Curriculum subject

Logistics of Transport Systems and Forwarding

Subject
Subject code	TLM498
Subject name	Logistics of Transport Systems and Forwarding
Credit points	6 ECTS
Grading method	Exam

Curriculum subject
Curriculum	2015 TL
Study year	3
Semester	Fall semester
Subject type	Mandatory

Subject loads
Lecture	64

General description
EU transport policy. Basic educational aims: The concept of transport's system. Global- and regional systems. The object of system and it's components. Aims of systems. The structure of systems. The concept of the intermodal- and multimodal transport. Technology of intermodal transportation. UNCTAD/ICC Rules. Operator of multimodal transport -MTO, aims and liability. Recommendation of FIATA. FIATA FBL Rules. Aims of forwarding services. The freight forwarder as: agent, operator of carriage of cargo, cargo handler, customs agent etc. The freight forwarder's liability. International organisations.

General aim
Subject aims: -to provide the students with the basic knowledge of the system of transport, the intermodal- and multimodal transport and the freight forwarding services.

Literature
1. Donald J. Bowersox, David J. Closs, 1996, Logistical Management. Michigan State University. 2. Eesti Ekspedeerijate Assotsiatsioon, 2000, Ekspedeerija Käsiraamat. Tallinn. Transpordi Infokeskus 3.G.A.Levikov, V.V.Tarabanko Smešannõe perevozki (russian) Moskva 2003 4.V.I.Apatsev, V.M.Nikolašina Logistitseskie transportno-gruzovõe sistemõ. (russian) Moskva 2003. 5. Cheong Yun Wan, Thomas Sim Multimodal Transport. The Singapore Logistics Association 2006. 6. Rachel Henwood, Tan Tee Hwa Seafreight Forwarding The Singapore Logistics Association 2006. 7. Peter Jones Legal Handbook on Forwarding Third edition FIATA 2001 8. Jüri Suursoo, Transpordisüsteemide logistika ja ekspedeerimine, Tallinna Tehnikakõrgkool 2010

Evaluation methods
Minimum positive grade - "satisfying" (2).

Current rounds
Logistics of Transport Systems and Forwarding KTL51/61
Logistics of Transport Systems and Forwarding TL51/61