商务英语写作课件杨晓斌编著 ISBN9787811343311Section 18 货物运输 Shipment.ppt

Section 18 货物运输 Shipment I. 要点概述Main Points 1. What is shipping? 1. What is shipping? Broadly speaking, shipping is physical process of transporting goods and cargo and almost every product ever made, bought, or sold has been affected by shipping. Shipping, as an industry, is responsible for transporting 90% of the world’s trade and is by far the most environmentally friendly form of transport. The shipping industry is a truly global community. Because of the international nature of shipping it is regulated by United Nations agencies and the International Maritime Organization in particular. Many other closely inter-related sectors of the shipping industry include: liner agents, chartering brokers, port agents, sale and purchase brokers, maritime insurers and ship surveyors, as well as import/export brokers and a wide range of ancillary industries. 2. What are the basic types of shipments? Merchant shipping is essential to the world economy. Basically, there are three basic types of shipments: land, air, and sea. Land shipping, also called ground shipping can be made either by train or by truck. Trucking is easily the most popular form of shipping. Even in Air and Sea shipments, ground transportation is still required to take the product to the airport or seaport and then to its destination. Ground transportation is typically more affordable than air shipments, but more expensive than shipping by sea. Ship transport is primarily used for the carriage of people and non-perishable goods, generally referred to as cargo. Sea transport remains the largest carrier of freight in the world. Though slower than air transport, modern sea transport is a highly effective method of moving large quantities of non-perishable goods. Transport by water is significantly less costly than transport by air for trans-continental shipping. When a cargo is carried by more than one mode, the transport is termed intermodal or co-modal. 3. How do you ship cargo? Once you have decided shi