Unit 1 General View about International Shipping Industry 1
Part 1 Reading 1
Text 1 Concept of International Shipping 1
Text 2 Operating Modes of International Shipping 9
Part 2 Listening 11
International Shipping and International Trade 11
Part 3 Exercises 14
Unit 2 Transportation 18
Part 1 Reading 18
Text 1 Transportation in Logistics 18
Text 2 International Air Transport 23
Part 2 Listening 26
International Road Transport and Rail Transport 26
Part 3 Exercises 30
Unit 3 Liner Shipping Business 34
Part 1 Reading 34
Text 1 Procedures of Liner Shipping 34
Text 2 Liner Conference 39
Part 2 Listening 43
Documentation of Liner Shipping Business 43
Part 3 Exercises 46
Unit 4 Chartering 49
Part 1 Reading 49
Text 1 Types of Chartering 49
Text 2 Chartering Procedures 55
Part 2 Listening 58
Laytime,Demurrage and Dispatch Money 58
Part 3 Exercises 61
Unit 5 Charter Party 65
Part 1 Reading 65
Text 1 Nature,Functions and Types of Charter Party 65
Text 2 Essential Clauses of Charter Party 71
Part 2 Listening 75
"GENCON"Charter 75
Part 3 Exercises 78
Unit 6 Bill of Lading 81
Part 1 Reading 81
Text 1 Concept and Functions of Bill of Lading 81
Text 2 Classifications of Bill of Lading 87
Part 2 Listening 91
International Conventions Governing Bill of Lading 91
Part 3 Exercises 94
Unit 7 Container Transport 97
Part 1 Reading 97
Text 1 The Signification of Container Transport 97
Text 2 Types of Containers 105
Part 2 Listening 112
The Course of Business in Container Transport 112
Part 3 Exercises 116
Unit 8 Multi-modalism 120
Part 1 Reading 120
Text 1 Multi-modalism 120
Text 2 Intermodal Transportation Advantages 130
Part 2 Listening 133
Development of Intermodal Transportation 133
Part 3 Exercises 136
Unit 9 Port Charges 140
Part 1 Reading 140
Text 1 Tonnage Dues 140
Text 2 Port Charges Proper 146
Part 2 Listening 151
Comparison of Port Tariffs among Ports 151
Part 3 Exercises 155
Unit 10 Freight 159
Part 1 Reading 159
Text 1 Types of Freight 159
Text 2 Freight of Liner Shipping Business 164
Part 2 Listening 167
Freight of Chartering Shipping Business 167
Part 3 Exercises 171
Unit 11 International Ocean Shipping Agency 175
Part 1 Reading 175
Text 1 The Legal Significance of Ocean Shipping Agency 175
Text 2 Agency of Vessels 180
Part 2 Listening 183
Agency of Cargo Transport by Sea 183
Part 3 Exercises 186
Unit 12 General Average and Particular Average 190
Part 1 Reading 190
Text 1 General Average 190
Text 2 Partial Losses 196
Part 2 Listening 200
General Average Sacrifice 200
Part 3 Exercises 204
Unit 13 Handling of Accidents of Goods Transported by Sea 208
Part 1 Reading 208
Text 1 Reasons for theAccidents 208
Text 2 How to Handle the Accidents 214
Part 2 Listening 217
Claims and Settlement 217
Part 3 Exercises 221
Unit 14 Insurance 224
Part 1 Reading 224
Text 1 Hull Insurance Clauses 224
Text 2 Ocean Marine Cargo Clauses 232
Part 2 Listening 236
Ocean Marine Cargo Clauses 236
Part 3 Exercises 240
Unit 15 UN Convention on the Contracts of International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea 244
Part 1 Reading 244
Text 1 The Rotterdam Rules 244
Text 2 General Provisions 253
Part 2 Listening 258
Electronic Transport Records 258
Part 3 Exercises 260
Unit 16 The Miscellaneous 264
Part 1 Reading 264
Text 1 International Maritime Organization(IMO) 264
Text 2 Incoterms 273
Part 2 Listening 278
The Role of Freight Forwarder 278
Part 3 Exercises 281