Shipping & Freight and Air Cargo

Introduction

International trade and logistics involves the buying and selling of good internationally. This training course “Shipping & Freight and Air Cargo “ introduces you to the different aspects of trade and focuses on shipping – the process that enables goods to travel from point of production / manufacturing up to consumers.

This course also lays emphasis on customs declaration, procedures, tariffs, classifications, calculations of import and export duties and other taxes

The training course is designed to introduce you to selected key concepts of international trade and the shipping process (i.e : importing and exporting, shipping documentation, methods of payment, the roles of the different parties involved and basic law), and to help you develop learning skills, which will provide a sound basis for further work. It will give you an opportunity, whatever your plans, to learn ways of thinking that allow a better understanding of shipping and the shipping process as a whole

This training course materials have been produced with the needs of new learners in mind. They assume no special knowledge and no experience of studying. Taking examples from every aspect of the shipping process, they enable you to build up a picture of how shipping works and how different jobs in the industry connect together to make up the whole shipping process.

Course Objectives

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

Explain the mechanism of sea freight, air freight and shipping business
Describe the nature of the main areas in logistics and movement of goods
Identify trade laws and freight procedures
Explain the procedures of customs and various activities therein
Apply the rules and regulations governing the shipping, forwarding and clearance of goods
Acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to carry out work with professionalism
Working knowledge of exporting / importing goods to / from worldwide destinations and the parties involved including trade controls and agreements
A working knowledge and understanding of the transport and international conventions involved
A working knowledge of the special requirements of cargoes
An understanding of trading terms