Key words
Forwarding, road rail and air transport, IWETO codes T003 transport technology, T280 road transport technology, T290 rail transport technology, T310 air transport technology, S151 air law, S136 transport law
Objectives
Students are introduced to road, air and rail transport modi.Students get familiar with specific terminology, with the customs in transport sectors and with transport documents.
Students are expected to be able to compare the modi discussed so they can choose the best modus for the cargo offered.
Students need to analyse the available information and at the same time assume an attitude of lifelong learning by e.g. researching on the internet to illustrate the subject matter.
Topics
In the first part, students get familiar with road transport. Services and issues of road transport are briefly discussed.
Then, transportation contracts are studied thoroughly.
Thereafter students need to be able to do exercises on the contents and the range of the CMR treaty and to complete the CMR waybill.
Access conditions for road transport companies and permits required are presented.
Thereafter, students know which permits are necessary for which type of transport.
Students are taught basic principles of transporting dangerous material.
The main types of commercial vehicle and necessary documents are discussed as well as driving and rest times.
The second part makes students familiar with railroad transport. In order to understand the present situation of B-cargo, a brief history of the NMBS is given.
Prerequisites
Final Objectives
Knowledge:
Job-related:- Knowing road transport
- Knowing air transport
- Knowing rail transport
- Knowing national and international law on the carriage of goods, including dangerous materials
- Knowing developments in the field
- Thorough knowledge of transport documents
- Knowing logistics terminology
- Knowing recent developments in the professional field
- Knowing terminology and documents
Skills:
General:- Capacity of project work
- Bringing one's knowledge up to date
- Consulting sources
- Acquiring and processing information
General:- Analysing documents
- Handling numerical data
- Being able to interpret and apply professional regulation
- Recognizing problems
Job-related:- Negotiating with carriers, middlemen and suppliers
- Being communicative towards internal and external customers
- Contacting various professional organisations and institutions, customers
- Informing and advising customers on transport issues
- Following up on large economic sectors
- Following up on everyday transport issues through professional literature
- Following up on the rapidly changing laws governing transport and checking for correctness, comprehensiveness and current interest
- Tracing, listing and collecting any sources containing transport information efficiently
- Collecting, recording and classifying professional data
- Making a choice among different modi of transport, as well as planning, entering and following up on routes
- Planning, organizing and following up on freight flows
- Completing national and international shipments both operationally and commercially
- Coordinating and organising freight flows
- Applying national and international law on freight transport and its organisation
- Making and checking quotations
Attitudes:
General:- Customer orientation
- Meticulousness
Job-related:- Distilling goal-oriented or relevant information
- Following up on transport legislation
- Keeping up professional reading
- Willingness for lifelong learning in the professional field
Materials used
Lecturer's syllabus
Professional reading
Study costs
Syllabus photocopied at the current Hogeschool Gent rate, ±350pp., including exercises and articles
Expenses made for excursions, lectures, assignments
Study guidance
Students may always ask their lecturer during and after classes or by email.
Teaching Methods
An interactive approach is mixed with lectures and individual exercises.
Cases, company visits, video and transport documents confront students with everyday company reality.
Assessment
- First exam session: 30% continuous assessment and 70% written exam
- Second exam session: 100% written exam
Students registered for the examinations only: - First exam session: 100% written exam
- Second exam session: 100% written exam
Lecturer(s)
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