在航运中发现货物短缺该怎么办？下面的对话为大家提供一些建议。 

　　A: What should we do when we find a shortage in the shipment?
　　航运中发现货物短缺时，我们该怎么办？

　　B: You could do either of the two things: you could lodge a claim on the ship owner or on the insurance company.
　　你们可以选用以下两种方法之一：你们可以向船主提出索赔；或者向保险公司提出索赔。

　　A: Do brokers take care of that?
　　经纪人处理这类事吗？

　　B: Yes, they usually do.
　　是的，他们通常处理这类事。

　　A: Do they charge for that?
　　他们对此收费吗？

　　B: Yes, in Europe they charge a commission 1% of the amount of the claim for their services.
　　会的。在欧洲，他们就其提供的服务收取索赔总额1%的佣金。

　　A: How about in China?
　　那在中国呢？ 

　　B: We do the work mostly according to the international laws.
　　我们主要根据国际法来办。