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Curated theme 6 of 10

Ocean & Air Freight, Terminals, Incoterms, ICD, Customs

Cross border movement, terminal handling and clearance.

What this theme covers

Export and import work is learned at the terminal, not in a textbook. This theme covers container and air cargo handling, the bonded areas where customs takes over, and the document set that has to keep pace with the box. Incoterms stop being a chart and become a decision the cohort can defend.

On the floor

  • Container yard, stacking plan and reefer points
  • Rail siding, gantry and reach stacker operations
  • Container freight station stuffing and de-stuffing
  • Air cargo build-up, ULD handling and screening
  • Customs examination bays and bonded areas
  • Weighbridge, gate in and gate out control

In the briefing

  • Incoterms, and where risk and cost genuinely transfer
  • The document set: bill of lading, air waybill, invoice, packing list, certificate of origin
  • Bill of entry, shipping bill and the clearance sequence
  • How an inland container depot and a container freight station differ from a port terminal
  • Freight cost build-up: ocean, air, terminal handling, detention and demurrage
  • Classification, duty and schemes such as AEO and DGFT incentives

What you leave with

01

Read a full shipping document set end to end

02

Choose an Incoterm for a deal and justify it

03

Explain why a container is waiting, and what the wait costs per day

Trails on this theme

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Cohorts for this theme are scheduled on request. Register your interest and the facilitation desk will confirm sites and dates for your batch.

Built for

International business and supply chain students, freight forwarding, customs and export documentation teams.

Typical hosts

Inland container depots, container freight stations and air cargo terminals.

Format

One-day site visit and briefing, scheduled with the institute as a batch.

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