Active vocabulary. door-to-door delivery - перевозка «от двери до двери»

door-to-door delivery - перевозка «от двери до двери»

intermodal traffic - смешанные перевозки (несколькими видами

транспорта)

marine traffic - морские перевозки route – маршрут

Intermodal/ marine traffic

Door-to-door delivery using combinations of various kinds of transport.

Working with it means:

• cooperating with over 50 long-term partners(sea shipping organi­zations, seaport forwarders and terminals) in Great Britain, Finland, Western Europe, South Africa, North and South America, Southeast Asia and CIS countries;

• choosing and developing optimal routes for transporting ex­ported and imported cargoes;

• precise coordination of activities among all participants of the transportation chain;

• coordination of traffic routes and transportation arrangements for dangerous and off-clearance loads by marine and railway transport;

• shortest delivery terms;

• flawless observation of responsibility conditions during delivery and acceptance en route;

• freight forwarding services at border crosses within the CIS, in­cluding the provision of rolling stock and shifting the load from Soviet- gauge railway cars to European-type cars.

Questions

What does “door-to-door” delivery mean?

Where are the main partners of door-to-door delivery situated?

Part 4

Active vocabulary

delivery term - срок доставки

terminal - конечный пункт

cargo in bulk - массовые грузы

collect order apiece - собирать заказы вместе

Terminals

Having concluded permanent long-term contracts with customs terminals in St.Petersburg, Moscow, Finland and many cities of Russia and Europe companies are ready to provide cargo storage, transfer and consolidation services for further shipment to the final destination.

Transport companies provide the following services:

• warehousing facilities, which meet quality and security standards declared upon customer’s request in any country, of any type (from dry to refrigerator type) without any time limitations;

• independent warehouse bookkeeping of goods surpluses and goods traffic by any boundary criteria;

• drawing up documentation for cargo shipment and acceptance;

• cargo acceptance in boxes and storage ‘in bulk’;

• collecting orders ‘apiece’;

• packing, marking and palleting of goods.

Use of air transportation in providing of business process continuity will no doubt justify itself whether you call for speed. Transport com­panies specialize in cargo shipment by air.

Questions

What services do terminals provide?

When does air transportation justify itself?

Exercise 3. Mark these statements T (true) or (false) according to the information in the text.

1. Companies provide transportation of cargo on various kinds of motor trucking.

2. Companies can’t organize transportation of small and oversized cargo on specially equipped vehicles.

3. The appropriate kind of vehicle is quite cheap reducing transpor­tation costs.

4. Most logistics schemes currently employed by businesses na­tionwide have no disadvantages.

5. The company spends resources on specialist’s workplace, salary, social insurance.

6. The resulting economy amounted to an estimated $ 30,000 which is quite substantial for a large company.

7. We arrive to a conclusion that average annual economy amounts to $ 18,000-20,000 minimum.

8. As for railway transportation the company can’t offer a complete range of services.

9. “Door-to-door” delivery means using combinations of various kinds of transport.

Exercise 4. Match these words as they occur together in the text.

1. technological 2. cargo 3. transportation 4. logistics 5. financial 6. annual 7. commodity 8. motor 9. rolling 10. delivery

costs schemes resources pallets economy peculiarities trucking transportation terms stock

Exercise 5. Complete the sentences.

1. Transport companies provide …………. traffic and cooperate with many partners.

2. Transport logistics ………… observation of delivery terms.

3. Logistics is aimed to provide ………….. in long - and short - distance trucking.

4. ……………. consists semitrailers, refrigerator trucks, sea containers and others.

5. ……………. usually provide warehousing facilities, drawing up documentation for cargo

shipment, packing, marking and palleting of goods.

6. Professionally developed …….. could save companies lots of money for further ……… into

their business.

7. The manufacture’s wish to increase the amount of ………. carried by one vehicle seems fairly

sensible.

8. Every business that has to do with transportation has …………… among its staff.

9. Door-to-door delivery uses …………. of various kinds of transport.

10. Use of air transportation in providing of business process conti­nuity will no doubt justify itself

whether you call for ……………...

Exercise 6. Translate into English. Render the text using the words that follow.

Part 1 Задачи транспортной логистики

Основной целью транспортной логистики является сокраще­ние запасов материальных ресурсов с минимальными затратами на перевозки. В рамках достижения поставленной цели решаются следующие задачи:

• выбор вида транспорта для осуществления перевозки;

• выбор типа подвижного состава;

• совместное планирование транспортного процесса со склад­ским и производственным;

• совместное планирование транспортных процессов на раз­личных видах транспорта в случае смешанных перевозок;

• обеспечение технологического единства транспортно­-складского процесса;

• маршрутизация;

• соблюдение графика доставки;

• вопросы страхования и экспедирования.

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