Midnight Cargo Standoff

Your time-sensitive pharmaceutical shipment worth $2.3M is held at Port Authority due to manifest discrepancies. Chief Inspector Chen demands extensive documentation within 90 minutes, or the cargo will be impounded for a mandatory 72-hour investigation. Your CEO is waiting for updates, and your job hangs in the balance.

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B1-B2

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Scenario Overview

Your Role

Senior Logistics Manager at MediCorp International

Conversation Partner

Chief Port Inspector Chen

Setting

Fluorescent-lit customs office with rain-streaked windows, stacks of documents, and a digital manifest display casting harsh blue light

Location

Terminal 7 Port Authority Complex, Bay Harbor

Learning Objectives

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Reconcile the container count discrepancy using documentation

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Prove legitimate customs clearance for all cargo units

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Secure release authorization within 90-minute deadline

About This Scenario

How It Starts

“Do you have ANY idea what you're asking, calling me in at midnight? Your manifest shows 47 containers, but our scan shows 52. Either explain this discrepancy NOW, or I'm initiating a full customs lockdown.”

This is how Chief Port Inspector Chen's greeting will start.

Practice Details

Scenario ID

#550

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