The International Freight Forwarding and Logistics Manual is used throughout Australia in the training of International Freight Forwarders, and in colleges as a reference and practical guide in the study of International Transport and Trade.This edition is a complete revision and expansion, and covers most factors involved in International Freight Forwarding, Trade and Transport. It aims to provide the reader, whether a forwarder, trader, customs broker, or simply an interested student, with the necessary knowledge and skills to enable the achievement of the common objectives of traders and forwarders when selling, buying and moving cargo internationally.The book includes a Dictionary of Terms and chapters on the following topics: The International Forwarding & Customs Broking Industry in Australia; Sale Contracts and Incoterms®; Shipping & Aircargo Services; Australian Domestic Transport ¿ An Overview; Freight Rates & Shipment Costs; Route Selection; Export Bookings, Clearances, & Cargo Receival in Australia; Packing, Stowing, Marking and Containerisation of Cargo; Cargo Insurance; Surveys and other inspections of cargo; Australian Government export/import controls and processes; Duty Drawback & the Tradex Scheme; Documentation, including many samples of documents; Contracts of Carriage, International Conventions relating to the Carriage of Goods, Bills of Lading and Air Waybills; Special Cargoes - Perishables, Art Works, High value, and Exhibition goods; Dangerous Goods Transportation; Aviation Transport Security; Foreign Country Import Formalities;Written in easy to understand language, the book provides a vast amount of valuable information, and is an essential tool for reference libraries or for persons studying International Trade or Logistics.

"Attempts to provide sets of essential rules and considerations that prudent shippers and forwarders will follow and make when arranging shipments to and from overseas." - preface.

The handbook has been written to provide an insight into the Shipping Process, not only to those seeking a career with Exporters, Importers, Shipping Lines, NVOCC’s, Freight Forwarders, and Custom House Agents, but also to help those already employed at every level to refresh their skills and enhance their career. This handbook is intended to help you to succeed.

Both academia and the real world are showing a vastly increased interest in international logistics. Although this book covers the entire topic, it may not contain sufficient detail to answer all questions. The topic-and the challenge is much larger than any single book can cover! A number of people helped us, and their assistance should be recognized. They include Robert L. Argentieri, Eunice Coleman, Patricia J. Daugherty, Robert Derbin, Robert Hannus, Ken Knox, Douglas Long, Eugene L. Magad, Dale S. Rogers, Robert Rouse, John Silvey, and Clyde Kenneth Walter. This book is designed for both the business world and the classroom. A separate Instructor's Manual has been prepared and may be requested on school letterhead from Chapman & Hall. International Logistics 1 Introduction This book is about international logistics and the international logistics system. International means that it will deal with transactions involving indi viduals or firms in more than one nation. Logistics means the organized movement of goods, ser vices, and, sometimes, people. Logistics was originally a military term. For exam ple, in author Tom Clancy's novel, Red Storm Rising, Russian General Alekseyev thought to himself about a battlefield situation: "The tactics ... no, amateurs dis cuss tactics. Professional soldiers study logistics. ,,1 When one speaks of the intema tionallogistics system, he means that huge array of carriers, forwarders, bankers, traders, and so on that facilitate international transactions, trades, and movements of goods and services. Communications are important, and a logistics system in cludes whatever communication capability it needs.

This book designed to give individuals in-depth knowledge of the shipping and freight forwarding industry along with an insight into the various job roles within the vast global industry of moving cargo and containers for import and export. The book is written for anyone who works in the shipping industry or aspires to join the industry and aims to provide them an overview of the various job roles and prospects. When handling shipments, various problems and challenges can arise. This book addresses such problems and provides solutions to overcome them. Freshers, as well as experienced professionals, will gain knowledge on how to efficiently plan and organize shipments on behalf of shippers and importers. You will find many practical examples of situations that can occur while shipping goods and a step by step guide to handling them.

Freight Forwarding and Multimodal Transport Contracts, 2nd Edition, is a comprehensive guide to the law in relation to contract forms and terms created by operators, trade associations or international bodies such as the UN and used as a basis for trading conditions by freight forwarders, logistics suppliers, combined or multimodal transport operators and container operators. This second edition examines the latest editions of contract forms and terms, both where their object is the supply or procurement of multimodal carriage, as well as where they are directed to the use of combined transport equipment (ie containers, swap bodies). Of particular prominence will be a detailed examination of the latest versions of conditions used by the principal UK forwarding, logistics, intermodal and container operators such as the British International Freight Association (BIFA) conditions 2005A and the current Freightliner Conditions as well as updates on many of the conditions in use and legal developments relevant to them, eg Road Haulage Association Conditions 2009, Maersk Conditions of Carriage, TT Club Conditions.