 International road transport (Course)
Online Professional Course - International road transport (10 ECTS)
Structure of the Online Professional Course “International Road Transport” (10
ECTS)
taught by EENI Global Business School:
- Introduction to the International Road Transport
- Costs and insurance of the Road Transport
- International Road Transport Union (IRU)
- TIR Convention. Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of the TIR Carnets
- Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR), United Nations
- CMR Consignment Note
- Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) concerning the Electronic
Consignment Note.
- International Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport
Trade Facilitation - WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA)
- World Customs Organisation (WCO)
- Revised Kyoto Convention
- International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (UNECE)
- Road transport in the European Union, China and Latin America
- The West and Central African Trucking Competitiveness
- Road Transport in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS/CEDEAO)
- Uniform Act concerning the Law of the Road Transport (AUDTMR OHADA)
New Silk Road
- Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor
- Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor
- China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor
- China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
- China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor
- Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
- India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Corridor
- Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor
- Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor
- China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor
- China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
- India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Corridor
- International Transport and Transit Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement
- Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia, Mongolia, China, North Korea)
- International North-South Transport Corridor (India-Russia)
- Afghanistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey Transport Corridor (Lapis Lazuli)
- Trans-Caspian Trade and Transit Corridor (Central Corridor)
- East-West Economic Corridor (Myanmar-Thailand-Laos-Vietnam)
- Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Transport Corridor (KTAI
-ECO)
- Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Rail and Road Corridor (ITI-ECO)
- Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor
- Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor
- Pan-Beibu Gulf Economic Zone
Trans-European Transport Network Corridors
- Atlantic Transport Corridor
- Baltic-Adriatic Transport Corridor
- North Sea-Baltic Transport Corridor
- North Sea-Mediterranean Transport Corridor
- Mediterranean Transport Corridor
- Eastern Europe-Eastern Mediterranean Transport Corridor
- Scandinavian-Mediterranean Transport Corridor
- Rhine-Alpine Transport Corridor
- Rhine-Danube Transport Corridor
- Strasbourg-Danube Transport Corridor
- Pan-European Corridor II
-
Pan-European Corridor IX
Enrol / Request for Information

- Credits : 10

- Total Tuition Fees: EUR 240
- The Student can begin the Course at any time (Online
Enrolment) and study from anywhere in the world without any displacement
- Duration: 8 weeks. Requires an average dedication of 12 hours per week
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Download the syllabus of the Course (PDF)
The objectives of the Course are the following:
- To understand the importance of the International Road Transport
in Foreign Trade (Import, Export)
- To understand the role of the International Road Transport Union (IRU)
- To know the main players and the international road
transport market
- To learn about the key concepts related to the road freight transport (cost,
insurance, risks...)
- To analyse the documents related to the Road Transport (CMR
Consignment Note, e-CMR) and know how to fill in
- To study the main conventions related to the Road Transport of goods (CMR,
TIR)
- To know how to stow safely a load to be transported by a lorry
Related subjects:
- Road-Rail Combined Transport
- Introduction to the African Corridors (Road Transport)
- Road-railway System (piggyback, Lohr UIC wagons)
- Asia-Africa Growth Corridor
Learning materials : 
- Also, available in
Transporte por carretera
Transport routier
Transporte rodoviário.
- For improving the international communication skills, the student has free access to the learning materials in these languages (free multilingual training).
Example of the Professional Course - International road transport:

Description of the Professional Course - Road transport
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- Customs Convention on Containers (CCC)
- Convention Relating to Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention)

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.






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