Transportation Defined:
Transportation is defined as the movement of freight and passengers from one location
to another.
Transportation is fundamental to the development and operation of an industrial society.
Transportation permits the specialization of work effort necessary to ac...
College of business and Economics
Department of Logistics & Supply Chain Management
POST GRADUATE SCHOOL
Course Title – Transport and Logistics System Management
PREPARED BY: - NEBIYU ASSEFA
SUBMITTED TO: - EYOEL.A (ASST PROF)
,JANUARY 2021
Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
, Table of Contents
Acknowledgement.................................................................................................................i
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study..................................................................................................1
1.2Definition of Transportation.............................................................................................1
CHAPETR 2: Functions of an international freight forwarder
2.1 Definition and role of an international freight forwarder ……………………………..…... 2
2.1.1 Typical functions performed by a freight forwarder ……………………………………………………………. 2
CHAPTER THREE: Multi-modal shipment and cost analysis
3. Multi-modal shipment and cost analysis …………………………………………………… 3
3.3 Types of Cost Analysis ………………………………………………………………. 4
CHAPTER FOUR: Government program for promoting various modes of shipment
4.1 Different government programs for reliable and consistent various mode of shipment.
4.1.1 Transit Agencies:
4.1.2 Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO)
4.1.3 Special Grant Programs for transportation:
CHAPTER FIVE: International modes of transport
5. International modes of transport and convention related to them
5.1 Carriage of Goods by Sea:
5.2 Carriage of Goods by Road:
5.3 Carriage of Goods by Rail
, 5.4 Carriage of Goods by Air
CHAPTER SIX: Terms of sale and payment related documents
6. Terms of sale and payment related documents
6.1 Methods of Payment in International Trade
6.1.1 Payment Risk Diagram
CHAPTER SEVEN:
7. Rules and regulations of INCOTERMS as stipulated by the ICC
7.1 Transfer of Liability
7.2 Categories of Incoterms
CHAP TER EIGHT:
8. Transport documents vis-à-vis terms of sale
8.1 Transport Documents: Contact Merchandise Route (CMR), Bill of Lading (B/L) and
Air Waybill (AWB)
8.1.1 Contact Merchandise Route (CMR) Document
8.1.2 Bill of Lading (B/L)
8.1.3 Air Waybill /AWB/
8.1.4 Multimodal Bill of lading /FBL/
8.1.5 Cargo Insurance Certificate
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