| 摘 要： | Since 1960s the seatrade markets and the international ocean transport industry have undergone substantial changes. Freight origins and destinations shifted much more rapidly than in the past, and the types of cargo and their forms of packaging kept changing. These trends became more and more pronounced since the beginning of the 1980s. This article descrihes the conditions of seatrade market and ocean transport industry, and analysts the reasons and effectiveness of the chaneges, well as the trend of seatrade market. 1 Development in the international seatrade markets In 1960 the annual volume of international seatrade had reached a level of one billion tons, with equal shares of dry cargo and liquid cargo.
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