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Subject 'Goods Haulage Technology'

Name in Estonian: Kaubaveo tehnoloogia

Year:   2011/2012    2012/2013    2013/2014    2014/2015    2015/2016    

State codeTLM319
Study languageEstonian
ChairTransport ja logistika
Credit points 2.5 CP; 4 ECTS
Grading method Grade prelim

General description

- Freight planning features, analysis and assessment of the availability of transportation planning;
- The role of freight transport in the supply chain. Comparison of different modes of transport.
Trends in road freight transport in the European Union and Estonia
- Road transport organization of the legislative bases, carriers combine professional associations;
- Autoveoseadus, CMR Convention, Võlaõigusseadust. Committing the road transport under
customs control, the TIR system
- Classification of road transport, cargo-specific transport (transport of perishable goods, hazardous
substances, over-sized cargo transport), governing international conventions and national legislative
acts, design of freight-lines, freight-lines assumptions and bases for operation of the networks;
- Technical requirements for means of transport, means of transport parameters;
- Regulatory of driver's working and rest periods, legislative acts (other staff concerning
documentation);
- Planning of routes, drivers hours planning, preparation of schedules, * GPS devices, monitoring
system, a selective presentation of the freight software.

General aim

The course aims to inspection basics of freight haulage and its observation within the process of
road transport, selection of different goods haulage technologies, learning and understanding the
normative content of road transport regulatory.

Aim

- Is familiar with various freight transport technologies;
- Is able to link transportation planning to other areas of activity;
- It is capable of plan goods haulage by road independently, by choosing the optimum means of
transport and best route, if necessary rely on the basis of the various legislative acts of the road
transport;
- Set up and maintain a database of vehicles;
- Registers the driver reports (driving reports, cost reports, reports of vehicle technical errors and
omissions);
- Keeps a record of drivers' working hours according to the time worked and work done, is able to
verify compliance with working hour restrictions according to recorded data;
- Takes into account drivers' wages;
- Can search for additional important information for effective management of goods;
- Can analyze the reasons and the process of freight as a whole /and as a part of the economic
system.

Form description

Subject will take place in lectures seminars/ practice form. 2 tests during the semester gives up to
60%, the remaining 40% forms out of the home-work presentation, settlement of cases in a form of
teams. Visits to the transport company will give an overview of the actual work of goods haulage.

Literature

Kaubaveod Peter Vulla, Tallinna Tehnikakõrgkool, transporditeaduskond, Tallinn 2001;
Ekspedeerija Käsiraamat Eesti Ekspedeerijate Assotsiatsioon, 2000,. Tallinn;
Logistikakäsiraamat. Äripäeva kirjastus, 2002;
Handbook of Transport Systems and Traffic Control / edited by K.J. Button, D.A. Hensher,
Amsterdam: Pergamon, 2001;
Autoveoseadus 07.06.2000;
Ohtlike veoste autoveo eeskiri TSM määrus 118 14.01.2002;
Suuremõõtmelise ja/või raskekaalulise autoveo eeskiri TSM määrus 51 21.05.2001;
ATP kokkulepe 01.09.1970, Genf;
Euroopa Parlamendi ja Nõukogu määrus 561/ 2006;
www.eraa.ee, www.autoettevoteteliit.ee, www.effa.ee, www. iru.org;
Summary prepared by the lector.

Is taught in following curricula

2012: LI  
2011: LI  
2010: LI  
2009: LI  
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