高等學(xué)校英語(yǔ)拓展系列教程主編：胡英坤車麗娟外語(yǔ)教學(xué)與研究出版社Chapter5LettersofShipment裝運(yùn)函Chapter5ContentsofthischapterI.IntroductionII.SampleAnalysisIII.SampleContrastIV.PatternsandSentencesLettersofShipment商務(wù)英語(yǔ)寫作>>UnitNineShipmentChineseVersionoftheText介紹對(duì)外貿(mào)易的裝運(yùn)是十分復(fù)雜的。賣方須按合同及相關(guān)文件的要求將貨物運(yùn)送到碼頭或?qū)⒇浳镅b在遠(yuǎn)洋貨輪上。因此，豐富的裝運(yùn)知識(shí)和裝運(yùn)文件是完成交易與安全、準(zhǔn)確、經(jīng)濟(jì)的裝運(yùn)所必須的。ModesofTransport海洋運(yùn)輸OceanTransportation鐵路運(yùn)輸RailTransportation航空運(yùn)輸AirTransportation公路運(yùn)輸RoadTransportation內(nèi)河運(yùn)輸InlandwaterTransportation聯(lián)合運(yùn)輸CombinedTransportation；

MultimodalTransportation國(guó)際多式運(yùn)輸InternationalCombinedTransportation/InternationalMultimodalTransportation郵政（包）運(yùn)輸PostTransportation管道運(yùn)輸Tubetransportation

/Pipelinetransportation首頁(yè)RoadTransportAdvantage:costeffective,idealforshortdistance,idealfortransportingperishablesDisadvantages:Lowcapacity,trafficdelays,badweather,trafficregulationsShippingdocument:consignmentnote托運(yùn)單首頁(yè)RailTransport

Railtransportisamajormodeoftransportintermsofitscapacity,onlysecondtooceantransportAdvantages:safety,cheap,bulkquantityDisadvantages:lossofgoods,unsafeforfragileitems,latebooking,unsuitableforshortdistanceorruralareasShippingdocument:consignmentnote托運(yùn)單首頁(yè)AirtransportAdvantage:Quicktransit,LowriskDisadvantages:Expensive,flightdelayorcancellationShippingdocument:airwaybill空運(yùn)單首頁(yè)OceanTransportationSeaoroceantransportisthemostwidelyusedmodeoftransportationininternationaltrade.Linertransport&chartertransportaretwomajorkindsofoceantransport.Advantages:Easypassage,Largecapacity,LowcostDisadvantages:Slow,Vulnerabletobadweather,LesspunctualShippingdocument:Billoflading海運(yùn)提單

首頁(yè)Tube/PipelineTransportationLarge-volumetransportation(petroleum,naturalgasoranythinginliquidform).Securesupply,unaffectedbyweather,operating24/7/365.Expensivetoconstructthepipelines首頁(yè)ChapterI.IntroductionShipmentisanimportantbranchofinternationalbusiness.5Threepartiesinvolvedinshipment:

theconsignor發(fā)貨人thecarrier承運(yùn)人theconsignee收貨人LettersofShipmentChapterI.IntroductionFourpurposesoftheletter:urgingshipmentsendingshippinginstructionsamendingshippingclausesgivingshippingadvice5Lettersofshipmentshouldbeconciseandclearsothattherewillbenoconfusionandtheywillnotcausedelayindelivery.LettersofShipmentWritingSteps:Aletterofshipmentismainlycomposedofthreeparts:

Openingpart:withmentionofpreviouscontactsbetweenbothsides.

Messagepart:withdetailsaboutthemodeoftransport,andtimeofshipmentetc.

Closingpart:wherehopesareexpressedthattheothersidescanmakeanearlyreply.ChapterI.IntroductionFollowthestepsintheletter:Openwithreferencetoformercontact,oropenwithastatement,usuallyaboutanorder,byindicatingthenumberordateoftheorder.Giveinformationabouttheshipment.Expecteitherananswerorfurthercommunication.5LettersofShipmentChapter5II.SampleAnalysisLetterAInformingshippingarrangementDearMr.Brown:Thanksforyoure-mailofJuly15thatbookedanorderforthreeModel880machines.Ourconfirmationoforderwillbeforwardedtoyouintwodays.SincethepurchaseismadeonFOBbasis,youaretoshipthegoodsfromDalianonalinertobedesignatedbyus.Assoonastheshippingspaceisbooked,weshalladviseyouofthenameoftheliner,onwhichthegoodsaretobeshipped.Forfurtherinstructions,pleasecontactourforwardingagents,PhoenixInternational,DalianBranch,whohavehithertotakencareoftheshipmentforyouandwillcontactyouimmediately.(Tobecontinued)LettersofShipmentChapter5II.SampleAnalysisLetterAInformingshippingarrangement(Continued)Assomepartsofthemachinesaresusceptibletoshock,themachinesmustbepackedinseaworthycasescapableofwithstandingroughhandling.Thebrightmetalpartsshouldbeprotectedfromwateranddampnessintransit.Whetheryouaresatisfiedwiththisarrangement,orifyouwantustohelpinanyotherway,pleaseletusknow.Sincerelyyours,

JackLiLettersofShipment17LanguagePointsbook:預(yù)訂

booktheorder:接受訂貨/訂單

booktheshippingspace:訂艙

bookup：預(yù)訂，預(yù)定完

Thehotelisfullybookedup.thepurchaseismadeonFOBbasis:

這筆交易以FOB價(jià)格成交return18packingn.包裝

packingcharges包裝費(fèi)用packinginstructions包裝要求，包裝須知innerpacking內(nèi)包裝

outerpacking外包裝exportpacking出口包裝seaworthypacking適于海運(yùn)的包裝packinglist裝箱單LanguagePoints19LanguagePointsaresusceptibleto：對(duì)...敏感的;容易受到...besusceptibletocold易感冒的inseaworthy：適合海運(yùn)的第321號(hào)訂單項(xiàng)下的貨物須用適于海運(yùn)的木箱包裝。

ThegoodsunderOrderNo.321shallbepackedinseaworthywoodencases.return20transit:n.通過(guò)；運(yùn)輸

duringtransitintransit貨物在運(yùn)輸中受損。Thecargoisdamagedduringtransit.LanguagePointsreturn21UrgingShipment（催促裝船）DearSirs,Weareveryanxioustoknowabouttheshipmentofourorderfor500dozensofmen’sshirts.

AccordingtothetermsofContract96COT491,theshipmentistobeeffectedbyApril15,2014.However,uptonowwehavenotreceivedfromyouanyinformationconcerningthislot.Werecallthatwestatedexplicitlyattheoutsettheimportanceofpunctualexecutionofthisorder.Asthesellingseasonisrapidlyapproaching,weshallappreciateitverymuchifyouwillarrangeshipmentassoonaspossible,thusenablingthegoodstocatchthebriskdemand(不斷的需求)atthestartoftheseason.22UrgingShipment（催促裝船）Weareinurgentneedofthegoods.Pleasedomakeseriouseffortstogetthegoodsdispatchedwiththeleastpossibledelay.Otherwise,weshallbecompelledtocancelthisorder.Yoursfaithfully,23LanguagePointsuptonow:到目前為止uptothepresent/momentupto···，用于時(shí)間，意為“一直到···”concerningthislot:關(guān)于這一批貨lot:(貨物,商品等)一批,一堆,一組,一套return24LanguagePoints

Werecallthatwestatedexplicitlyattheoutsettheimportanceofpunctualexecutionofthisorder.recall：

vt.使回憶,回想;使想起；叫回,召回,recallmyschooldays回憶起我的學(xué)生時(shí)代explicitly：adv.明白地,明確地at[in]theoutset

在開頭時(shí)fromtheoutset

從一開始punctual:adj.準(zhǔn)時(shí)的,嚴(yán)守時(shí)間的,按期的execution:n.實(shí)行,實(shí)施;執(zhí)[履]行,完成return25LanguagePointsAsthesellingseasonisrapidlyapproaching,weshallappreciateitverymuchifyouwillarrangeshipmentassoonaspossible.

sellingseason銷售旺季

peak/busy/boomseason旺季

dull/slack/offseason淡季

Approaching:向...靠近;接近,走近Thedateofshipmentisapproaching.return26AboutShippingAdvice裝船通知Thesellershouldletthebuyerknowassoonastheshipmentiseffected,bysendingthebuyertheshippingadvicetogetherwithasetofshippingdocuments.27ShippingAdvice（裝船通知）ShippingAdvicecontains:thedateandnumberofBillofLadingthedateandnumberoftheContractthenamesofcommoditiesandtheirquantityandvaluethenameofthecarryingvesselthenameoftheshippingport/loadingporttheestimatedtimeofdeparture(ETD)thenameofthedestinationporttheestimatedtimeofarrival(ETA)28Sample:ShippingAdviceDearMr.Wood:Thegoodsof4,500strandsofwoolyouorderedMay28wereshippedthismorningaccordingtothestipulatedsetforthinthecaptionedL/CNo.996.Thefollowingcopiesofshippingdocumentsareenclosedsothatyoumayfindnotroubleintakingdeliveryofthegoodswhentheyarrive:invoiceNo.36induplicatePackinglistNo.43induplicateNon-negotiableBillofLadingNo.PW790InsurancePolicyNo.HK453SurveyReportNo.SR576Wehopethegoodswillarriveatthedestinationinperfectconditionandappreciateverymuchyourcooperation.Welookforwardtomorecooperationbetweenusinthefuture.Sincerelyyours.EricLuonextWhatisbilloflading?—Itisthemostimportantshippingdocument.—Itisacontractbetweentheshipperandtheshippingcompany;—Itisareceiptfortheconsignment;—Itisadocumentoftitle.AboutBillofLading提單UsefulInformationB/L提單海運(yùn)提單是裝運(yùn)的重要單證，有三個(gè)作用：

貨物收據(jù)；

在某種條件下履行某種義務(wù)的契約；

所述貨物所有權(quán)的證據(jù)。Non-negotiableBillofLading不可轉(zhuǎn)讓的提單不可轉(zhuǎn)讓提單是指在提單收貨人一欄具體填寫某人或某企業(yè)的名稱，這種提單只能由提單上所指定的收貨人提貨，不能轉(zhuǎn)讓。二、提單的種類根據(jù)提單有無(wú)批注條款可分為“清潔提單(cleanB/L)“不清潔提單”(uncleanB/L)。清潔提單是指貨物在裝船時(shí)表面狀況良好，船公司在提單上未加任何有關(guān)貨物受損或包裝不良等批注的提單。不清潔提單是指船公司在提單上加注有貨物受損或包裝不良等批注的提單。例如：2packagesindamagedcondition--2件損壞；ironstraplooseormissing--鐵條松失ExerciseTranslationWeregretthedelayedshipmentofyourorderNo.218for500cartonsofwine.Thankyouforyourorder.Wetrustthatthegoodsmetyoururgentneedsandweretoyourcompletesatisfaction.Thedeliverydatefor500tonsofgarlichasnowpassed.Wouldyoupleaseinformuswhenwecanexpectshipmentofthegoods?Answer本公司對(duì)延誤運(yùn)送貴公司218號(hào)500噸紅酒的訂單深表歉意。感謝貴方訂單。相信貨物能滿足貴方急需，并使你們完全滿意。本公司向貴公司訂購(gòu)的500噸大蒜商定的交貨日期已過(guò)，煩請(qǐng)告知確切裝運(yùn)日期。Chapter5II.SampleAnalysisLetterBShippingadviceDearMr.Wood:Thegoodsof4,500strandsofwoolyouorderedMay28wereshippedthismorningaccordingtothestipulationsetforthinthecaptionedL/CNo.996.Thefollowingcopiesofshippingdocumentsareenclosedsothatyoumayfindnotroubleintakingdeliveryofthegoodswhentheyarrive:InvoiceNo.36induplicatePackingListNo.43induplicateNon-negotiableBillofLadingNo.PW790InsurancePolicyNo.HK453SurveyReportNo.SR576(Tobecontinued)LettersofShipmentChapter5II.SampleAnalysisLetterBShippingadvice(Continued)Wehopethegoodswillarriveatthedestinationinperfectconditionandappreciateverymuchyourcooperation.Welookforwardtomorecooperationbetweenusinthefuture.Sincerelyyours,

EricLuoLettersofShipmentChapter5II.SampleAnalysis1.

Dothelettersusedirectorderorindirectorder?2.

Howdoesthefirstparagraphineachletterbegin?3.

Doeseachletterendwithgoodwillwordsadaptedtotheparticularcase?Key:1.Thelettersusedirectorder.2.Thefirstletterbeginswiththestatementaboutanorderforthreemachines.Thesecondletteropensbyinformingthatthegoodswereshipped.3.Yes,theyallendwithgoodwillwords.Questionsforcomprehension:LettersofShipmentChapter5II.SampleAnalysis4.Whatisthepurposeofeachletter?5.Canyouwritetheoutlineofeachletter?6.Canyousumupthewritingprinciplesoflettersofshipment?Key:4.Thefirstletteristoinformshippingarrangementwhilethesecondoneistooffershippingadvice.5.Answersmayvary.6.Lettersofshipmentshouldbeconciseandclearsothattherewillbenoconfusionandtheywillnotcausedelayindelivery.Questionsforcomprehension:LettersofShipmentChapter5III.SampleContrastPoorDearAmadaLevis:WewritetoadviseyouthatwehavetodaypackedandshippedaconsignmentofgarmentsonboardofMVPacificCentaur.TheshipwillsailfromDalianonApril21andisdueinSanFranciscoonMay10.Wehavethegarmentswellpackedandproperlymarkedoneverycasesothatyoucanhaveeasytimewhentakingdelivery.Wehavesentafullsetofcleanonboardshippingcompany’sB/Lintriplicate,endorsedandmarkedasperinstructions,togetherwithcertificateoforigin,invoice(4copies)andinsurancecertificate(2copies)toBankofChina.IbelievetheycanforwardthemtoFirstCaliforniaCommercialBankinLosAngelesforpayment.Wetrustwehavedoneeverythingtofacilitatethetransactionforyou.Yoursfaithfully,AllisonHuLettersofShipmentChapter5III.SampleContrastImprovedDearAmadaLevis:YouwillbehappytoknowthataconsignmentofgarmentsyouorderedundertheContract22/003/4hasbeenpackedandshippedtodayonboardofMVPacificCentaur.TheshipwillsailfromDalianonApril21andisdueinSanFranciscoonMay10.Thegarmentsarein10woodenpackingcases,numbered1to10andmarkedSKOLA4/12.Afullsetofcleanonboardshippingcompany’sB/Lintriplicate,endorsedandmarkedasperinstructions,togetherwithcertificateoforigin,invoice(4copies)andinsurancecertificate(2copies)hasbeensenttoBankofChina,whowillforwardthemtoFirstCaliforniaCommercialBankinLosAngelesforpayment.Wehopeyouwillfindeverythinginorder.Sincerely,AllisonHuLettersofShipmentChapter5這是兩封賣方發(fā)給買方的裝船通知。第一封信基本符合裝船通知的要求，但信息不全，沒有貨物的合同號(hào)，有些信息比較籠統(tǒng)，比如包裝和嘜頭。另外，寫作角度以“我”為中心，幾乎每句話都以第一人稱開始，不利于雙方良好關(guān)系的建立。改進(jìn)后的信件采用第二人稱，讓人感到親切，而且信息具體、完整。III.SampleContrastLettersofShipmentChapter5ThankyouforthereceiptofyourL/CNo.Mc-189.WearepleasedtoadviseyouthatyourorderhasbeenshippedonboardofLinerGallantrywhichisscheduledtosail…感謝貴方提供Mc-189號(hào)信用證。我方很高興通知貴方訂單項(xiàng)下的貨物已裝上“勇敢號(hào)”客輪，按計(jì)劃開往……ProvidinginformationaboutdeliveryofgoodsLettersofShipmentIV.UsefulPatternsandSentencesChapter5ThanksforyourletterofApril6requestingearlierdeliveryofgoodsunderyourpurchasecontract…很高興收到貴方4月6日函詢問(wèn)……采購(gòu)合同項(xiàng)下貨物提前裝運(yùn)一事。ProvidinginformationaboutdeliveryofgoodsLettersofShipmentNextweekweshallhaveaconsignmentof20casesreadytobesenttoourcustomerinManchester.下周我方將有20箱貨物可以運(yùn)給曼切斯特的顧客。IV.UsefulPatternsandSentencesChapter5Pleasedeliver/forwardthegoodscases/balesbyairfreight/bythenextcontainership/bythefirstavailablevessel/byrail/byrefrigeratedvan/bycontainertruckto…敬請(qǐng)交付/寄發(fā)該批箱裝/捆裝貨物，通過(guò)航空/下一班集裝箱/第一班貨船/鐵路/冷藏車/貨柜車運(yùn)往……ProvidinginformationaboutdeliveryofgoodsLettersofShipmentIV.UsefulPatternsandSentencesChapter5Thegoodswillbepackedin…cartons,eachmeasuringabout…×…×…cmandweighingabout…kg.貨物將分裝為……紙板箱，每箱體積為……×……×……厘米，重……千克。PackinginformationLettersofShipmentIV.UsefulPatternsandSentencesChapter5Pleaseensurethatthegoodsarewellpacked/thatinstructionsarestrictlyobserved/thatthegoodsarenotstoredintheopen.請(qǐng)確保貨物包裝完好/嚴(yán)格遵守指南/貨物不要露天儲(chǔ)存。PackinginformationLettersofShipmentIV.UsefulPatternsandSentencesChapter5Pleasedeliver/forwardthegoodsatthebestpossiblerates/onthetermsagreedupon/accordingtoourinstructionsof…敬請(qǐng)以最優(yōu)惠匯率/按照雙方議付的條件/根據(jù)我方……的指示交付/寄發(fā)該批貨物。InformationabouttermsofpaymentLettersofShipmentIV.UsefulPatternsandSentencesChapter5AsarrangedwewouldaskyoutoopenanirrevocableLetterofCreditinourfavorandshallhandovershippingdocumentsagainstacceptanceofourdraft.按照約定，我方要求貴方開具以我方為抬頭的不可撤銷信用證，并提交裝運(yùn)單據(jù)的承兌匯票。InformationabouttermsofpaymentLettersofShipmentIV.UsefulPatternsandSentencesChapter5Inviewofthesmallamountofthistransaction,wearepreparedtoacceptpaymentbyD/Patsightforvalueofthegoodsshipped.鑒于此次交易數(shù)額較小，我方將同意按運(yùn)輸貨物的價(jià)值即期付款交單。InformationabouttermsofpaymentLettersofShipmentIV.UsefulPatternsandSentencesChapter5Inkeepingwithourusualtermsofpaymentwehavedrawnonyouat60daysandpassedthedraftandshippingdocumenttoourbanker.為與我方慣常付款條件保持一致，我方已向貴方銀行開立60天遠(yuǎn)期匯票，并已將匯票及裝運(yùn)單據(jù)呈交我方銀行。InformationabouttermsofpaymentLettersofShipmentIV.UsefulPatternsandSentencesChapter5Weencloseyourshippinginstructionform,dulycompleted,togetherwithcommercialinvoiceintriplicateandcertificateoforigin.我方隨函附上按貴方要求填寫的裝運(yùn)指示表、一式三份的商業(yè)發(fā)票和原產(chǎn)地證書。ShippinginformationLettersofShipmentIfthereisanylikelihoodofdelaywewouldprefertohavethegoodssentbyair.若出現(xiàn)任何延遲的可能，我方希望空運(yùn)該批貨物。IV.UsefulPatternsandSentencesChapter5AsthereisnodirectsailingfromDaliantoyourportinJune,itisimperativeforyoutodeletetheclause“bydirectsteamer”andinsertthewording“Partialshipmentandtransshipmentareallowed.”

由于大連到貴方港口6月沒有直達(dá)貨船，需貴方即刻將合同中“通過(guò)直達(dá)輪船運(yùn)輸”條款刪除，并添加“允許分批裝運(yùn)和轉(zhuǎn)船”字句。ShippinginformationLettersofShipmentIV.UsefulPatternsandSentencesChapter5Owingtothelatearrivalofthesteameronwhichwehavebookedspace,wewouldappreciateyourextendingtheshipmentdateandvalidityofyourL/CNo.4578toJanuary28andFebruary14respectively.由于我方訂艙的貨輪晚到，我方希望貴方將裝運(yùn)期和貴方4578號(hào)信用證的有效期分別延長(zhǎng)至1月2