外贸函电 课件（机工）chpt10 Transport.ppt

Chapter Ten Transport Section 1 Introduction Contract of carriage consignment note air waybill (AWB) a charter party or a bill of lading Purposes of message to hire a vehicle to urge an early shipment, to amend the shipping terms, to give shipping advice, to dispatch shipping documents, etc.  Section 2 Specimen Documents Specimen 1: An inquiry of chartering shipping by fax We would like to charter a ship with capacity of about 4000 tons for a single voyage from Avonmouth, Great Britain to Xingang, China for heavy lifts. We shall give 40 days’ definite notice of cargo readiness and expect the ship to be at Avonmouth on 31March ready to take cargo on board. Would you kindly answer the two questions: (问句使用效果更好） 1 Is such a ship available? 2 if so, on what terms would you arrange for the voyage? Your early reply would be most appreciated. Specimen 2: An enquiry for shipping container by email Could you arrange for your shipping container to collect a consignment? We have ten cases of art goods at Xingang, ready for despatch to London. Each case weighs 40 kgs. As the L/C of our client stipulates that shipment be not later than 8 August, please quote us for a shipping container from Xingang to London before that deadline. Your early quotation would be appreciated. A possible reply by a broker (negative) We feel sorry for our inability to quote for shipping your ten cases of art goods to London by container. We have contacted quite a few shipping companies as well as shipping agents only to find no shipping container sailing from Xingang to London prior to 15 August. Fortunately, COSCO m/v “Seal” is scheduled to sail from China port to European main ports on or about 20 August. Could you manage to ship the ten cases of art goods via m/v “Seal”? A possible follow-up confirmation This is to confirm that we can ship the ten cases of art goods via m/v “Seal” scheduled to sail from Xingang on or about 20 August. We have received our client’s advice of agreeing t