A compressor failed on a plant supplying an inhabited island, which is not a cargo problem, it is a water problem with a cargo problem inside it.
The replacement was available in two countries. One was cheaper and shipped on a route with a five day transit and a transship; the other was dearer and flew direct in two. We priced both inside three hours with the duty and the refrigerant permit included, because the permit was the part that could have cost a week on its own.
The unit flew direct, landed on a Tuesday, and was cleared the same afternoon with the permit already in hand and the declaration already filed. It was on the boat on Wednesday morning and running on Thursday.
Nine days from the order to water. The freight cost about eleven per cent of the unit, which nobody argued about on the fourth day without water.
