物流专业英语Chapter III.pptVIP

Chapter IIIFreight Transport Outline-1 Outline-2 Outline-3 Part I Function and Modes of TransportationIntroduction Functions of Transportation Transportation Modes Rail Motor Air Water Pipeline Intermodal Five Modes of Transportation Road transport Pipelines? Air transport Water transportation New Words and Phrases Part II Container Transportation and Inter-modal TransportContainer Transportation The business courses in container transport The course for FCL The course for LCL Inter-modal transportation Containers The advantage and disadvantage of containers New Words Part III Supplementary Reading  Transport Participants Overview of transport participants Shipper and consignee Carrier Agents Government Internet Public New words Public Government Shipper Carrier Consignee Goods flow Information flow The shipper and consignee have a common interest in moving goods from origin to destination within a given time at the lowest cost. Services related to transportation include specified pickup and delivery times, predictable transit time, and zero loss and damage as well as accurate and timely exchange of information and invoicing. The carrier, a business participant that performs a transportation service, desires to maximize its revenue for movement while minimizing associated costs. As a service business, carriers want to charge their customers the highest rate possible while minimizing labor, fuel, and vehicle costs required to complete the movement. To achieve this objective, the carrier seeks to coordinate pickup and delivery times in an effort to group or consolidate many different shippers’ freight into movements that achieve economy of scale and distance. Brokers and freight forwarders are transport agents that facilitate carrier and customer matching. The government has a vested interest in transportation because of the critical importance of reliable service to economic and social wel