Multimodal Transport (e-Learning Course)

FIATA Multimodal transport documents - International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA)

1. Negotiable Combined Transport Bill of Lading (FIATA FBL)
2. Non-negotiable FIATA Multimodal Transport Waybill (FIATA FWB)
3. Electronic FIATA Bill of Lading (eFBL Bill of Lading)
4. Forwarders Certificate of Receipt (FIATA FCR)
5. Forwarders Certificate of Transport (FIATA FCT)
6. Warehouse Receipt (FIATA FWR)

Containers and International Transportation

1. Convention Relating to Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention)
2. Customs Convention on Containers (CCC, UN)

The objectives of the course are the following:

1. To understand the importance of the Multimodal / combined transport in Foreign Trade (Import, Export)
2. To analyse the key concepts related to the Multimodal transport, main players of thee combined transport chain, multimodal transport and loading units as well as the necessary infrastructures and equipment
3. To know how to use the UNCTAD / ICC Rules related to the Multimodal transport documents
4. To analyse the different multimodal transport documents (FBL, FWB) of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA)
5. To study the main conventions related to the Multimodal transport
6. To analyse the combined transport in Europe

This course contains exercises that are evaluated, which the student must work out and pass to obtain the Diploma of the Professional Course: “in Multimodal / Combined Transport” issued by EENI Global Business School.

This course belongs to the following Higher Education Programs taught by EENI:

1. Logistics Courses: Transport in Africa, Maritime transport, Rail transport, Air transport, Road transport, Marine Transport, Multimodal
2. Diplomas: Foreign Trade, International Transport
3. Masters: International Transport, Transport in Africa, International Business, Foreign Trade, Export Back Office
4. Doctorates: Global Logistics, World Trade

The Multimodal transport is the transport of cargo units with a different modes of transport (maritime, land, rail, etc.), under a single document and formalising a single transport contract.

The definition according to the United Nations (UN) Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods:

“The transport of goods using at least two different modes of transport, under a multimodal transport contract, from a place located in a country in which the multimodal transport operator takes the products under its custody, to another place designated for the delivery, located in a different country.

The operations of pick-up and delivery of goods carried out in the performance of an unimodal transport contract, as defined in such contract, shall not be considered as international multimodal transport.”

The key figure is the OTM (Multimodal Transport Operator), a natural or legal person that implements a multimodal transport contract acting as the principal, assuming the responsibility for the compliance with the contract.

For the multimodal transport, the document used is the FIATA Multimodal Bill of Lading (CTBL). This document is very similar to the B / L (Bill of Lading) of the Maritime Transport.

FIATA: International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations

The products carried by the multimodal transport are usually palletised or containerised. The advantages of using a container are:

1. Loading and unloading time is reduced up to 70%
2. Manual operations of the stevedores are reduced up to 70%
3. The possibility of damages and thefts is reduced
4. Delivery periods and carriage charges are reduced
5. Paperwork is simplified
6. A better tracking of the products in transit is provided (electronic services).

Area of Knowledge: Foreign trade.

Related topics:

1. Incoterms® 2020 - International Road Transport Union (IRU)
2. Trans-African Road Network: Lobito Corridor - Northern Corridor - Asia-Africa Growth Corridor

Case studies related to the Multimodal transport available in French:

1. DELTA 3 (Multimodal and logistics platform of Dourges Nord - Pas de Calais)
2. Dry port of Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)
3. Interstate Convention on Multimodal Freight Transport (OHADA)

Case studies related to the Multimodal transport available in Spanish:

1. Multimodal transport in Latin America

New Silk Road

1. Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor
2. Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor
3. China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor
4. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
5. China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor
6. India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Economic Corridor
7. Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
8. International Transport and Transit Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement
9. Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia, Mongolia, China, North Korea)
10. International North-South Transport Corridor (India-Russia)
11. Afghanistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey Transport Corridor (Lapis Lazuli)
12. Trans-Caspian Trade and Transit Corridor (Central Corridor)
13. East-West Economic Corridor (Myanmar-Thailand-Laos-Vietnam)
14. Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Transport Corridor (KTAI-ECO)
15. Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Rail and Road Corridor (ITI-ECO)
16. Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor

Trans-European Transport Network Corridors

1. Atlantic Transport Corridor
2. Baltic-Adriatic Transport Corridor
3. North Sea-Baltic Transport Corridor
4. North Sea-Mediterranean Transport Corridor
5. Mediterranean Transport Corridor
6. Eastern Europe-Eastern Mediterranean Transport Corridor
7. Scandinavian-Mediterranean Transport Corridor
8. Rhine-Alpine Transport Corridor
9. Rhine-Danube Transport Corridor
10. Strasbourg-Danube Transport Corridor
11. Pan-European Corridor II
12. Pan-European Corridor IX