第3章 海上贸易货物.ppt

* Chapter 3 Seaborne trade cargo English on International Shipping * Wang_qingbin Transportaiton and Logistics college Dalian Maritime University Email: wqingbin@ Mobil* 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 Cargo Handling General cargo tonnage additions and reductions 1993-2003 (in dwt) Cargo value