Chapter 9 Delivery of Goods2（课件）国际贸易实务双语教程（第5版） 同步教学（清华大学出版社）

Chapter 9 Delivery of Goods 1.Air Transport The air transport can be divided into the following kinds: a. Scheduled airliner班机运输 b. Charted carrier包机运输 c. Consolidation集中托运 d. Air express急件运送 Airway Bill Airway Bill has the following features: a. It is a transport contract signed between the consignor/shipper and the carrier/ airline. b. It is a receipt from the airline acknowledging the receipt of the consignment from the shipper. c. The air waybill is an internationally standardized document mostly printed in English and in the official language of the country of departure, which facilitates the on-carriage of goods going through 2 to 3 airlines in different countries to the final destination. Postal transport falls into 2 kinds: a. Regular mail; b. Air mail. 2.Postal Transport 3. International Combined Transport/International Multimodal Transport International combined transport means the conveyance of cargo includes at least two modes of transport by which the goods are carried from the place of dispatch to that of destination on the basis of combined transport or a multimodal transport contract. The use of container provides a highly efficient form for transport by ship, by road, by rail and by air, though its fullest benefits are felt in shipping, where costs may be reduced by as much as one half. 4.Container Transport Land bridge transport is a mode of transport that connects the ocean transport on the two sides of the land by the railway and land which runs across the continent, i.e., ship-train-ship. Land bridge transport uses the container as a medium, so it has all advantages of container transport. 5.Land Bridge Transport There are 3 main land bridges in the world: a. American land bridge; b. Siberian land bridge. c. The New European- Asia land bridge. 6. Pipelines transport Pipelines are used for transporting commodities, such as crude oil and gases etc., long distance