this question is related to Introduction to International Transport and Logistics= in TRADING INDUSTRY

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Development exercises

1- Develop the topic “International transport and export prices. Factors to consider”

2- Develop the topic “The role of international transport in the global supply chain”

3- The importance of transport documents in foreign trade

4- The importance of packaging in exports. Selection criteria for the most suitable packaging

5- Relationship between the Incoterms and the different means of international transport

Development exercises on containers and FIATA (*)

(*) If you have completed these exercises in another subject, it is unnecessary to repeat them.

1- Importance of the Customs Convention on Containers (CCC).

1. Container marking requirements under the Convention
2. Temporary admission facilities contemplated in the Customs Convention on Containers

2- Importance of the International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) of 1972

1. What are the safety approval plates?
2. What is this plate for?

3- About the International Container Identification Code of the International Bureau of Containers and Intermodal Transport (BIC)

1. What is the Container Identification Code for?
2. How does it work?
3. What is a container code?
4. What is the function of the verification digit of the container?
5. What are the mandatory operational marks of a container?
6. What is the cost of obtaining a BIC code?

4- About the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association (FIATA).

1. What is the role of FIATA in international transport?
2. In which means of transport can be used each FIATA Document?
3. Which are negotiable?
4. Which ones are equivalent to a transport contract?
5. The importance of a freight forwarder in international transport
6. List the functions of each of the FIATA transport documents
7. Differences between a FIATA FBL document and a FIATA FWB
8. What FIATA documents are recognised by the International Chamber of Commerce (CCI / ICC)?
9. Do you think your company is ready to use FIATA Electronic Bill of Lading (eFBL Bill of Lading)? Why?
10. What documents can be sent in digital format under the eFBL Bill of Lading?
11. Can the Multimodal Negotiable Bill of Lading (FIATA FBL) be used as a bill of lading? Why?