国际贸易实务英文版课件帅建林 ISBN9787810789561 PPT帅ch6.ppt

Marking of goods Marking: Shipping Marks, Indicative/Warning Marks Marking means to have some designs, letters, words, or numbers stenciled on the transportation packing of cargoes. It is used for identification, for understanding the place of origin, for simplifying the examination of documents, for keeping the secret of business, and for the protection of cargoes. Marks can be of various kinds. Shipping Marks Shipping marks are not only stenciled on the transportation packing of cargoes but also appear on the invoices, insurance documents, bills of lading and some other documents. Previously it consisted of a particular geometric figure, abbreviations or initials of a consignee, the unloading port, and the package number. Now to promote the application of electronic data interchange, relative United Nations organizations and some major trading nations have developed new standard shipping marks, which have been adopted in China. The new shipping marks consist of the following four parts. Abbreviations of Consignees or Buyers No full name is to be used here. But in railway or highway transportation, full names are required. Reference No. It is one of the number of the shipping documents (L/C, bill of lading, invoice, contract) and should not be too long. The Name of the Unloading Port It should be clear and complete. In case the name refers to more than one place, it should be followed by the name of its country. If the cargo needs transshipment, the place names of the transshipment should be given as, e.g.: Berlin via Singapore Brussels via Tokyo But if the transshipment is done by multi-modal transportation, it is unnecessary to list the transshipment port. For cargoes which are to be carried to a free port or a free trade zone, the name of the destination should be preceded with “free”. Optional ports should be preceded with “option”, eg. Option Hamburg, Rotterdam For goods to be transported by OCP (0ver-land common point内陆地区P142), bot