 International Union of Railways
Syllabus of the Subject - International Union of Railways (UIC)
- Introduction to the International Union of Railways (UIC)
- Mission and objectives of the International Union of Railways
- Main areas of activity of the International Union of Railways (UIC)
- Railway Freight
- Combined Transport (Rail-Road, Rail-Maritime,
Rail-Waterway, Rail-Air)
- Transnational railway corridors
- Eurasian rail corridors
- Transport of dangerous goods (TDG)
- Inspections of dangerous goods
consignments
-
Freight forwarders
Subject: Combined Transport in Europe
- Rail/Road combined transport in Europe
- General framework and key elements of the Combined Transport in Europe
- The European rail/road combined transport market
- Analysis of the Combined Transport in Europe
Subject: Eurasian Rail Corridors
- Introduction to the Eurasian rail cargo transport
- Trade volume distribution between the Northern and Southern routes
Subject: A new lease of life for the African Rail (Destination 2040)
- Introduction to the Railway
network in Africa
- Modernisation, development and Interconnectivity of the railways in
Africa
- Developing seamless multimodality
Sample of the Subject - International Union of Railways (UIC):

Description of the Subject - International Union of Railways (UIC)
The International Union of Railways (UIC) represents globally the rail transport sector. One of its main functions is to
promote the development of the Rail Transport.
In addition, the International Union of Railways (UIC) harmonizes and
improves the conditions of the railway lines as well as the railway
operations.
The International Railway Union also promotes the interoperability between the rail systems (concept of International Railway Solution)
The International Union of Railways (UIC) works in the following areas:
passengers, cargo, rail system (including infrastructure), wagons, railway
operations...
Despite the economic uncertainty, the railway worldwide situation is
improving, increasing the market shares in China, India, Australia, South Africa and the United States by 40%.
In the United States and
Russia, the total amount of the goods transported by rail is already above the levels prior to
the global crisis.
The development of the
Euro-Asian Euro-Asian transport corridors (Trans-Siberian
routes, the new Silk Road - Eurasian Land Transport Initiative) is vital for the International Railways Union.
They can even be an alternative to the
maritime or
road transport.
- 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
- India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Corridor
- Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
- 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

The International Union of Railways (UIC) was created in 1922, its
headquarters are in Paris (France).
The Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) is associated with the International Union of Railways (UIC).

The BIC Code (International Identification Codes
of Container Owners) is accepted by the International Union of Railways (UIC)- Customs Convention on Containers (CCC)
- International Convention for Safe Containers
- Convention Relating to Temporary Admission

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

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