2011BEC商務閱讀：外貿英語之運輸（3）

　　We think it necessary to move the articles by way of combined transportation.

　　我們認為聯運貨物十分必要。

　　Sometimes， the way of combined transportation has the complicated formalities.

　　有時聯運的手續十分繁瑣。

　　The two sides agreed to employ “combined transportation” to ship the goods.

　　雙方決定聯運貨物。

　　Since there is no direct vessel， we have to arrange multimodal combined transport by rail and sea.

　　由于沒有直達船只，我們只好安排海陸聯運�！　�I don't like this kind of combined transportation.

　　我并不喜歡這種聯運方式。

　　It's easy to cause a delay in shipment or even lose the goods completely when we arrange such combined transport.

　　這種聯運方式貨物容易丟失，也常誤期。

　　It's simpler and cheaper for both of us to arrange multimodal combined transport.

　　安排聯運對我們雙方都既簡單又經濟。

　　Insurance covers both sea and overland transportation.

　　保險應包括水陸兩路的運輸。

　　If the goods are to be transshipped from one means of transportation to another during the course of the entire voyage，it'scalled “combined transport”。

　　如果貨物在運輸途中交換交通工具，這便是“聯運”。

　　Words and Phrases

　　Train-Air-Truck （TAT；TA） “陸-空-陸”聯運；或“陸空聯運”

　　combined transportation 聯運

　　Combined Transport Documents （CTD） 聯合運輸單據

　　multimodal combined 聯運，多式聯運

　　through B/L 聯運提單

　　through transport 聯運

　　direct vessel 直達船只

　　entire voyage 整個運輸過程中

　　formality 手續