ACTIVIDAD DE APRENDIZAJE 6

EVIDENCIA 5: READING WORKSHOP: INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT

READING WORKSHOP: INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT

CRISTIAN ARBEY PALENCIA PACHECO

JUANITA MARÍA PATIÑO BENAVIDES
MARIA NELLA CASADIEGOS JAIME
BREYNER MONTAÑO MORENO

SERVICIO NACIONAL DE APRENDIZAJE SENA

TECNÓLOGO EN GESTIÓN LOGÍSTICA
2018
 Reading workshop: International transport

1. Identifying key information

Based on the information presented in the article, answer the following
questions:

1. ¿What’s the articles’ main idea?

a. There are many ways to transport goods.

b. Transport is very important in international trade.
c. There are several factors companies need to consider when deciding on
what type of transport to use
d. Depending on the mode of transport, companies can be more efficient
and save money.
R/. Transport is very important in international trade.

2. According to the article, what are some of the factors a company needs to
take into account when choosing the method of transport to deliver their
goods?

a. Business type and expertise

b. Sending cost and type of goods
c. Type and value of goods, sending cost, destination, and risk of
transportation
d. Weather conditions and customers’ requirements
R/. Type and value of goods, sending cost, destination, and risk of
transportation.

3. What mode of transport allows companies to transport large quantities at a

low cost?

a. Rail transport
b. Air transport
c. Road transport
d. Sea transport
R/. Sea transport.
 4. What method of transport is more flexible in terms of routes and timetables?

a. Rail transport
b. Air transport
c. Road transport
d. Sea transport
R/. Rail transport.
5. What methods of transport require companies to spend more money on
further transportation costs to take goods to their final destination?

a. Rail transport and sea transport

b. Air transport and road transport
c. Road transport
d. Sea transport, air transport and rail transport
R/. Sea transport, air transport and rail transport.

6. When is it necessary to complete a dangerous goods declaration?

a. When the goods are being transported to countries located in Europe,

North Africa or the Middle East.
b. When the goods are being transported by rail.
c. When the goods that are being transported have a UN dangerous goods
code.
d. When the goods are being transported with no insurance.
R/. When the goods that are being transported have a UN dangerous goods
code.

2. Finding similar words

The following wordlist contains words from the article on methods of
international transport. For each word find a word with the same or similar
meaning (synonym).
 Word Synonym

Trade Commerce

Ensure Guarantee

Efficient Effective

Requirement Condition

Quick Speedy

Risk Menace

Send Post

Customer Client

Suitable Appropriate

Delay Postponement

Deliver Carry

Currency Money

Insurance Assurance

3. Find the missing words

Choose the option that better completes the following passage:
When transporting freight internationally, it’s important to choose the
appropriate mode of transportation to ensure your products arrive on time and
at the right cost. Your decision to ship by land, sea, or air depends on a careful
evaluation of business needs and a comparison of the benefits each method
affords. Picking the best possible mode of transportation is critical to export
success.
a. Selling / irrelevant / ensure / decision / costs / comparison / noncritical
b. Transporting / important / ensure / decision / needs / comparison /critical
c. Transporting / irrelevant / support / comparison / needs / assessment
/critical
d. Selling / relevant / ensure / decision / needs / comparison / critical
4. Summarizing ideas visually
Based on the article, make a concept map or mind map with information related to
modes of transport. Remember to complete the diagram by writing on it only main
ideas and key information from the reading passage that deals with methods of
international transport.
 Methods of international
transport

Air Sea Road Rail

•Advantages Risk Adventages Risk Adventages Risk Adventages Risk

•Deliver items Air transport can Possibility to Shipping by sea can be Low cost. Long distances Is a cost-effective Routes and
quickly over
long distances.
involve higher costs ship large
volumes at low
slower than other Extensive road overland can take and efficient way timetables available
than other options, transport systems and networks. more time. to move goods. can be inflexible,
•Give high and is not suitable for costs. bad weather can add
Possibility to There can be traffic Fast rail network especially in remote
levels of all goods. •Shipping further delays. delays and throughout regions.
schedule
security for •Flights are subject to containers can •Routes and timetables transport and breakdowns. Europe. Can be more
sensitive items. delay or cancellation. also be used for
further
are usually inflexible. tracking the There is the risk of It is expensive than road
•Be used for a •There are taxes to be •Tracking the goods’ location of goods being environmentally transport.
wide range of paid in each airport.
transportation
by road or rail.
progress is difficult. goods. damaged, especially friendly compared Mechanical failure
goods. •Fuel and currency •Port duties and taxes. Safe and over long distances. with other or industrial action
surcharges will usually •Further transportation
private delivery. Toll charges are transport can disrupt services.
be added to freight overland might be high in some systems. Further
costs. needed to reach the countries. transportation may
•Further final destination. Different road and be needed from a rail
transportation may be traffic regulations on depot to the final
•Basic freight rates are destination,
needed from the subject to fuel and some countries.
airport to the final increasing costs and
currency surcharges. affecting delivery
destination.
schedules.
5. Matching headings
Headings are short sentences that summarize the information in a paragraph. You
have to pick the one that best summarizes the information in the following
paragraphs. Match each paragraph in the reading text to one heading. Be careful,
there are always more headings than paragraphs.

Headings
 Legal requirements needed to carry goods by road
 Rail transport uses
 Means of transportation
 Factors that influence company’s decision on which type of transport to use
 Rail transport benefits
 Difficulties of transporting goods by rail
 International transportation of goods by road

Paragraph 1: Factors that influence company’s decision on which type of

transport to use

Road, sea, rail and air are four ways of import and export. As a first step the
company has to consider all part of their project, firstly, it is important what has to
be distributed including size, weight and which type of goods. For example, for the
transportation of foods or fruits, speed is important and it’s important to choose the
shortest and quickest way. Sending cost is another element very important and
depends on the agency. Destination, countries’ law, value of goods, risk of
transport are other elements to be considered and depend on company, country of
destination and customers’ requirements. So who wants to deal with international
transportation has to balance quality, cost, time and conditions.

Paragraph 2: Difficulties of transporting goods by rail

Risks for rail transport:

 routes and timetables available can be inflexible, especially in remote

regions
 can be more expensive than road transport
 mechanical failure or industrial action can disrupt services
  further transportation may be needed from a rail depot to the final
destination, increasing costs and affecting delivery schedules

Paragraph 3: Legal requirements needed to carry goods by road

The international transport of dangerous goods by road is subject to international

legislation, in particular the European Agreement on the International Carriage of
Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR). Drivers of vehicles carrying dangerous goods
must hold an ADR training certificate in handling dangerous goods. All commercial
vehicles that carry dangerous goods must pass the ADR test, and some of them
need to be built with special standards.

Paragraph 4: Rail transport benefits

Rail transport is a cost-effective and efficient way to move goods. It offers the
following advantages: fast rail network throughout Europe. It is environmentally
friendly compared with other transport systems.

6. Making comparisons

Based on the article on methods of international transport complete the following

comparison chart by listing the advantages and disadvantages of each mode of
transportation.
 Air transport See transport Road transport Rail transport

• Deliver items • Possibility to ship • Low cost. • Is a cost-effective

quickly over long large volumes at and efficient way
distances. low costs. • Extensive road to move goods.
networks.
• Give high levels • Shipping • Fast rail network
of security for containers can • Possibility to throughout
Advan sensitive items. also be used for schedule Europe.
tages further transport and
• Be used for a transportation by tracking the • It is
wide range of road or rail. location of environmentally
goods. goods. friendly compared
with other
• Safe and private transport systems.
delivery.

• Air transport can • Shipping by sea • Long distances • Routes and

involve higher can be slower overland can timetables
costs than other than other take more time. available can be
options and is not transport systems inflexible,
suitable for all and bad weather • There can be especially in
goods. can add further traffic delays and remote regions.
delays. breakdowns.
• Flights are • Can be more
subject to delay • Routes and • There is the risk expensive than
or cancellation. timetables are of goods being road transport.
usually inflexible. damaged,
• There are taxes especially over • Mechanical failure
to be paid in each • Tracking the long distances. or industrial action
airport. goods’ progress can disrupt
is difficult. • Toll charges are services.
Disad • Fuel and high in some
vantages currency • Port duties and countries. • Further
surcharges will taxes. transportation may
usually be added • Different road be needed from a
to freight costs. • Further and traffic rail depot to the
transportation regulations on final destination,
• Further overland might be some countries. increasing costs
transportation needed to reach and affecting
may be needed the final delivery
from the airport to destination. schedules.
the final
destination. • Basic freight
rates are subject
to fuel and
currency
surcharges.