What is shipment?
Originally, the term shipment is“the loading of goods on a ship" or
“delivery of goods to an ocean carrier".
However, in actual trading today, it is commonly known as the same as“delivery".
Delivery is the process of transporting goods from a source location
to a predefined destination. There are different delivery types.
Cargo (physical goods) is primarily delivered via roads and railroads on land,
shipping lanes on the sea and airline networks in the air.
Basically, some 95% of world trade are conveyed by sea transport.
That’s why we lay an emphasis on sea transport in this section.
Usually there are three parties involved in most movements of goods,
the consignor who sends the goods, the carrier who carries them
and the consignee who receives them at the destination.
What are the writing structure of letters about shipment?
Letters regarding shipment are usually written for the following purposes:
the importers urge an early shipment or give shipping instruction;
for the exporters, to amend shipping terms; ;
to dispatch shipping advice and ask for postponing shipment.
Generally, a letter of shipment is the same composed of the following three parts:
The opening part introduces the matter concerned ,
the shipment of goods under the given order.
The body part provides all the details of shipment that both parties concerns.
The last part is where you state the response required from the recipient
and the action you will take as a result.