Teaching objectives and requirements：
After learning this chapter you will be able to learn knowledge about different modes of transportation, calculation of freight, shipping documents and procedures in effecting international trade.
Teaching focus and difficulty：
Focus：Ocean Transport; Container Transport; International Multi-modal Transport; Ocean bill of lading, B/L; Multimodal Transportation Document; Shipment and Delivery; Partial Shipment and Transshipment.
Difficulty：Calculation of Liner Freight; Container Transport; Functions and types of B/L; Partial Shipment and Transshipment.
4.1 Modes of transportation
4.1.1 Ocean Transport
4.1.1.1 Liner Shipping
⑴ Characteristic of Liner Shipping
⑵ Liner Freight
4.1.1.2 Charter Shipping
⑴ Ways of Chartering the Ships
⑵ Freight of Charter Shipping
4.1.2 Rail Transport
4.1.3 Air Transport
4.1.4 Container Transport
4.1.5 International Multi-modal Transport
4.2 Shipping documents
4.2.1 Ocean bill of lading, B/L
4.2.1.1 Functions of B/L
4.2.1.2 Types of B/L
4.2.1.3 Contents of Ocean B/L
4.2.2 Sea Waybill (Ocean Waybill)
4.2.3 Air Waybill
4.2.4 Rail waybill
4.2.5 Combined Transportation Document
4.2.6 Multimodal Transportation Document
4.3 Terms of Shipment in a Contract
4.3.1 Shipment and Delivery
4.3.2 Time of Shipment
4.3.3 Port of shipment and port of destination
4.3.4 Shipping Advice
4.3.5 Partial Shipment and Transshipment
4.3.6 Terms of Shipment
