Global Logistics and Port Management

This report discusses the logistics and port management involved in importing sugar from Brazil to the UK. It covers topics such as shipping options, risks, physical operations, documentation requirements, and cost implications.

Global Logistics and
Port Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Overview of the company......................................................................................................3
Evaluate the relevant choice of product.................................................................................3
Evaluate the various shipping options....................................................................................4
Indicate any risks that should be considered (current and future)..........................................4
Discuss the physical operations that will be required to import and deliver your container your
company.................................................................................................................................4
Discuss the documentation requirements that will be required to import and deliver your
container to your company.....................................................................................................4
Discuss the cost implications connected to the designed import process..............................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Logistics refers to the flow of goods and services from its production place to the area of
its consumption in order meet customers requirement. Port management is considered as the
activity according to which activities of port are organised and managed in effective manner.
Activities performed at port includes unloading and loading ships, cargo storage etc. Deeper
understanding on this concept aware individuals about variety of strategies that are useful in
managing supply chain and logistic activities of the company in effective manner. The present
report is based on Angila Cargo International Ltd., an England based logistics private
company which was incorporated in the tear 1972.
In the current report Angila Cargo International Ltd. is importing sugar from Brazil to its
operating country that is UK. This report will effectively develop an effective plan through
which the respective company will import sugar in UK with the usage of right logistics method.
This plan will include evaluation of several shipping methods, current and future risk associated
to it, various physical operational activities and documentations that will be required for
importing and delivering container to UK. At last, it will provide description on cost implication
required for designing import process in effective manner.
Overview of the company
Anglia Cargo International Ltd is mainly offering its services to its clients from more
than 40 years. It basically has three offices within UK. The company mainly offers high quality
transport and forwarding services to its customers that includes air freight, road transport,
logistics and air freight management facilities to its customers. It is one among the popular
logistic company of UK which is popular for its high quality and safer services to its clients.
Currently manager of this company is planing to import sugar from Brazil to their host country.
Evaluate the relevant choice of product
Sugar is considered as the effective ingredient which is used by every individual in many
forms. It is basically used for including sweetness in consumables like chocolate, drinks and
many other food items. It has also been analyzed that consumption of appropriate proportion of
sugar is highly important for every as it maintains energy level in our body in effective manner.
It can be said that children belonging to the age group of 7-10 are required to consume minimum
15g of sugar in a day for maintain their energy level, while elders are expected to have 20 cubes

a day for maintaining their energy level. This shows that importing of sugar is highly important
for UK as it is basic requirement of localize people.
Evaluate the various shipping options
There are numerous of Shipping options for company by which they can easily transport
full container of Sugar from Brazil to UK. Some of the main shipping options that could be
adopted by the Angila Cargo International Ltd. are described below in detailed manner:
Railway:
Railway facility are seen as the effective medium by which business organisations can
easily transport their chosen product to services to the decided destination. With reference to the
current scenario, for importing Sugar, logistics manager of Angila Cargo International Ltd. Can
go for railway medium in order to import sugar from Brazil.
Air:
Air transport infrastructure of Brazil is highly developed and there are around 300
airports within the nation. Thus, it can be said that Angila Cargo International Ltd. Could go for
as it will allow them in importing sugar in quicker manner to UK. They can also go for different
flights in order to import desired amount of sugar in quicker manner to the nation.
Roadways
It is considered as an effective medium by which sugar can be transported in Angila
Cargo International Ltd. with the medium of roadways. The transportation system of the
company was highly effective as they were developed in rightful manner. This ensures that
material which is being transported will not get affected without any sort of problem as roads
route is sorted and will be safe for the sender as well as receiver.
Indicate any risks that should be considered (current and future)
There are many risks which can be experience by a company Will they are willing to
import a product in UK (Dam, and Barbour-Lacey, 2015). Risks are very common in every
business and they tend to occur with time as external environment in which business functions is
very uncertain and is continuously changing which has both positive & negative impact on their
functions. In case of Angila Cargo International Ltd. Also there will be consideration made of
various types of present & future risks as discussed below:
Present risk: There are many risks which can be experience in the present scenario such
as there is a possibility of damage or loss which can happen while goods are in transit. There are

many other risks such as economic exposure which is because if the economic condition
flourishing in UK in the present context (Fablingand Sanderson, 2015). Apart from these the
major risks which companies who are willing to enter United Kingdom are facing is the affect of
changing rules with changing government norms which posses a huge threat for these
companies. Angila Cargo International Ltd. Have to take into consideration all such laws which
might pose a impose on this company because of such prevailing norms and rules in UK.
Future Risks: Along with various present risks there are also chances that risks are not
reducing and they are having a high threat on Angila Cargo International Ltd. In future course of
business also. Hence, this recalls for a need that company is adopting Risk Maturity models or
try to anticipate these risks in advance so that its negative impact can be reduced to a large
extent. Some future risks which can happen in this case are industrial actions, changing rules for
import, increase taxation acquirement which will lead to increase in cost etc. all such aspects
have a huge probability of occurring in future and then posing threat on import activity of Angila
Cargo International Ltd.
Discuss the physical operations that will be required to import and deliver your container your
company
There are many physical operations which have to performed as discussed below:
 Packaging: There will be packaging function of product which will take place in main
headquarters of Angila Cargo International Ltd. This is most important aspect as if there
is no proper packaging then it is going to impact the products nature which will be
reaching to final destination (Choudhriand Hakura, 2015).
 Warehousing: this is also a function which has to be performed by company in which
efforts will be made so that products are kept in their warehouses and proper protection is
given to such finished stock. Angila Cargo International Ltd has to perform this function
of warehousing with high amount of carefulness so that product is safe and its quality is
also maintained.
 Transportation: this is last function which takes place when the product has to be
reached to their final destination which is they enter into another country. Angila Cargo
International Ltd. Has to make sure that this functions is done with appropriate measures
so that there is minimization of risks. There are many risks which are associated with

this function of transportation such as sea storm, break downs at sea, congestion in dock,
threat because of industrial action and many other such type of risks (Bohiand
Montgomery, 2015). Hence, it is responsibility of management that they ensure that risks
are minimized so that adequate benefits can be extracted.
From the above mentioned various mediums it can be said that road transportation system is
best for the proposed business plan as the Angila Cargo International Ltd. can easily send the
product without any problem. Also this will be safer for them to send the product and deliver
them in the quicker manner.
Discuss the documentation requirements that will be required to import and deliver your
container to your company.
There are many documentation requirements which have to be fulfilled in case of Angila Cargo
International Ltd. While they are willing to import their products in UK as mentioned below:
 Profile of company
 certificate of Quality
 Application form of Registration
 Certificate of Registration
 Bill of lading
 Valuation statement
 Import license
 Security deposit proof
 Application for Quality analysis, Pre- shipment Inspection and Transport
 Agreement of sales
 Sugar Grading certificate
 Compliance certificate
 Packing list
 Invoice
Above mentioned are some of the documentation requirements which have to be fulfilled
by Angila Cargo International Ltd. While they are planning to export their product in UK. Apart
from these are also several other documents which will be required by Angila Cargo
International Ltd. And this changes according to requirement of a country in present scenarios
such requirements will be according to laws prevailing in UK (Bernini and Tomasi, 2015).

Discuss the cost implications connected to the designed import process
Cost implication is a proces which is concerend with time, energy and other esources
which are in terms of cost for the coampny whhich is willing to export its products. One of very
complicated parts if a importing process is how to accurately cost their products. Not all types of
cost can be easily ascertained but it is responsibility of the exporter that they are able to calculate
the cost of their prodcst in a proper manner (Aftab, Syed and Katper, 2017). In present case
Angila Cargo International Ltd. is the exporter and they are willing to export their producst in
UK. There has been growing legislation which are related with taxation and this affects overall
structure of how goods are being imported in a country. There is total estimated cost of
$39,837.00 which will be required by Angila Cargo International Ltd. in their proceedings which
help in smooth running of all opeartions and functions in case of importing of products in UK.
Below dicussed is the estimated cost statement which has been prepared according to varisou
types of cost which Angila Cargo International Ltd. have to be incurred while they are exporting
their product in United Kingdom.
CATEGORY BUDGET
EMPLOYMENT – PERMANENT $2,500.00
EMPLOYMENT – CASUAL $3,200.00
GENERAL/ADMIN $4,500.00
OPERATIONS $6,500.00
MARKETING/PROMO $6,523.00
WEBSITE/MOBILE APP $1,234.00
OCCUPANCY $6,545.00
AUTOMOTIVE $8,523.00
ADDITIONAL $312.00
TOTALS $39,837.00
Table 1: cost statement

CONCLUSION
From the above mentioned report, it is concluded that logistic and port management is an
essential part of logistics industry which are required be considered by business manager of the
company. Port management is considered as the activity according to which activities of port are
organized and managed in effective manner. Activities performed at port includes unloading and
loading ships, cargo storage etc. Deeper understanding on this concept aware individuals about
variety of strategies that are useful in managing supply chain and logistic activities of the
company in effective manner.

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