Supply chain management consists of firms collaborating to leverage strategic positioning and to improve operating efficiency.

The services that a freight forwarder renders may often range from routine and basic tasks such as（）or customs clearance to a comprehensive package of services.

The bill of lading serves as an evidence of the contract of carriage of goods by sea between the（）.

In marine voyage chartering， the following（）terms are normally appeared in the voyage charter party.

The（）may examine or re-examine the goods or take samples from them straightaway in the absence of the consignee or the consignor whenever it considers this necessary.

In（）the bunker is payable by the shipowner.

When one of the original bills of lading being surrendered to the carrier， the others become （）.

Usually， the straight bill of lading is non-negotiable， that is， the goods must be sent to the consignee named in the bill of lading by the carrier.

The air waybill number is the identification of each consignment and comprises three parts（）.

Currently， different types of multimodal transport operations involving different combinations are taking place.（）transport does not refer to multimodal transport.