物流英语Text3amp;4分解.ppt

Text 3: Introduction of Transportation Text 4: Maritime Shipping Supplementary reading: Intermodal Transportation;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 ;Key terms: 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 联合运输;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 other.;? Road transportation It is capable of providing a door to door service without any break in the journey to change from one vehicle to another. It can be flexible enough to perform “just-in-time” delivery. ;It tends to be used for higher-value/ lower-volume cargo over relatively short distance. In road transport market, operators are able to use existing roadway infrastructure and do not need to put in a big capital invest ahead of time. Hence, there are lots of competitors offering the same kind of service with competitive price. ;With the development of road transportation, new types of problems, such as significant growth of fuel consumption, air pollution, traffic congestion and accidents have emerged.;It offers cost-effective transport of large quantities of cargos over long distances. It is especially good for cargos with high volume and low value, such as coal, timber and grain. It is one of the most energy efficient modes of land transport.;As the oldest mode of transportation, waterway transportation has evolved considerably over the last. Waterway transportation i