三、Shipping documents 貨運單證　(考試重點)

　　3-1 課文：The documents commonly used in carriage of goods by sea are bills of lading, sea waybills, manifests, shipping notes, delivery orders and mate’s receipts.

　　注釋：bills of lading: 提單 sea waybills: 海運單 manifests: 艙單 shipping notes: 托運單 delivery orders: 提貨單 mate’s receipts: 大副收據

　　課文意思：海上貨物運輸常用的單證包括提單、海運單、艙單、托運單、提貨單和大副收據。

　　3-2 bill of lading 提單

　　3-2.1 課文：The bill of lading by itself is not a contract of carriage as it is signed only by the carrier. However, it provides evidence of contract of carriage.

　　注釋：evidence of contract of carriage：海上運輸合同的證明

　　課文意思：提單本身不是運輸合同，因為它只是由承運人簽署的，但是它是海上運輸合同的證明。

　　3-2.2 課文：It serves as a receipt for goods delivered to the carrier.

　　注釋：serve as: 作為 receipt: 收據

　　課文意思：提單是貨物交付給承運人的收據。

　　3-2.3 課文：Besides, the bill of lading serves as a document of title enabling the goods to be transferred from the shipper to the consignee or any other party by endorsement.

　　注釋：besides: 另外 document of title: 物權憑證 endorsement: 背書

　　課文意思：另外，提單可作為物權憑證，使提單通過背書，將貨物的所有權從托運人轉移到收貨人或者其他方手中。