We currently have six vehicles; Scout, Tahoe, Mustang, Suzuki, Triumph, Victory. It was not difficult to decide which one would be coming with us. The Tahoe would be overkill for Iqaluit's 27km of roads, the Mustang isn't great in the snow (as mum can attest from our "summer" visit to Calgary), the Scout isn't quite road ready and there is no room for the dogs on our bikes, so the Suzuki it is. So that I could start pricing up shipping options I got one of the firefighters to measure it for me (length 4.48m, width 1.64m, height 1.79m). These dimensions are multiplied to find the volume in cubic metres (13.15) which is divided by 2.5 to give the value in revenue tonnes (5.26).
Just to be thorough I telephoned First Air cargo to get a quote for flying the Suzuki from Ottawa to Iqaluit. Based upon the vehicle length, and using their discounted rate for vehicles, the cost was estimated at $8,158 ha ha ha ha ha!!! I don't think so.
Rumour informs us that there are three shipping companies servicing the north east, so far I can only find two: Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping and Nunavut Sealink & Supply Inc, whose 2010 rates are $285.96 and $295.96 per revenue tonne respectively. Yesterday I omitted the divide by 2.5 portion of the equation so told Blaine that it would cost almost $4,000, happily the true price is closer to $1,500. Although this will be subject to increase in direct proportion to the insane gas prices. The first ship of 2010 arrived on July 14 and the last one on October 11. You can book your space in March and deliver goods to the Montreal depots from May/June.
The trip from Vancouver to Montreal will be either by road or rail. Current quotes (again subject to fluctuations in fuel surcharge) are in the $1,300 range for terminal to terminal, not sure how I get it from the terminal to the port but there is plenty of time for such details to be ironed out.
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