FIATA International Federation Freight Forwarders

1. Introduction to the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA)
2. Transportation, freight forwarders and logistics services in Foreign Trade
3. FIATA transport documents:
   1. Negotiable Combined Transport Bill of Lading (FBL)
   2. FIATA Multimodal Waybill FWB
   3. Forwarders Certificate of Receipt (FCR)
   4. Forwarders Certificate of Transport (FCT)
   5. Shippers Declaration of the Transport of Dangerous Goods (FIATA SDT)
   6. Warehouse Receipt
   7. Shippers Intermodal Weight Certification (FIATA SIC)
   8. Forwarding Instructions (FIATA FFI)
4. e-Bill of Lading

Sample - International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA):

The objectives of the subject “International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA)” are the following:

1. To understand the fundamental role of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) as the architects of International Transport
2. To analyze FIATA transport documents (FBL, FWB, FCR...)
3. To analyze the functioning of the Electronic FIATA Bill of Lading

The Subject “International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA)” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

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

Certificate in International Transport

Masters: International Transport, Transport and Logistics in Africa.

Doctorate: Global Logistics.

Languages: Federación Internacional de Asociaciones de Transitarios (FIATA) Fédération Internationale des Associations of Transitaires et Assimilés (FIATA) Federação Internacional das Associações of Transitários (FIATA).

Trade Facilitation - Trade Facilitation Agreement - Kyoto Convention (Containers) - Convention Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods.

1. The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) is present in 150 countries
2. More than 40,000 logistics enterprises and freight forwarders are members of FIATA
3. FIATA also develops Trade Facilitation programs

According to FIATA, transport, freight forwarding and logistics services are all those services related to International Transport (carried out with a single means of transport or through the multimodal means of transport), cargo consolidation, storage, handling (stowage), packaging or product distribution.

1. FIATA FCR - Forwarders Certificate of Receipt (green). 1955
2. FIATA FCT - Forwarders Certificate of Transport (yellow). 1995
3. FIATA FBL - Negotiable Combined Transport Bill of Lading (blue). 1970
4. FIATA FWR - Warehouse Receipt / Warehouse Receipt (orange). 1975
5. FIATA FFI - Forwarding Instructions / Forwarding Instructions (White). 1984
6. FIATA SDT - Shippers Declaration of the Transport of Dangerous Goods (White / red) 1984
   1. FIATA SDT revised - Shippers Declaration of the Transport of Dangerous Goods (White / red) / S. 2005
7. FIATA FWB - Non-negotiable FIATA Multimodal Transport Waybill (White / blue) / Non-negotiable FIATA Multimodal Transport Waybill. 1996
8. FIATA SIC - Shippers Intermodal Weight Certification (White / green) / Shippers Intermodal Weight Certification. 1997

The Electronic FIATA Bill of Lading (eFBL), allows the distribution of FIATA bill of lading in electronic format

Headquarters of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA): Vienna (Austria).

Source: FIATA