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Unit 5 Shipment and Insurance 1. Mode of transport and receipt documents (1)By sea: Marine/Ocean B/L; Through B/L; CTD (Combined Transport Document or B/L) MTD (Multi-model Transport Document) (2)by air: Air Waybill (3)by road or rail: Cargo Receipt (承运货物收据）； 铁路运单 2. Shipping Parties (当事人): ----Consignor/Shipper （发货人）, who send the goods; ----Consignee （收货人）, who receives goods at destination; ----Carrier (承运人），who carries the goods; ----Forwarder（货运代理人）, who represents the carriers 3. Letters regarding shipment are usually written for the following purposes: (1)to confirm the charter party and booking note; (2)to urge an early shipment; (3)to amend shipping terms; (4)to give shipping advice; (5)to dispatch shipping documents; 4. Chartering of ships and booking shipping space (1)Liners, ships that sail at regular times on set routes; (2)Charter: ships that have no set lines or routes, but go wherever they can find suitable cargoes. ----voyage charter ----time charter Contract entered into between the ship-owner and the shipper may take the form of either a)a charter party, where a complete ship is hired or b)a bill of lading, where the ship carries cargoes belonging to different shippers. 5. Shipping Advice/Instruction:: After making shipment, the seller should promptly advise the buyer of its effectuation, especially the transaction is concluded on FOB and CFR basis. It has been an international practice stipulated in INCOTERMS 2000. For example: Dear Sirs, We are pleased to inform you that your order No. 20 for 8,000 bicycles has been dispatched by s.s. “Dongfeng”, which sailed from Shanghai yesterday and is due to arrive at Alexandria on or about 9th August. We are enclosing the following shipping documents so that you may have no trouble in taking the delivery: ----Negotiable clean on board ocean bill of lading; --