第3章海上贸易货物祥解.ppt

* starboardthe right side of the ship when you are facing forward portthe left side of the ship when you are facing forward * * Chapter 3 Seaborne trade cargo English on International Shipping Wang_qingbin Transportaiton and Logistics college Dalian Maritime University Email: wqingbin@ Mobil* Chapter 3 Seaborne trade cargo English on International Shipping * English on International Shipping Chapter 3 Seaborne trade cargo * * Categories of seaborne trade cargo * * Liquid bulk cargoes Liquid bulk cargoes which can be stored in tanks, handled by pumping and transported in tankers. * * Liners For Liquid Bulk Containers (LBCs) * * The Port of Los Angeles boasts nine liquid bulk facilities comprising a total 114 acres to handle various types of commodities for both import and export. Handling facilities include tankers, barges, bulk carriers and storage tanks with convenient rail access. * * The ‘five major dry bulks’ It covers the five homogeneous bulk cargoes - iron ore, grain, coal, phosphates and bauxite. From a cargo handling viewpoint, the five major bulks are all homogeneous commodities shipped in large quantities by sea, and transport tends to focus on economies of scale using standard general-purpose bulk carriers * * iron ore * * Iron Ore in Australia? * * * * * * * * Phosphate mining, Nauru * * bauxite * * * * Minor bulks It covers the many other commodities that trade in shiploads. The most important are steel products , cement, gypsum , non-ferrous metal ores, sugar; salt, sulphur, forest products, wood chipsand chemicals. * * steel products * * Specialist bulk cargoes It includes any bulk cargoes with specific handling or storage requirements. Motor vehicles, steel products, and special cargoes such as a cement plant or prefabricated building fall into this category. * * General cargoes anything other than bulk, include containerized cargo, non-containerized cargo, outsized cargo and refrigerated cargo * * * * General