TIR Convention, International road transport

1. Introduction to the TIR Convention
2. The role of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) in the TIR Convention
3. Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets
4. How to fill in a TIR Carnet
5. The Convention Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods and the TIR Convention

Sample - TIR Convention, International road transport

The Subject “Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Courses: Road transport, Multimodal Transport, Transport and Logistics in Africa.

Certificates: Foreign Trade, International Transport.

Masters: International Transport, Transport and Logistics in Africa.

Doctorate: Global Logistics.

Languages: Convenio TIR Convention TIR Convenção TIR.

The main advantages of the TIR Convention are:

1. Customs, documentary or inspection procedures reduction, which implies significant savings in time (up to 38%) and costs (up to 80%), both for carriers, customs and therefore for the end customer
2. It is estimated that 34,000 logistics enterprises use the TIR system
3. Number of countries adhering to the TIR Convention: 70
4. The TIR is carried out with a single document: the TIR Carnet
5. Allows the electronic tracking
6. Restricted to the TIR Authorized Consignors and Consignees
7. Insurance: maximum protection of € 100,000 for each logistics operation
8. TIR Identification: blue square lorry plate

The TIR Convention was founded by the International Road Transport Union (IRU) in 1949

1. 1975: new TIR Convention (adapted for intermodal transport)

Member countries of the TIR Convention: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, the EU, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Morocco, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, South Korea, Syria, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, UK, the United States, Uzbekistan, Uruguay.

Sample:

The BIC Code (International Identification Codes of Container Owners) is accepted in the TIR Convention

1. Istanbul Convention
2. Customs Convention on Containers

1. Safe Load Securing for Road Transport
2. Road-Rail Combined Transport
3. Trade Facilitation - Trade Facilitation Agreement - Kyoto Convention (Containers)

New Silk Road.

1. Almaty-Bishkek Logistics Corridor
2. Bangladesh-Myanmar Logistics Corridor
3. China-Russia Logistics Corridor
4. India-Afghanistan Logistics Corridor
5. China-Pakistan Logistics Corridor
6. China-Central-West Asia Logistics Corridor
7. Europe-Caucasus-Asia Logistics Corridor
8. Nanning-Singapore Logistics Corridor
9. Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement
10. Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia, North Korea)
11. North-South Corridor (India-Russia)
12. Afghanistan-Turkey Logistics Corridor
13. Trans-Caspian Logistics Corridor
14. East-West Corridor (Myanmar-Vietnam)
15. Kyrgyzstan-Iran Logistics Corridor
16. Islamabad-Istanbul Logistics Corridor
17. Nanning-Singapore Logistics Corridor

Trans-European Transport Corridors.

1. Atlantic Logistics Corridor
2. Baltic-Adriatic Logistics Corridor
3. North Sea-Baltic Logistics Corridor
4. North Sea-Mediterranean Logistics Corridor
5. Pan-European Transport Corridor II
6. Pan-European Transport Corridor IX