1. What means of transport do you know?

2. What cargo documents accompany goods?

3. Guess the meaning of the following words:

unique, copy, trailer, information, accompany, international, transportation, document, freight, reverse, detail, function, contact, line, declaration, stage, collect.

Every mode of transport has its own specific document for transportation. For air transport it is the air waybill, referred to as the AWB, while for sea transport it is the Bill of Lading shortened frequently to the B/L. For international road freight, the consignment note completed by the hauler is the CM R note.

The Bill of Lading is one of the oldest documents used in international trade. Bills of Lading are issued either by shipping lines or by freight forwarders and also by the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association (FIATA).

All Bs/L are fairly similar in appearance, the only difference is the name of the shipping line which is stated at the top. Details of the shipment are in the body of the document with the space for signatures at the bottom. The reverse side is filled with the detailed description of the conditions of carriage which become important when something goes wrong.

The Bill of Lading fulfills three functions.

Its first function is to act as a receipt of goods, as it includes full details of the number of packages and the description of the goods.

The B/L is also the contract of carriage between the shipper and the shipping line.

4. MATCH THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT

1. air waybill

2. Bill of Lading

3. CMR note

4. road freight

5. carriage

6. freight forwarder

7. shipping line

8. vessel

9. delivery

10. contract of carriage

11. a document of title

12. to establish a document

    1. транспортная накладная

    2. автодорожные перевозки

    3. авиагрузовая накладная

    4. коносамент, морская накладная

    5. судоходная линия

    6. судно

    7. перевозка

    8. транспортный агент, экспедитор

    9. контракт на перевозку j. доставка

к. дать юридическое подтверждение документу 1. товарораспорядительный документ

5. MATCH THE WORD AND EXPLANATION

1. consignment a. a quantity of goods that are sent

somewhere, especially in order to be sold

2. shipment b. the activities of buying and selling

goods or services

3. trade c. goods sent by sea, road, or air, or

the act of sending them

4. freight d. objects produced for sale

5. goods e. an amount of goods delivered

6. USING THE INFORMATION FROMTHETEXTCHOOSE THE RIGHT ANSWER

1. The Bill of Lading acts as

1. an accounting document

2. a receipt of goods

3. a document of title

2. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE PHRASES FROM THE TEXT

1. Every mode of transport has....

2. For sea transport it is....

3. The Bill of Lading is one of the....

4. Bills of Lading are issued either by shipping lines or...

5. The bill is completed after the ship has left the port ...

6. The CM R contains the information about....

7. The air waybill is used for all airfreight....

8. The number in the top right-hand corner is unique and is used ...

9. The air waybill is also used as an accounting document with charges...

10. There is one more specific export/import document which is called the Single Administrative Document....

3. FIND THE BEGINNING OF THE SENTENCES IN THE TEXT

1 has its own specific document for transportation.

2 as it includes full details of the number of packages and

the description of the goods.

3 between the shipper and the shipping line.

4 can take delivery of goods.

5 the information about the load and the details of the

trailer and the carrier.

6 it is completed either by the airline or the airfreight

forwarder who will establish the document.

7 is used to identify the goods at all stages of their journey

as well as when they are collected by the consignee, so it is important to inform a customer on the air waybill number as soon as possible.

8 which is called the Single Administrative Document

(SAD) that acts as a customs declaration.

9 some parts are filled in by the exporter, some by the

freight forwarder at the time of export and other parts - by the freight forwarder handling the import.

8. TRANSLATE THE RUSSIAN WORDS AND PHRASES IN THE SENTENCES INTO ENGLISH

1. Каждый вид транспорта has its own specific document for transportation.

2. For sea transport it is а коносамент shortened frequently to the B/L.

3. Bills of Lading are issued either by судоходными линиями or by экспедиторами and also by the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association (FIATA).

4. Details of the shipment are in the body of the document with the space for подписей at the bottom.

5. Its first function is to act as a receipt of goods, as it will вклю­чать full details of the number of packages and the описание товара.

6. The B/L is also the контракт на перевозку between the shipper and the shipping line.

7. The third function of the B/L is as а товарораспорядитель­ный документ.

8. The consignment note is used for международных автопере­возок and is completed by the hauler.

9. The number in the верхнем правом углу of the airway bill is unique and is used to identify the goods на всех стадиях перевозки as well as when they are collected by the consignee, so it is important to inform a customer on the air waybill number as soon as possible.

10. There is one more specific export/import document which is called the Единый Административный Документ.

9. SPEAK ABOUT

1. Documents that accompany goods and the ways they help to identify them at all stages of their journey.

2. Electronic registration of import and export of goods and in what ways it helps to speed up customs procedures.

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY

air waybill авиагрузовая накладная

Bill of Lading коносамент, морская накладная

2. The consignment note is used

   1. for air transport

   2. for international road freight.

   3. for sea transport

3. The air waybill is completed by

   1. the airline or the freight forwarder

   2. the consignee

   3. the pilot

4. The Single Administrative Document is used

   1. throughout the world

   2. in the European Union

   3. in the Russian Federation

7. ASK QUESTIONS TO WHICH THE UNDERLINED INFORMATION WILL PROVIDE ANSWERS

1. Every mode of transport has its own specific document for transportation.

2. The Bill of Lading is one of the oldest documents used in international trade.

3. Bills of Lading are issued either bv shipping lines or bv freight forwarders and also bv the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association (FIATAV

4. Details of the shipment are in the body of the document with

5. The reverse side is filled with the detailed description of the conditions of carriage which become important when something goes wrong.

6. The Bill of Lading fulfills three functions.

7. The consignment nole is used for international road freight.

8. The CMR contains the information about the load and the details of the trailer and the carrier.

9. The air waybill is used for all airfreight; it is completed either bv the airline or the airfreight forwarder who will establish the document.

10. There is one more specific export/import document which is called the Single Administrative Document (SAD) that acts as a customs declaration.

11. It is used throughout the European Unior).

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