港口物流外文翻译--以港口为中心的物流-其他专业.doc

外文翻译
Port-centric logistics
Material Source:Emerald期刊
Author:John Mangan Chandra Lalwani Brian Fynes
1. Ports and supply chains
Ports and maritime transport have existed for some thousands of years and have developed in line with the evolution of international trade which has been inherent in shaping the modern world. Some 6 billion tonnes of freight moves by maritime transport each year and is estimated prise 45 per cent liquid bulks, 23 per cent dry bulks and 32 per cent general cargo. Total freight movements vary according to region, commodity and freight origin/destination. In the European Union (EU), for example, the ports sector handles more than 90 per cent of the union’s trade with third countries and approximately 30 per cent of intra-EU trade, as well as over 200 million passengers every year. According to the World Bank (2001), there are more than 2,000 ports around the world, from single berth locations handling a few hundred tonnes a year to some of the world’s largest ports such as Shanghai, Singapore and Rotterdam, which individually handle multiples of this (in the case of Shanghai, for example, the 2005 estimate is 443 million metric tonnes American Association of Port Authorities, 2005).
Ports and maritime transport thus play an important role today in merce. It is important to first define exactly what is meant by the term “port”. According to Stopfor