新世纪高职高专综合英语 4 Unit 6(words).ppt

Unit 6 Transportation and Shipment Related Information International Goods Transportation and Goods Shipment In international trade, the international goods transportation and goods shipment are two of the important component parts of the international trade. Only through transporting, can the goods be transported from the seller’s country to the buyer’s country. International Goods Transportation and Goods Shipment After signing the selling and buying contract, the seller should ship the goods to the buyer according to the time, place and way of shipmen stipulated in the contract. In carrying out the procedures of foreign trade, the concept of time should be paid great attention to. Kinds of Transportation in International Trade Ocean Marine transportation Rail transportation Air transportation Highway transportation River transportation Postal transportation, etc. The Ocean Marine transportation has its own advantages of large holding capacity and low freight, so in spite of its disadvantages of slow navigation speed and strong risks, it still makes up over two-thirds of total freight volume of the transportation in international trade. Partial Shipment Transshipment Partial shipments and transshipment also belong to the kinds of shipments. It is necessary to instruct in the contract and in the L/C whether transshipment or partial shipments are checked and observe these stipulations strictly. In L/C checking, these stipulations should be checked carefully and checking of how many partial shipments needs to be effected and the dates of these partial shipments should not be left. Partial Shipments When a large quantity of goods is dealt with, the transport conditions, the source of the goods and the goods’ marketing sometimes may affect the conclusion of the deals, so it will be necessary to make partial shipments. At this time, the buyer and the seller should stipulate the time and frequency of the partial shipments. If the shipment needs to be effected only on