本书基本包括了国际航运业务的主要内容。让学生通过课文的学习，不仅学习到国际航运英语语言知识，同时也学到基础的国际航运业务知识；书中所涵盖的内容反映了当前我国国际航运领域的最新发展，如第十五课介绍了2009年签订的《鹿特丹规则》；课文尽可能用浅显的英语介绍国际航运知识，通过注解帮助学生理解课文的语言难点和国际航运知识难点。

Unit 1 General View about International Shipping Industry

 Part 1 Reading

Text 1 Concept of International Shipping

Text 2 Operating Modes of International Shipping

 Part 2 Listening

International Shipping and International Trade

 Part 3 Exercises

Unit 2 Transportation

 Part 1 Reading

Text 1 Transportation in Logistics

Text 2 International Air Transport

 Part 2 Listening

International Road Transport and Rail Transport

 Part 3 Exercises

Unit 3 Liner Shipping Business

 Part 1 Reading

Text 1 Procedures of Liner Shipping

Text 2 Liner Conference

 Part 2 Listening

Documentation of Liner Shipping Business

 Part 3 Exercises

Unit 4 Chartering

 Part 1 Reading

Text 1 Types of Chartering

Text 2 Chartering Procedures

 Part 2 Listening

Laytime, Demurrage and Dispatch Money

 Part 3 Exercises

Unit 5 Charter Party

 Part 1 Reading

Text 1 Nature, Functions and Types of Charter Party

Text 2 Essential Clauses of Charter Party

 Part 2 Listening

"GENCON" Charter

 Part 3 Exercises

Unit 6 Bill of Lading

 Part 1 Reading

Text 1 Concept and Functions of Bill of Lading

Text 2 Classifications of Bill of Lading

 Part 2 Listening

International Conventions Governing Bill of Lading

 Part 3 Exercises

Unit 7 Container Transport

 Part 1 Reading

Text 1 The Signification of Container Transport

Text 2 Types of Containers

 Part 2 Listening

The Course of Business in Container Transport

 Part 3 Exercises

Unit 8 Mniti-modalism

 Part 1 Reading

Text 1 Multi-modalism

Text 2 Intermodal Transportation Advantages

 Part 2 Listening

Development of Intermodal Transportation

 Part 3 Exercises

Unit 9 Port Charges

 Part 1 Reading

Text 1 Tonnage Dues

Text 2 Port Charges Proper

 Part 2 Listening

Comparison of Port Tariffs among Ports

 Part 3 Exercises

Unit 10 Freight

 Part 1 Reading

Text 1 Types of Freight

Text 2 Freight of Liner Shipping Business

 Part 2 Listening

Freight of Chartering Shipping Business

 Part 3 Exercises

Unit 11 International Ocean Shipping Agency

 Part 1 Reading

Text 1 The Legal Significance of Ocean Shipping Agency

Text 2 Agency of Vessels

 Part 2 Listening

Agency of Cargo Transport by Sea

 Part 3 Exercises

Unit 12 General Average and Particular Average

 Part 1 Reading

Text 1 General Average

Text 2 Partial Losses

 Part 2 Listening

General Average Sacrifice

 Part 3 Exercises

Unit 13 Handling of Accidents of Goods Transported by Sea

 Part 1 Reading

Text 1 Reasons for the Accidents

Text 2 How to Handle the Accidents

 Part 2 Listening

Claims and Settlement

 Part 3 Exercises

Unit 14 Insurance

 Part 1 Reading

Text 1 Hull Insurance Clauses

Text 2 Ocean Marine Cargo Clauses

 Part 2 Listening

Ocean Marine Cargo Clauses

 Part 3 Exercises

Unit 15 UN Convention on the Contracts of International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea

 Part 1 Reading

Text 1 The Rotterdam Rules

Text 2 General Provisions

 Part 2 Listening

Electronic Transport Records

 Part 3 Exercises

Unit 16 The Miscellaneous

 Part 1 Reading

Text 1 International Maritime Organization (IMO)

Text 2 Incoterms

 Part 2 Listening

The Role of Freight Forwarder

 Part 3 Exercises