结合国际航运物流业务的实用性和英语应用文写作的规范性，本书主要以英语书信与电传的形式展示出国际航运物流主要业务的函电内容，如航运业务的申请、询问与答复，海运货物的装卸作业，海运货损的处理与索赔，港口规章，船舶代理，航运单证，租船业务，海事声明，物流业务等，以帮助学生熟悉、掌握国际航运物流业务函电的基本格式、写作规范、写作技巧与常用范例等，获取能顺利撰写国际航运物流业务函电所需的部分常用专业术语、缩略词、句型和英语表达方式，把国际航运物流业务与英语语言有机地结合起来，使学生形成良好的知识结构，提高语言的推断能力、分析能力和应用能力，提高实际操作技能和专业英语应用文写作的规范性，具备从事国际航运物流业务必需的函电业务技能，达到学以致用的目的。
本书主要适用对象为高等院校物流管理、国际航运管理等专业的高年级学生。本书也适合国际航运物流业相关从业人员作自学之用，还可作为这些领域相关企业的培训用书。

Unit 1 Shipping Business Letters and Electronic Correspondence
Part One Warm-Up Exercises
Part Two Sample Letters and Telexes
Unit 2 Shipping Business Application Letters
Part One Warm-Up Exercises
Part Two Sample Letters
Unit 3 Shipping Business Enquiry and Reply Letters
Part One Warm-Up Exercises
Part Two Sample Letters
Unit 4 Cargo Work Letters
Part One Warm-Up Exercises
Part Two Sample Letters
Unit 5 Cargo Damage Letters
Part One Warm-Up Exercises
Part Two Sample Letters
Unit 6 Port Regulation Letters
Part One Warm-Up Exercises
Part Two Sample Letters
Unit 7 Shipping Agency Letters
Part One Warm-Up Exercises
PartTwo Sample Letters
Unlt 8 Shlpping Document Letters
Part One Warm-Up Exercises
PartTwo Sample Letters
Unit 9 Chartering Business Letters
Part One Warm-Up Exercises
PartTwo Sample Letters
Unit 10 Sea Protest Letters
Part One Warm-Up Exercises
PartTwo Sample Letters
Unit 11 Claim and Claim Settlement Letters
Part One Warm-Up Exercises
Part Two Sample Letters
Unit 12 Maritime Logistics Business Letters
Part One Warm-Up Exercises
Part Two Sample Letters
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