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Online Professional Course in International Multimodal / Combined Transport

Structure of the Online “Professional Course in International Multimodal / Combined Transport” (5 ECTS) taught by EENI Global Business School:

1. Introduction to the Multimodal / Intermodal / Combined Transport
2. Key concepts related to the Multimodal transport: combined rail-road transport, rolling road, ro-ro, consolidation, transshipment...
3. Intermodal transport chain and actors: shipper (exporter), freight forwarder, transport agent, carrier and consignee (importer). Multimodal Transport Operator (MTO)
4. Multimodal Transport Units: semi-trailer, intermodal wagons (pocket, kangaroo, basket)
5. Intermodal Loading Units (ILU): ISO container, swap body, semi-trailer
6. Infrastructure and multimodal equipment: intermodal terminal, multimodal platform, nodal point (HUB), dry port, cranes.
7. UNCTAD/ICC Rules for Multimodal Transport Documents
8. FIATA Multimodal transport documents
9. Insurance and costs of the Multimodal Transport
10. United Nations Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods of 1980
11. United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea (Rotterdam Rules)
12. Road-Rail Combined Transport
13. Multimodal and combined transport in the European Union
    1. Combined Transport (CT) Directive
    2. Analysis of the EU Combined Transport
    3. European Multimodal Transport Corridors
    4. From the Piggy-Back Transport to an Intermodal Transport System
14. Case study:
    1. Case Study: The Road-railway System (piggyback, Lohr UIC wagons) of the Lohr Group
    2. The Port of Algeciras (Spain): an intermodal logistics platform and a hub port in the Mediterranean
    3. Hong Kong: the world’s leading cargo transshipment hub
    4. Intermodal Terminal of the CFL Group (Luxembourg)
    5. Eurasian Land Transport Initiative (Silk Road, China-Europe)
    6. The Sri Lanka Multimodal Transport Project
    7. Economic Impact of the Enhanced Multimodal Connectivity in the APEC Region

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)

1. Customs Convention on Containers (CCC)
2. International Convention for Safe Containers
3. Convention Relating to Temporary Admission

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The objectives of the Online “Professional Course in Multimodal / Combined Transport” are the following:

1. To understand the importance of the Multimodal / combined transport in the foreign trade
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

Example of the Professional Course: Multimodal / Combined Transport

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

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Description of the Online Professional Course: Multimodal / Combined Transport.

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).

Training program recommended for the students from Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

International Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport

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