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Subject 'Logistics of Transport Systems and Forwarding'

Name in Estonian: Transpordisüsteemide logistika ja ekspedeerimine

Year:   2019.5/2020.5    2020.5/2021.5    2021.5/2022.5    2022.5/2023.5    2023.5/2024.5    

State codeTLM498
Study languageEstonian
ChairTransport ja logistika
Credit points 6 ECTS
Grading method Exam

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).

Is taught in following curricula

2020: OK  
2019: OK  TL  
2018: OK  TL  
2017: TL  
2016: TL  
2015: TL  
2014: TL  
2013: TL  

Is taught in rounds

     2020/2021 Fall semester

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