International Road Transport (Course)

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. Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
7. India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Economic Corridor
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
    1. Pan-Beibu Gulf Economic Zone

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

1. Credits : 10
2. Tuition Fees: EUR 240
3. Open Online Enrolment
4. Duration: 8
   weeks It is recommended to dedicate about twelve hours of study per week following a flexible schedule. It is possible to reduce the duration dedicating more hours a week
5. Download the syllabus of the Course (PDF)

Learning materials :

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

The objectives of the course are the following:

1. To understand the importance of the International Road Transport in Foreign Trade (Import, Export)
2. To understand the role of the International Road Transport Union (IRU)
3. To know the main players and the international road transport market
4. To learn about the key concepts related to the road freight transport (cost, insurance, risks...)
5. To analyse the documents related to the Road Transport (CMR Consignment Note, e-CMR) and know how to fill in
6. To study the main conventions related to the Road Transport of goods (CMR, TIR)
7. To know how to stow safely a load to be transported by a lorry

This course contains exercises that are evaluated, which the student must work out and pass to obtain the Diploma of the Professional Course: “in International Road 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, 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

Trans-African Corridors

1. Cairo-Dakar Corridor
2. Algiers-Lagos Corridor (Trans-Saharan)
3. Tripoli-Windhoek Corridor
4. Cairo-Gaborone Corridor
5. Trans-Sahelian Highway (Dakar-N’Djamena Corridor)
6. N’Djamena-Djibouti Corridor
7. Dakar-Lagos Corridor
8. Lagos-Mombasa Corridor
9. Beira-Lobito Corridor (Trans-African Highway 9)
10. Northern Corridor
11. Central Corridor
12. North-South Corridor
13. CEMAC Trade Corridor Project
14. Eastern and Central Africa Corridors
15. Lobito Corridor

The International Road Transport is the only type of transport capable of carrying out a door-to-door service on its own, that is, it can collect the good at the exporter's factory and deliver it directly to the importer.

It is also a type of transport that facilitates the loading and unloading operations.

Due to its flexibility; it is also an essential mode of transport for the factories working on Just-In-Time basis.

CMR Convention (Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road).

This convention dates from 1956 and regulates the international road traffic. The document used is the CMR Consignment Note, which shows the existence of a transport contract and that the product has been received by the carrier.

TIR is a system involving the issue of a carnet to the road hauliers, which allows loaded vehicles to cross the national frontiers with a minimum customs formalities. The signatories of the Convention are countries from Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and North America.

Containers and International Transportation

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

Area of Knowledge: Foreign Trade.

Related subjects:

1. Maritime transport
2. Rail transport
3. Air transport
4. Incoterms® 2020
5. Road-Rail Combined Transport
6. Introduction to the African Corridors (Road Transport)
7. Road-railway System (piggyback, Lohr UIC wagons)
8. Asia-Africa Growth Corridor

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.

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