Air Cargo Management syllabus

Air Cargo Management

• 1 What is Cargo? (1 LH)

  • Transport modes and multimodal cargo
  • Air cargo operation in Nepal
• 2 Logistics and Supply Chain Management (1 LH)

  • Supply chain and logistics concepts and activities
• 3 Evolving Role of Freight Forwarder (2 LHs)

  • Evolution and functions of freight forwarders
  • Agent and principal roles
  • Consolidator and break bulk agent
• 4 Air Cargo Rates and Documentations (3 LHs)

  • Air cargo tariffs and freight rates
  • Airway bill functions and completion
  • Carrier and agent charges
  • Nepal export and import documents
  • Shipper's letter of instruction and bill of lading
• 5 Cargo and Packaging (2 LHs)

  • Cargo forms and carriage methods
  • Container and break bulk packaging
  • Special cargo packaging
• 6 Cargo Handling and Acceptance (5 LHs)

  • Live human organs and dangerous goods
• 7 Air Cargo Warehouse and Build Up (4 LHs)

  • Warehouse operating process
  • Unit load devices
  • Road feeder services and interline consignments
  • Cargo irregularities and tracing
• 8 Dangerous Goods (2 LHs)

  • Classification and identification
  • Packing, marking, labels and documentation
  • Handling and hidden dangerous goods
• 9 Documentary Credit (2 LHs)

  • Documentary credit issuance and advantages
  • Freight forwarder role
  • Types of credit and international payment forms
• 10 Transfer of Risk and INCOTERM 2010 (2 LHs)

  • INCOTERMS objectives and development
  • Cost, risk, delivery point, terminal and port terms
  • INCOTERM series of 2020
• 11 Practical (24 LHs)

  • Airway bill completion and SLI
  • TACT rate extraction
  • Package dimension measurement
  • Volume, gross and chargeable weights