白领英语口语速查 第49期:部门职能:物流部门(1)
时间：2018-12-26 作者：英语课 分类：外企白领口语速查手册
英语课
物流部门
Logistics
仓储能力 storage capacity
A: I am not sure whether we have more storage spaces or not.
B: We are running out of the storage spaces.
What can we do with these goods?
A: You'd better think about the ways to improve our storage capacity.
B: In my opinion,
I don't think we need to store so many spare parts.
储运公司 logistics company
A: Do we want to hire a European logistics company for the spare parts to France?
B: Yes,we will have to.
运输方式 mode of transportation
A: Since we have settled the other issues,
next let's discuss the mode of transportation of the goods you ordered.
B: All right.Well,we don't think it is proper to transport the goods by railway.
贵方想怎样运货？
How will you ship the order？
A: How will you ship the order?
B: Air freight 1 is the quickest and safest way,I think.
A: But the freight cost will be higher
and that will affect the retail 2 price.
装运港/卸货港
loading/unloading port
A: We'd better have a brief talk about the loading port.
B: We are always willing to choose the big ports
as the loading ports.
A: What's your unloading port, please?
B: As most of our clients are near Tianjin,
we'd like to appoint Tanggu as the unloading port.
联运 combined transportation
A: What's combined transportation?
B: If the goods are to be transshipped
from one means of transportation to another
during the course of the entire voyage,it's called“combined transportation”.
A: Why is it necessary?
B: It's simpler and cheaper
to arrange multi-modal combined transportation.
发货 deliver/send out the goods
A: When do you plan to deliver the goods?
B: This weekend.
A: Please pay close attention to the safety of the shipment 3.
B: Don't worry about that.We have experience.
再运一些货
to get some more in=to get more delivered
A: May I know how long will it take to get some more in from the factory?
B: About 3 weeks.
A: When will you be able to deliver?
B: By the end of this month,at the latest.