Objetives
- To provide training on intermodal transport and logistics
- To show port operations, vessel and terminal facilities in detail and from a practical perspective
- To offer deep insight to maritime logistics, its actors, roles and market segmentation and trends
- To foster critical thinking when calculating and analyzing costs in logistics operations
Methodology
The course on Port Operations is highly specialised. The contents are divided into workshops and lectures complemented by audiovisual material. The classes are interactive and the students are encouraged to participate actively. The documentation will be handed out both in hard and electronic copy. At the end of the course, successful participants will receive a diploma.
Contents
Lectures
- Keys in international trade and transportation
- Terminal Management
- Intermodal Logistics and Motorways of the Sea
- Competitive cost analysis
- Technologies in Transport and Innovation. Port Community Systems
- External Marginal Costs Calculations
- Incoterms and custom procedures & workshop: incoterms
Workshops
- Funtraders workshop – International Trade
- Maritime visit of the Port of Barcelona
- Visit to a container terminal