International Center for Etudes

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1 Fundamental Principles of Freight Forwarding International Center for Etudes Venue : The training module will be delivered at Safir Hotel Cairo Duration: 5Days (30Hrs): (Once a week) Every Friday. From 1 July to 29 July, 2011 From 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

2 Fundamental Principles of Freight Forwarding Introduction: As such Freight forwarder is handling commercial cargoes between different parties and carriers And represents both contract parties without being cargo owner. As freight forwarder can Issue Documents covering sea, air, river or land freight for cargo handled by it's facilities for a part or all the voyage that the consignment may go through, and basis these documents could be considered as a transport documents and not an ownership Documents. The Freight Forwarder Role The result of the developments taking place in the global trading and the opening of new markets in Remote markets, and the Emerging of the Door to Door services, Containerization and Logistics, It became Clear that Shipping Line or Air Line can't offer such Integrated Services other than the Sea or Air Freight rendered by Shipping or Air line, and the Modern and Easy Communication between Seller and Buyer, A new need was emerged. The following are nine basic components: 1. International Freight Forwarder and the Freight Business: 2. International Trade 3. International Organizations in Forwarding and Trade 4. Organization of the Forwarding Company 5. Financial requirements 6. Intercontinental Transport and General Knowledge of Transport Related Geography 7. FIATA Documents and Forms 8. Special Transport Services 9. Packing Requirement

3 Course Contents Chapter 1: International Freight Forwarder and the Freight Business: 1- Interrelation between international trade and forwarding activities: International Freight Business entails International Trade Relations The structure of International Trade Agents in the International Trade Transactions (in General) 2- Forwarding Services and the Legal Position of a Freight Forwarder Freight Forwarding Services The legal position of a Freight Forwarder Civil code Trade Code General trading conditions for freight forwarders The FIATA Model Rules for Freight Forwarding Services. 3- Required Expertise of a Freight Forwarder Statutory compliance Risk Management Finance and Payment

4 1- International Trade and Trade Contracts. 2- Terms of Delivery Course Contents Chapter 2: International Trade 3- Terms of Payment Chapter 3: International Organizations in Forwarding and Trade UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) WCO (World Customs Organization) WTO (World Trade Organization) World Bank ISO (International Organization for Standardization) FIATA (International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations

5 Course Contents Chapter 4: Organization of the Forwarding Company 1- Organization of a forwarding company 2- General Procedure 3- The Factors To Be Considered Concerning multimodal transport 4- Quality Management System ISO Environmental Management System ISO Accounting and Cost Accounting Risk Management Chapter 5: Financial requirements

6 Course Contents Chapter 6: Intercontinental Transport and General Knowledge of Transport Related Geography Time Zones Main World Sea Traffic Ways Main World Air Traffic Ways Main Transport Corridors Europe Asia River-Shipping The Sea-Air technique Chapter 7: FIATA Documents and Forms FCR (Forwarders Certificate of Receipt) FIATA FCT (Forwarders Certificate of Transport) FWR (FIATA Warehouse Receipt) FBL (negotiable FIATA Multimodal Transport Bill of Lading) FWB (non-negotiable FIATA Multimodal Transport Waybill) FIATA SDT (Shippers Declaration for the Transport of Dangerous Goods) FIATA SIC (Shippers Intermodal Weight Certificate) FFI (FIATA Forwarding Instructions)

7 Course Contents Consolidated delivery Chapter 8: Special Transport Services Transport of heavy weight and out of gauge cargo. Dangerous goods Foodstuffs (liquid and solid) Perishables Flowers and Plants Livestock Packaging Marking and labeling. Chapter 9: Packing Requirement

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