) | ||||||||
a pallet-size stack 2.5 feet high (including the pallet) is 1st | ||||||||
a \large/ NESFA book (e.g. Kornbluth) packs ~440/st (including boxes but not pallet). | ||||||||
4.53st is 160 cubic feet, e.g. 4' x 4' x 10' | ||||||||
(1): quote includes pickup at a standard dock; surcharge (est'd) is for vans or a low-step truck for picking up from ground level | ||||||||
(2): from schedule on website; \expected/ arrival in Glasgow is 20 Jul (time allows for container transport to NY/NJ, plus shipping) | ||||||||
(3): worked out by company rep; time includes container packing, transport to NYC, and transshipment in Antwerp | ||||||||
(4): extrapolated from website as for (2) (furthest date shown); \expected/ arrival in Glasgow is 27 Jul) | ||||||||
(5): American Baggage quotes in whole steres only | ||||||||
(6): quotes are current; last week they added ~$45 fuel charge for 4.53st | ||||||||
(7): verbal estimate; AB ships from Boston, and says it has contacts with 2+ ships/week, so this is probably conservative. | ||||||||
all of these quotes are for goods dumped on the Glasgow dock; customs clearances and local delivery (which one shipper said could be best done by broker) are additional. |
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