Charlie wanted to know what items were being delivered to Duca Mines on this occasion.
As Merlin quickly asked the deputy manager, but in French, the man promptly passed him the rail schedules for tomorrow.
Merlin flipped through the schedule and eventually told Charlie, "It's the third train tomorrow that will be heading to Duca Mines. It has twenty freight carriages containing goods, and six of them have refrigerated compartments. The rest are conventional carriages.
"In addition, the train is listed under Moore Trading—that's the company which Duca Mines commissions for their imports. That would also mean they are the exporter of Duca Mines' phosphates and assisting them with importing new industrial equipment."
Charlie asked, "Is there an inventory? Cargo manifests?"
"Yes," Merlin nodded. "Beef and miscellaneous US meat products: 120 tons. Dairy products: 40 tons, imported grains… and so on. According to the customs clearance form, the rest are mostly industrial and mining equ