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Customs Convention on Containers. BIC Code. Intermodal Transport

Global Transport and Logistics

The Bureau International des Containers (International Bureau of Containers and Intermodal Transport) was founded in 1933 as a neutral, non-profit international organization whose mission is to promote safe and sustainable expansion of Containerization and intermodal transport.

The BIC Code allows an adequate identification of containers and facilitates border crossing without delays

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  1. Introduction to the Bureau International des Containers et du Transport Intermodal (BIC) / International Bureau of Containers and Intermodal Transport
  2. Container marking: code, number, Combined Data Plate, Mandatory Operational Marks
  3. Freight Containers-coding, Identification and Marking (BIC Code)
  4. BoxTech Global Container Database
  5. International Party Identification and Location Codes (LOCODES)
  6. International conventions related to containerization:
    1. Customs Convention on Containers (CCC, UN) 1972
    2. International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) 1972
    3. Istanbul Convention

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Containers and international transport. Customs Convention on Containers. BIC Code. Intermodal Transport

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The educational aims of the Subject “Containers and International Transportation” are the following.

  1. To understand the role of the International Bureau of Containers and Intermodal Transport
  2. To understand the importance of Containerization in international transport
  3. To learn about marking requirements for Containers (BIC Code, plates, identification...)
  4. To analyze the main international conventions related to Containerization

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The Subject “Containers and International Transportation” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Logistics Courses: International Transport, Maritime Transport, Multimodal, Road, Rail, Air, Transport and Logistics in Africa.

Certificate in International Transport

Certificate in International Transport

Masters: International Transport, Transport and Logistics in Africa.

Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB AI)

Doctorate: Global Logistics.

Doctorate in International Business (DIB AI) Online

Languages: Masters, Doctorate, International Business, English Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish Contenedores Study Doctorate in International Business in French Conteneurs Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese Contentores.


The International Bureau of Containers and Intermodal Transport (BIC) publishes and maintains the BIC Code Register since 1970. The BIC Code is a container owner code.

  1. BIC Code or ISO Alpha Codes: International Identification Codes of Container Owners
  2. ISO 6346 Standard: Coding, identification and marking of cargo containers

The BIC Code (International Identification Codes of Container Owners) is accepted by:

  1. World Customs Organization (WCO)
  2. Customs Convention on Containers
  3. TIR Convention
  4. International Road Transport Union (IRU)
  5. International Union of Railways
  6. International Chamber of Shipping
  7. IATA

Road-Rail Combined Transport, Intermodal loading units. Swap body

International Party Identification and Location Codes (LOCODES) of the UN: encoded geographic identification

The International Bureau of Containers and Intermodal Transport (BIC) is an observer member in:

  1. Chicago Convention (ICAO)
  2. International Maritime Organization
  3. World Customs Organization (OMA)
  4. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Currently, the International Bureau of Containers and Intermodal Transport has more than 2,300 enterprises that operate containers in more than 127 countries.

ILU Code for Road-Rail Combined Transport.

International conventions of the International Bureau of Containers and Intermodal Transport that have contributed to expansion of Containerization:

  1. Customs Convention on Containers (CCC) 1972
  2. Istanbul Convention de 1990
  3. International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) 1972

In 1933, the International Chamber of Commerce created the International Bureau of Containers and Intermodal Transport

Headquarters of the International Office for the Containers and Intermodal Transport: Paris (France).

Source: International Office for the Containers and Intermodal Transport

Sample:
International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) 1972. Safety Approval Plate on the container

Safe Load Securing for Road Transport.


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