...A. What is multimodal transport? null The concept of international multimodal transport covers the door-to-door movement of goods under the responsibility of a single transport operator. Although the concept might not be new, it developed with the container revolution initiated in the late 50's by Malcom McLean and his trucking operations. null The emergence of the container technology and of the multimodal transport concept came from and facilitated growing international trade. Trade and transport are inextricably linked: efficient transport services are a prerequisite to successful trading. null International transport generally implies the use of various transport links (interfaces and modes), each link corresponding to a transfer, storage or transport operation either in the country of origin, in a transit country, or in the country of final destination. null This situation has created a number of problems over the years, as more and more shippers are realizing that this new concept is involving the effective participation of various transport mode operators but does not always make clear who is responsible for delivering cargo at destination in safe conditions, according to agreed schedules. null Considering the variety of cultures, languages and commercial practices at both ends of a trade, and the resulting complexity of assembling such an international transport operation, it would appear reasonable to a trader to let one qualified operator organize and be responsible and...
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...A COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT REPORT On Effectiveness of Marine Logistics Submitted to S.R. LUTHRA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT OF THE AWARD FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION In Gujarat Technological University UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF Faculty Guide: Company Guide: Ms. Parinaz Todiwala Mr.Pravin Dixit Assistant Professor MD (Kshitij Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.) Submitted by Ms. Harshita Kakar [Batch No. 2011-13, Enrollment No. 118050592001] Ms. Nupur Mishra[Batch No. 2011-13, Enrollment No. 118050592005 ] MBA SEMESTER III S.R. LUTHRA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT - 805 MBA PROGRAMME Affiliated to Gujarat Technological University Ahmedabad December, 2012 Company Certificate (For Sem. 3) (On Company Letterhead) This is certified that Ms. Harshita Kakar and Ms. Nupur Mishra from S.R. LUTHRA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, are carrying out the research on the subject titled “ ” at this company / organisation under the supervision of Mr. Pravin Dixit, from Sep, 2012 to Dec, 2012. I also certify that, the above mentioned students have carried the research work satisfactorily. Place: - Surat Date: - _________ ( to be announced later on) ________________ (Name & Designation) Students’ Declaration We, Ms. Harshita Kakar &...
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...A COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT REPORT On Effectiveness of Marine Logistics Submitted to S.R. LUTHRA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT OF THE AWARD FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION In Gujarat Technological University UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF Faculty Guide: Company Guide: Ms. Parinaz Todiwala Mr.Pravin Dixit Assistant Professor MD (Kshitij Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.) Submitted by Ms. Harshita Kakar [Batch No. 2011-13, Enrollment No. 118050592001] Ms. Nupur Mishra[Batch No. 2011-13, Enrollment No. 118050592005 ] MBA SEMESTER III S.R. LUTHRA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT - 805 MBA PROGRAMME Affiliated to Gujarat Technological University Ahmedabad December, 2012 Company Certificate (For Sem. 3) (On Company Letterhead) This is certified that Ms. Harshita Kakar and Ms. Nupur Mishra from S.R. LUTHRA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, are carrying out the research on the subject titled “ ” at this company / organisation under the supervision of Mr. Pravin Dixit, from Sep, 2012 to Dec, 2012. I also certify that, the above mentioned students have carried the research work satisfactorily. Place: - Surat Date: - _________ ( to be announced later on) ________________ (Name & Designation) Students’ Declaration We, Ms. Harshita Kakar &...
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...both laterally and strategically in order to produce innovative ideas and feasible plans for cost-effective solutions. Has excellent abilities in driving and motivating teams in order to deliver internal efficiencies, identifying opportunities for personnel development as required. Has a hands-on management style and effective communication skills, working with people at all levels to deliver results. Objective Now looking for a new and challenging position which will fully utilise existing skills and experiences, while enabling further career development. Career Summary 2010 – Present | Commercial / Business Development Manager, Milio International Ltd, Dubai, UAE. | * Responsible for the management of oil supply and logistics operations, including managing and monitoring budgets for logistics and transportation and implementing remedial action as required * Conducting negotiations for supply and transportation contracts, analysing individual documents for effectiveness, identifying areas requiring improvement and implementing appropriate actions to increase revenue levels *...
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...INDIAN LOGISTICS INDUSTRY May 2012 Index I. II. Executive Summary Market Overview – – – – – – – – Industry Overview Structure of the Industry Five Forces Model Growth Drivers Trends in the Industry Government Initiative Opportunities in the sector Challenges in the sector III. Industry Analysis III. Major Players – Major Companies – Common Stock Comparables IV. Organized Players in Logistics Segment – – – – – Container Rail Business Multimodal Transport Operation Container Freight Station Third Party Logistics Express Logistics 1 Index V. Investment in the Sector – Private Equity Deals – Recent Joint Venture – Recent Private Equity Funding VI. Profile of Listed Companies – – – – – – – – – – Container Corporation of India Limited Allcargo Logistics Limited Gateway Distriparks Limited Aegis Logistics Limited Transport Corporation of India Limited Arshiya International Limited GATI Limited Blue Dart Express Limited Shreyas Shipping and Logistics Limited Sical Logistics Limited VII. Corporate Profile (Dinodia Capital Advisors) 2 Executive Summary The logistics sector in India is evolving rapidly and its growth is dominated by the interplay of infrastructure, technology and new types of service providers that will determine whether the industry is able to help its customers to reduce logistics costs and provide effective services or not Changing government policies on taxation and regulation of service providers is going to play an important...
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...parties • Warehousing, packaging and packing • Handling of dangerous goods • Cargo clearance procedures at the front office • Documentation and carriage of goods under the various transport modes • Computation of freight rates Course Objectives At the end of the course the trainees must be able to: • Identify the scope of clearing and forwarding, the field environment including rights, duties and responsibilities of a freight forwarder • Outline usage of import, export documents and associated terms in relation to C&F operations aspects of international trade • Appreciate the legal context /implication of various documents used in import-export and their sources • Demonstrate ability to perform consolidations and plan intermodal journeys for containerised and conventional cargo • Demonstrate general knowledge on the handling and classification of dangerous cargo under various transport modes • Appreciate outcomes of international conventions and their application • Identify procedures relating to clearance an forwarding cargo in international trade • Appreciate the essence of warehousing ,packaging and packing of goods • Apply relevant conversion units and formulas in the computation of freight rates • Outline and illustrate the constituents of freight rates under different transport modes • Apply the knowledge in their work Module 1 Scope of Freight Forwarding Services Objectives • By the end of the module, the trainee should be able to: • Define a freight...
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... Tejas Vasani NR SUBMITTED TO: Dr. Jasmin Padiya N.R. INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BATCH 2013-2015 * Industry Overview The Indian logistics industry was valued at an estimated US$ 130 billion in 2012-13. It has grown at a CAGR of over 16 per cent over the last five years. The industry comprises the following main segments: * Freight and passenger transportation via road, rail, air and water * Warehousing and cold-storage. The contribution from the movement of goods including freight transportation and storage is about 90 per cent. Aggregate freight traffic is estimated at about 2-2.3 trillion tonne kilometres. Road dominates the mode of freight transport mix and constitutes about 60 per cent of the total freight traffic. Rail and coastal shipping account for about 32 per cent and 7 per cent, respectively, while the share of inland waterways transportation and air is less than 1 percent. Warehousing comprises industrial and agricultural storage. Of the total warehousing space of about 1,800 million sq ft, the industrial and agricultural segments constitute about 86 per cent and 14 per cent, respectively. Government organisations including Food Corporation of India, Central Warehousing Corporation and the state warehousing corporations account for about two-thirds of the agricultural warehousing segment1. Warehousing also includes cold...
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...Introduction to business model innovation in mobility and automotive aspects The purpose of the following paper is to demonstrate the different possibilities of business model innovation in mobility and automotive aspects. More precisely, the written report focuses on business model innovation in respect of urban mobility. Since, urban mobility is getting more and more relevance of future management tasks. Moreover aspects of car sharing and renting cars are discussed in literature often. Therefore, the paper gives a detailed overview of the theoretical and practical background of business model innovations of urban mobility including automotive issues. The paper is structured in three main passages…. Mobility is a basic condition for participating in working life. Other relying aspects of mobility are engaging in social, cultural and political activities and availing educational opportunities. In the future, urban mobility will cost 829 billion euro by 2050. The amount of people and goods transported is expected to triple. On top of that, urban mobility will use 17.3 % of the planet´s bio – capacity (Lerner, 2011, pp. 1-15). The development of automotive issues and mobility reflects the economic, social and technical trends in the cities. The population of cities is constantly growing both for demographic reasons and migration into cities aspects. Cities are the central points of economic growth and thus of individual prosperity which lead to a growing differentiation...
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...otherwise of the maritime industry which is arguably the most ancient yet effective means of trade (Autry, 2001). In this global trade, the ports play the most significant roles as the point of entry for cargoes. It will therefore be appropriate to describe the ports as the center point of world trade (Awoletu, 2000) Nigerian seaports are perhaps one of the very few in the world that are majorly service ports. The port industry has over the year been responsible for over 90% of the physical carriage of Nigeria's external trade (Badejo, 2002). The importance of this mode of transportation derives not only from its fundamental overriding economics and untapped marketing, but also from the lack of a more efficient alternative to maritime transport in the carriage of the nation's bulky external trade items. Apapa port, which is the focus of this write-up, is Nigeria's most important and largest port. It contains a number of wharfs and ranges of commodities are handled at this port. These include: Wheat, Cement, Oil and Petroleum products, Fish, Dry Cargo and general Containers. Nigeria depends mostly on...
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...Department of Maritime and Logistics Management National Centre for Ports and Shipping Semester 1, 2014 Distance Education/On-campus study (JNB 254) Principles of Freight Forwarding Undergraduate Studies Teaching Team: Lecturer and Unit Coordinator Lecturer (first point of contact) Livingstone Caesar Aust: 0469340820 Intl: (+61) 469340820 dlcaesar@amc.edu.au Consultations by appointment Unit Coordinator: Hilary Pateman Intl: Aust: (03) 6324 9800 (+613) 6324 9800 hilaryh@amc.edu.au Room F99 Unit Outline Contents WELCOME .................................................................................................................... 3 INFORMATION ABOUT THIS UNIT ................................................................................. 4 Unit description ................................................................................................................. 4 Linkage to other units ........................................................................................................ 4 Intended learning outcomes ............................................................................................. 4 Graduate attributes ........................................................................................................... 4 Alterations to the unit as a result of student feedback .................................................... 5 LEARNING RESOURCES .............................................................
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...A PROJECT REPORT ON Export-Import Process & Documentation towards B2B FOR Hindustan Cargo Ltd. MASTER OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES (MMS) UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI SUBMITTED TO MAHATMA EDUCATION SOCIETY’S PILLAIS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND RESEARCH NEW PANVEL UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF Chndrakumar P. Mutha SUBMITTED BY Aditya Ajit Jadhav (2012-2014) Roll No. 139 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Life of human beings is full of interactions. No one is self-sufficient by himself whenever anyone is doing some serious and important work a lot of help from the people concerned is needed 84 one less specially obliged towards them. I cannot forget acknowledging them in few words as without the guidance & co-ordination of them in my project report would not have been possible. A large number of individual contributed to this project. I am thankful to all of them for their help and encouragement. My writing in this project report has also been influenced by a number of website and standard textbooks. As far as possible, they have been fully acknowledged at the appropriate place .1 express my gratitude to all of them. I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to Mr. Chandrakumar Mutha, Accounts Head of Hindustan Cargo Ltd. Navi Mumbai Branch for giving me an opportunity to work on this project. I must also thank the management of Hindustan Cargo Ltd. to provide excellent opportunity and environment to be able to pull my project through. Cooperation of the staff is also...
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...Unit One :Introduction of International Trade Law Outline Definition of ITL The Scope of ITL （调整范围） History of ITL Comparison of ITL and In. Business Law Sources of ITL( 渊源） Question How to understand the word “international law” here? What is International Law? “A rule… that has been accepted as such by the international community.” Includes :Customary international law. International treaties and agreements. General principles common to major legal systems. Public vs. Private International Law Public International Law. – Involves relationships between countries and applies “norms regarded as binding on all members of the international community” Private International Law. – Is described as conflict of laws or “domain of rights, duties, and disputes between and among persons from different places. Part I Definition 国际贸易法：调整跨越国界的货物贸易、技术贸易和服务贸易关系以及这些贸易关系有关的其他关系的法律规范和规则的总和。 (a) The body of norms and rules – Private law: governs transnational Relationships of Private Persons ( International transaction Law) e.g. the law of international sales, trade finance, licensing agreement etc. – Public law: laws that make up the legal framework within which international business takes place. e.g. the treaties of EU, GATT agreement, NAFTA (b) the scope of ITL（调整范围） Trade in goods, Trade in service，Trade in technology,other international business field Part III History of International Trade Law • Customs and usages ...
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...Abstract Supply chain plays a critical role in the business operations as well as on the success or failure of companies. Carrefour is a well-known brand throughout the world. This case study report offers an understanding of the Carrefour Middle East operations. The report begins with an introduction of the company and its brief history, followed by its organizational structure and business model. The subsequent section explains the logistical and cross-functional drivers and their role in the Carrefour supply chain design. It is followed by Carrefour’s operational strategies in the Middle East and its value chain. Lastly, some of the existing supply chain challenges faced by the company in Middle East are explained followed by the roadmap ahead. Introduction Supply chain management is one of the key activities that determine the success of a company (Cambra and Polo, 2008; Quayle, 2003). Companies consider various key factors and practices while designing supply chain strategies. 1.1 Carrefour Company Background Carrefour was founded in 1959 on the basis of a collaboration between two budding entrepreneurs, Marciel Fourniel and Louis Defforey in Eastern France ( Carrefour History,2004). Carrefour was primarily geared towards being one of only a few free service supermarkets in France during this time due to the grocery store business being known as family run operations. In 1963, Carrefour invented a new concept : the hypermarket, and opened its first hypermarket ...
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...MARA Professional College, Seri Iskandar, for giving me opportunity and chances to shine and build up my dream and my ambition as an international business student. I really appreciate for their blood, sweat and tears during teaching me and my friends, motivate us to keep moving forward and keep looking back to repeat our previous history. Probably the best college to learn and worth to strive. Sir Anthony Raj, who is the CEO/Director of SA Kargo and my supervisor. I want to thank him for giving me the opportunity to follow my internship at his company. He had the kindness to accept me in his company and guide me through my internship with advice, feedback and tips despite his busy schedule. Mr. Rajagopal, who is the senior manager (Operation) of SA Kargo, also my previous supervisor before he resigned, thought me a lot of stuff about his work and experience. Mr. Aminuddin, who is my advisor and my lecturer. He helped and coached me during my internship by giving me feedback and tips on how to handle and approach situations. He had always time to answer all my questions concerning my internship. Ms. Syahida, who is working for SA Kargo in Human Resource Department, arranging my internship in her place. I want to thank her for helping me with the process of finding me a suitable department for my internship. Mr. Khairul Hisham, who is my intern advisor and who has provided me with an accommodation for my internship. I wanted to thank him for helping me during my searching...
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...| |2014 | | | | | |Submitted to: | | |TAKRIMA SAYEDA | | |Lecturer | | | | | |University Of Dhaka | | | | | | | | |Course: THM 325 | |[BANGLADESH RAILWAYS – THE LIFE LINE OF THE COUNTRY] | | | | | |Prepared By: GROUP – ‘Knockout Knights’ | | | Group name : `Knockout Knights` Course code : THM - 325 Member’ |Name ...
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