物流英语chapter 2 Transportation.pptVIP

Chapter Two Transportation Text 3: Introduction of Transportation Text 4: Maritime Shipping Supplementary reading: Intermodal Transportation Learning objective  To understand the nature of transportation To learn the five modes of transportation To know about the important feature of maritime shipping To get familiar with intermodal transport Text 3: Introduction of Transportation Key terms: transportation 运输 transportation mode 运输方式 road transportation 公路运输 rail transportation 铁路运输 waterway transportation 水路运输 air transportation 航空运输 pipeline transportation 管道运输 intermodal transportation 多式联运 General Introduction of Transportation What is transportation? Transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another. major modes of transportation: Railway transportation, road transportation, waterway transportation, air transportation and pipeline transportation Intermodal transportation occurs when two modes or more work closely together on a regular basis, utilizing the advantage of each others. Diversity of Transportation Modes ? Road transportation Please read the paragraphs about road transportation and discuss: what are the most important characteristics of road transportation? Answer: capable of providing a door to door service flexible enough to perform “just-in-time” delivery for higher-value / lower-volume cargo over relatively short distance Intense competition ? Rail transportation Please read the paragraphs about rail transportation and discuss: what are the most important characteristics of rail transportation? Answer: offers cost-effective transport over long distances good for cargos with high volume and low value Consumes less energy ? Waterway transportation Waterway transportation includes maritime transportation and river transportation. The most important characteristics of waterway transportation include: big capacity, good for large quantity of cargos connects ports from different continents