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The Chartered Institute for Logistics and Transport - CILT

CILT SFCILT Shipping and Freight Forwarding

Course Overview

CILT SF

CILT Shipping and Freight Forwarding

Course Methodology

Delivered as a self-paced online programme that participants study at their own pace, or as tailored training for your team. The programme includes self-paced modules you can revisit anytime, digital study resources and templates, and knowledge checks and practice assessments.

Course Objectives

Take command of the movement of cargo across borders. You will learn ocean and air freight operations, multimodal transport, dangerous goods handling, Incoterms 2020, trade documentation and finance, customs and compliance, freight pricing, cargo insurance and claims, and the digital tools reshaping forwarding. The main objectives of the course are:

  • Explain how freight forwarding underpins global trade flows.
  • Map the stakeholders and service providers behind a shipment.
  • Compare transport modes on cost, speed, and risk.
  • Run ocean bookings and control demurrage and detention.
  • Calculate air freight chargeable weight and consolidation.
  • Design multimodal and cross border transport chains.
  • Classify and handle dangerous and specialized cargo.
  • Apply Incoterms 2020 to allocate cost and risk.
Target Audience

Designed for freight forwarding and shipping executives, export and import coordinators, customs and documentation staff, logistics and supply chain professionals handling international cargo, shipping and documentation coordinators, and transport and fleet supervisors.

Target Competencies
  • Selecting the right mode, route, and carrier
  • Booking and managing ocean and air shipments
  • Controlling demurrage, detention, and terminal charges
  • Applying the correct Incoterm to a transaction
  • Producing accurate shipping documentation
  • Handling letters of credit and documentary collections
  • Classifying goods and calculating duties
  • Building and analyzing a landed cost
  • Arranging marine cargo insurance and filing claims
  • Using digital freight platforms and visibility tools
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