International Union of Railways (UIC) Rail-Waterway

1. Introduction to the International Union of Railways (UIC)
2. Mission and objectives of the International Union of Railways
3. Main areas of activity of the International Union of Railways (UIC)
4. Railway Freight
   1. Combined Transport (Rail-Road, Rail-Maritime, Rail-Waterway, Rail-Air)
   2. Transnational railway corridors
      1. Eurasian rail corridors
5. Transport of dangerous goods (TDG)
   1. Inspections of dangerous goods consignments
6. Freight forwarders

Sample - International Union of Railways (UIC):

Combined Transport in Europe

1. Rail/Road combined transport in Europe
2. General framework and key elements of Combined Transport in Europe
3. The European rail/road combined transport market
4. Analysis of Combined Transport in Europe

Eurasian Rail Corridors:

1. Introduction to the Eurasian rail cargo transport
2. Trade volume distribution between Northern and Southern routes

A new lease of life for African Rail (Destination 2040)

1. Introduction to Railway network in Africa
2. Modernization, development and Interconnectivity of railways in Africa
3. Developing seamless multimodality

The Subject “International Union of Railways (UIC)” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

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

Certificate in International Transport

Masters: International Transport, Transport and Logistics in Africa.

Doctorate: Global Logistics.

Languages: Union internationale des Chemins de Fer (UIC) (summary in Unión Internacional de Ferrocarriles (UIC) União Internacional de Caminhos-de-Ferro).

Area of Knowledge: Foreign Trade (International Rail Transport Law).

Trade Facilitation - Trade Facilitation Agreement - Kyoto Convention (Containers) - Convention Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods.

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.

The International Union of Railways (UIC) was founded in 1922, its headquarters are in Paris (France).

The Intergovernmental Organization 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)

1. Istanbul Convention
2. Customs Convention on Containers

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

Sample:

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