Introduction to Freight Transportation

What you will be able to do

By the end of this programme you will be able to:

• Identify the documentation required for standard freight operations
• Apply import regulations and export procedures to a shipment
• Manage carrier arrangements to improve freight efficiency
• Explain the relationship between INCOTERM and trade liabilities
• Assess the effect of free trade agreements and trade barriers

Programme outline

Freight transportation depends on accurate documentation, sound carrier decisions and compliance with both import regulations and export procedures. The programme covers freight operations and documentation, freight efficiency and carrier management, import regulations and documentations, export procedures and operations, free trade agreements and trade barriers, and trade liabilities and INCOTERM, with practical exercises on freight transportation. On completion you will be able to work through standard freight documentation and export and import procedures, and explain how INCOTERM, free trade agreements and trade barriers bear on a shipment.

1. Freight Operations and Documentation
2. Freight Efficiency and Carrier Management
3. Import Regulations and Documentations
4. Export Procedures and Operations
5. Free Trade Agreements and Trade Barriers
6. Trade Liabilities and INCOTERM
7. Practical Exercises on Freight Transportation

Who should attend

Freight bookings, shipping documents and carrier arrangements pass through your hands, and you want to understand how the documentation and the trade rules behind it fit together. The programme suits Shipping Executives, Freight Coordinators, Import and Export Officers, Logistics Executives and customer service staff in freight forwarding, trading and manufacturing organisations. Procurement and warehouse personnel who handle inbound shipments will also find the coverage of INCOTERM and trade documentation directly applicable.

Approving this for your team? The programme is suitable for staff development budgets, and SIPMM can invoice your organisation directly and arrange group registrations.

Your trainer

Delivery is by an expert trainer with extensive years of experience in leadership positions in logistics and supply chain, and the session is lively and interactive, interspersed with exercises on freight transportation practices.