PracticalBusinessWriting01.Understandthebasicstructureofshipmentletters03.ProduceyourownshipmentlettersShipment02.LearnsomeusefulphrasesandsentencespatternsforaneffectiveshipmentlettersUnit6,Task2Background

Transportisanimportantpartintheinternationaltrade.theeffectuationofthetransportsignifiestheexporter'sfulfillmentoftheobligationtomakedeliveryofthegoods.Itisindispensabletoimportandexportbusiness.Transportallowsgoodstobeconveyedfromoneplacetoanother.withouttransport,internationaltradewouldnotbepossible.ModesofTransportCarriagecantakeplacebysea,rail,air,road,inlandwaterway（江河運(yùn)輸）,parcalpost,containerandmultimodaltransport（聯(lián)合運(yùn)輸）.Oceanfreightisundoubtedlythemosteconomicalmodeoftransportationininternationaltradeparticularlywhenbulkcommoditiesareinvolved,withadvantagesofeasypassage,largecapacityandlowcost.That'swaytoday98%ofworldtradeonvolumetermisconveyedbyseatranportHowever,itisslow,vulnerabletobadweatherandlesspunctualifcomparedwithroadandairtranposrt.Terminologies1.運(yùn)輸合同當(dāng)事人（1）Freight貨物；運(yùn)費(fèi)；運(yùn)輸（貨物）A.指“貨物”，簡(jiǎn)寫作FrtB.指“運(yùn)費(fèi)”，又稱Freightage預(yù)付Prepaid；到付Collect運(yùn)費(fèi)

Freightcharge；雜費(fèi)LocalChargeC.指“運(yùn)送方式”，常與表示“海”、“空”的字合成一詞(2)Shipper發(fā)貨人(3)Consignee

收貨人(4)Consigner

承運(yùn)人

Freightforwardingcompany

貨運(yùn)承攬公司2.ShipmentDocuments

貨運(yùn)單據(jù)Shippinginstruction

裝船須知Shippingadvice

裝運(yùn)通知；裝船通知shippingadvice是“裝運(yùn)通知”，是由出口商（賣主）發(fā)給進(jìn)口商（買主）的。而shippinginstructions是“裝運(yùn)須知”，是進(jìn)口商（買主）發(fā)給出口商（賣主）的。Shippingdate

裝運(yùn)日期；裝船日期Portofshipment

裝貨港3.航運(yùn)方式（1）班輪運(yùn)輸Linertransport船期表Sailingschedule班輪運(yùn)價(jià)表Liner'sfreighttariff（2）租船Charter定程Voyage(trip)charter單程航次Singlevoyagecharter回程航次Roundvogagecharter定期租船Timecharter（3）國(guó)際多式聯(lián)運(yùn)InternationalmultimodaltransportWhatshouldbespeciallyincludedonashipmentletter?Tellthereceiverwhichcontractisconcerned.AtthebeginningWhatshouldbespeciallyincludedonashipmentletter?Statethepurposeoftheletterclearly:Toremindpunctualshipment;Tosendshipmentinstructions;Toamendshipmentclauses;Togiveshippinginformation;...AsforthecontentWhatshouldbespeciallyincludedonashipmentletter?Expressthankfulnessforcooperation.AttheendoftheletterSample1-LanguagepointsLoremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.LoremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.LremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.ReferringtotheContractNo.149covering8,000ElectronicCalculators,wewishtoremindyouthatthetimeforshipmenthaslongbeenoverdue.寫信人在一開(kāi)頭就首先明確這是跟149號(hào)合同有關(guān)的事項(xiàng)，并指出問(wèn)題所在：此批貨物遲遲未裝運(yùn)。referto關(guān)于，參閱Sample1-LanguagepointsLoremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.LoremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.LremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.punctual

adj.準(zhǔn)時(shí)的，守時(shí)的Ex.Maryisalwayspunctual.ofutmostimportance

極為重要的

Ex.Loveis

ofutmostimportance

toushumans.onarrivalof

到達(dá)，抵達(dá)Ex.Thecompanycan’taccept“CashagainstDocuments”onarrivalofgoodsatdestination.

Sample2-LanguagepointsLoremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.LoremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.LremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.WehavereservedshippingspaceinS.S.MorningBreezewhichisduetosailonOctober12fromHongKongtoSanFrancisco.我們已經(jīng)預(yù)訂了于10月12日從香港到舊金山的“晨風(fēng)”號(hào)的艙位。S.S.(steamship/steamship)輪船Sample3-LanguagepointsLoremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.LoremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.LremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.Pleaseadviseouragentsoftheshippinglaneandthescheduledarrivaldatesothattheycanarrangeforwarehousespaceandexpectyourdocumentation.請(qǐng)告知我們的貨運(yùn)代理商有關(guān)船運(yùn)的航線和預(yù)定到達(dá)的日期，以便他們安排好倉(cāng)庫(kù)以及準(zhǔn)備接收你們的文件。advisesbofsth

通知或告知某人有某情況；把某事通知某人Sample4-LanguagepointsLoremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.LoremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.LremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.WeacknowledgedwiththanksthereceiptofyourL/CNo.MC-157.我方已經(jīng)收到貴方開(kāi)具的有關(guān)合同MC157的信用證，不勝感激。acknowledgewiththanks確認(rèn)，謝謝Ex.We

acknowledge

with

thanks

your

order

of

October

2

for

50

units

of

bikes

M104.Sample4-LanguagepointsLoremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.LoremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.LremIpsumissimplydummytextoftheprintingandtypesettingindustry.Wearepleasedtoadvise