Export Logistics

Paper Code: 
INB-332
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
90.00
14.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to Marketing Logistics system

Concept, Objective, Importance, Logistic Tasks. Strategic Logistics planning: important concepts-Cost trade off, Total cost concept, Total system concept

16.00
Unit II: 
Transport System

Air transport-Air Authority of India, Air services in India, advantages and problems.
Ocean Transport: Significance, Types of ships, Liners, Tramps, advantages and problems. -

22.00
Unit III: 
Warehousing

Concept, Functions, Warehousing in India, Warehousing Corporations.
Multi modalisation- concept, containerization- advantages, disadvantages, types of containers. Inter modalism and multi modalism.-

24.00
Unit IV: 
Carriage of goods by sea

Liner Freighting Practices- Types of rates, Pricing Principles and Surcharges, Tramp Chartering Practices- Tramp Trade, Types of Chartering- Voyage, Time, Bareboat Charter, Charter party and its main clauses- voyage and time
Carriage of goods by sea- Charter party, bill of lading, Difference between Charter Party and Bill of lading, Liabilities of a carrier by sea.-

14.00
Unit V: 
Marine insurance

Evolution, concept, policy- contents, types, principles of Marine insurance. Risk and peril, conditions and warranties, losses assessment, claim- Doctrines applicable

Essential Readings: 

• IGNOU International Logistics Module.
• Francis Cherunilam: International Business.
• Parasram “Export-What,Where and How”, Anupam Publishers.
• Chaudhary B K & Agarwal O P., “Foreign trade and Foreign exchange”,Himalayan Publishing House, New Delhi.
• Mathur S K, “International Finance and Foreign Trade”. Shivam Publication, Jaipur.

ACADEMIC YEAR: 
2018-2019
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