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The Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders

 Architects of Ghana's International Tradeways

 

 
 

Time Table

 

 

GROUP  1 AND 4

 

 

 

WEEK NO

 

 

DATE &

DAY

 

 

MODULE

 

 

REMARKS (TOPICS)

 

 

TUES

12 SEPT

DG 2

 

 

THURS

14 SEPT

DG 3

 

 

FRI

15 SEPT

 

 

 

TUES

18 SEPT

LOG 5

 

 

THURS

20 SEPT

LOG 6

 

 

 

FRI

21 SEPT

LOG 7

 

 

TUES

25 SEPT

LOG 8

 

 

THURS

27 SEPT

LOG 9

 

 

TUE

 02 OCT

LOG 10

 

 

THURS

04 OCT

DG

 

 

 

 

TUE

09 OCT

 

 

 

 

 

16TH

 

TUES

 

Martrans 5

 

OCT 9

 

 

Documents in Shipping  1     

Bill of Lading   

Charter Party   

Accompanying Documents

                       

 

 

 

 

 

KATE

 

 

THURS

 

FF 5

 

OCT 11

Organization of the Forwarding Company     2

Organization of a forwarding company      

General Procedure  

Quality Management System ISO 9001    

Environmental Management System ISO 14000

 

 

 

 

 

CARLOS

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 TUES

 

MARTRANS 6

 

OCT 16

 

 

Documents in Shipping  2     

Bill of Lading   

Charter Party   

Accompanying Documents

 

 

 

 

 

KATE

 

 

THURS

 

MARTRANS 7

     18 OCT

 

Pricing of Ocean Freight       

Pricing in Liner Shipping           

Pricing in Charter Shipping       

           

 

 

 

 

KATE

 

 

WEEK

DATE/

MODULE

 

 

 

TOPIC

LECTURER

REMARKS

 

 

  

13

 

 

 

TUES

Multicon 1

 

OCT 23

 

General Knowledge of Multimodal Transport   

Terminology of Multimodal Transport   

Overview of multimodal transport systems

 

 

 

CAPT AMANHYIA

 

THURS

 

      FF 6

 

   OCT 25

 

International Organizations in Forwarding and Trade  2    

UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)           

ICC (International Chamber of Commerce)          

WCO (World Customs Organization),        WTO (World Trade Organization)

World Bank    ,ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation)           

1.3.7   FIATA (International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations 

 

 

 

 

NUTAKOR

 

 

 

14

 

 

  

TUES

Multicon 2

 

 

OCT 30

 

 

The Multimodal Transport Operator     

Benefits of Multimodal Transport         

Conditions for multimodal transport      

 

 

 

 

CARLOS

 

 

THURS

 

   FF 7

 

01 NOV

 

 

Financial requirements     1

Accounting and Cost Accounting   

Risk Management    

 

 

 

 

SHERIFF

 

WEEK

DATE/

MODULE

 

 

 

TOPIC

LECTURER

REMARKS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

TUES

RAIL 1

 

06 NOV

 

Introduction: Advantages and Disadvantages of Rail Transportation       

Legal requirements of Rail Transport        

Main Conventions and Agreements Regarding Rail Transport  

 

 

 

 

 

DAPAA

 

THURS

 

Mult/cont  3

 

08 NOV

 

Components of the Intermodal Transport Chain

Multimodal Contracts and Liability       

Different Technologies for Multimodal Transport

 

 

 

CAPT AMANHYIA

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

TUES

 

Road 1

 

12 NOV

Legal Requirements for International Road Transport    

Organisation of the Road Carriers (International Road Union - IRU)     

CMR  

Liability and Burden of Proof of Carrier in Case of Loss (damage) or Delay           

Maximum Weight, Dimensions, Traffic Bans and Driving Time Limitations           

Road Transport of Dangerous Goods (ADR regulations)

 

 

 

AMANOR

 

 

THURS

 

Mult/cont 4

 

15 NOV

 

Types and Specification for the Most Used Container   

Container Types, Dimensions and Payloads      

Loading Gauge at Departure and at Destination

Identification Codes of Containers        

 

 

 

 

 

NUTAKOR

  

WEEK

DATE/

MODULE

 

TOPIC

LECTURER

REMARKS

  

 

17

 

 

 

TUES

 

Air 1

 

20 NOV

 

 

General Conditions of Carriage 1

International Organizations       

IATA Organization and Agency Agreement      

Aviance, GCAA        

 

 

 

 

 

 

GINABEL

 

THURS

 

Multcon

5

 

22 NOV

 

 

Loading Procedures in Container Traffic           

 

 

 

 

CAPT AMANHYIA

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

TUES

 

Air 2

 

27 NOV

 

General Conditions of Carriage 2

International Organizations       

IATA Organization and Agency Agreement      

Aviance, GCAA

 

 

 

 

GINABEL

 

THURS

 

      FF 8

 

29 NOV

 

Financial requirements     2

Accounting and Cost Accounting   

Risk Management    

 

 

 

SHERIFF ADDEY

WEEK

DATE/

MODULE

 

 

 

 

LECTURER

REMARKS

 

 

19

 

 

 

TUES

 

        Road 2

 

 

    04 DEC

Geography in Road Transport  

The most Important International Traffic Routes

Types of Road Vehicles (Technical Standards) 

Length, Width, Height, Loading and Total Weight of the Most Used Trucks 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMANOR

 

THURS

 

MULTICON 6

    06 DEC

 

Geography of Container Traffic

The Container Traffic in Africa, Europe and Worldwide by Sea 

Hub-Spoke-System, Feeder and  Landbridges   

The Sea-Air-Transport

 

CAPT AMANHYIA