Transportation by Rail (e-Learning Course)

EENI

Masters

Doctorates

Courses

Logistics

Contact

 Tweet

Search

Previous page

☰

Syllabus of the Online Professional Course - International Transport by Rail

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

1. Introduction to the international rail transport
2. International Rail Transport Law
3. Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)
   1. Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF)
   2. Convention Concerning International Carriage by Rail (CIM)
   3. CIM Consignment Note (Declaration of International Traffic Expedition)
4. International Union of Railways (UIC)
5. Organisation for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD)
6. Costs and insurance of the Rail Transport
7. Rail Transport Consignment Note
8. Fundamentals of Economy and railway operations
   1. The renaissance of the railways
   2. Railways business models
   3. World market trends in the railways sector
9. Road-railway System (piggyback, Lohr UIC wagons)
10. Trade Facilitation
    1. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA)
    2. World Customs Organisation (WCO)
    3. Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC)
    4. International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (UNECE)
11. Rail transport in the European Union
12. Railway systems in India, China and Latin America
13. India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Corridor
14. Rail Transport in Africa

Enrol / Request for Information

1. Credits: 5
2. Total Tuition Fees: EUR 120
3. The Student can begin the Course at any time (Online Enrolment) and study from anywhere in the world without any displacement
4. Duration: 5 weeks. Requires an average dedication of 12 hours per week
5. Download the syllabus of the Course (PDF)

Learning materials in

1. Also, available in Transporte por ferrocarril Transport ferroviaire Transporte ferroviário
2. For improving the international communication skills, the student has free access to the learning materials in these languages (free multilingual training).

The objectives of the Course are the following:

1. To understand the importance of the international rail transport in Foreign Trade (Import, Export)
2. To analyse the role of the International Rail Transport Committee (CIT) and the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)
3. To understand the fundamentals of the international rail transport law
4. To know the main players of the international rail transport
5. To learn the key concepts related to the Rail Freight transport (cost, insurance, risks...)
6. To analyse the documents related to the Rail Transport (CIM consignment note) and know how to complete them
7. To study the main conventions and rules of the Rail Freight transport (COTIF Convention, CIM Convention)

Example of the Professional Course - International Transport by Rail:

Tweet Tell a Friend: / / / / / / Back

Description of the Professional Course - Railway transport

The International railway transport has experienced important technical developments in the recent years, becoming faster, safer and cheaper.

1. The rail transport is one of the safest modes of international transport
2. It can carry various consignments from the small packages to containers
3. Regarding the cargo capacity, the rail transport can compete with the marine transport
4. Due to its environmental benefits, the rail freight is being considered an alternative to the road freight in Europe

In the international rail transport there are two fundamental conventions:

1. Convention Concerning International Carriage by Rail (CIM)
2. Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF)

The CIM Consignment Note (Declaration of International Traffic Expedition) is used under the CIM Convention

1. Rail freight is carried out under the document called the CIM Rail Consignment Note

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

Eurasian Land Transport Initiative (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 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

International Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport

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, Eswatini (Swaziland), Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

(c) EENI Global Business School (1995-2021)
Due to the COVID Pandemic, EENI has implemented teleworking. Please only contact by email, WhatsApp or through the information request form
We do not use cookies
Back to top of this page