Air Cargo Operations Management Syllabus - BBA-TT (PU)
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Course Description
Course objectives
To equip the student with knowledge and skills used in Air Cargo Operations Management with systematic process involved in this process. The aim of this course is to familiarize students with the operations and management of different types of cargo, terminologies used in cargo operation, air cargo rates and documentations, packaging, IATA cargo handling and acceptance, dangerous goods.
Course Description
Students will learn basic Air Cargo Management, issues of Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Air transportation. It will be an update to the students to reflect the air cargo management in the 21st century; this text provides comprehensive, sophisticated coverage of both classic and current practices in air transportation management. The reader is guided through the ins and outs of the air transportation industry as well as through the details of management functions within airlines. It will provide a frame works of Cargo, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Air Cargo Rates and Documentations, Cargo and Packaging and Insurance Claim and Scope of Liability.
Course Outcomes
- Student will be able to develop knowledge on Air Cargo Management.
- Student will be able to develop knowledge in issues of Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Air transportation
- Student will be able to develop knowledge in Air Cargo Rates and Documentations,
- Student will be able to develop knowledge in Cargo and Packaging
- Student will be able to develop knowledge in Insurance Claim and Scope of Liability.
Unit Contents
Course Content
Unit 1: Introduction to Cargo and Logistics and Supply Chain Management 6 hours
Introduction to Cargo, mode and means of transportation, air cargo operation in Nepal. Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management: definitions and activities.
Unit 2: Evolving Role of Freight Forwarder 4 hours
Introduction and functions of the freight forwarders
Unit 3: Introduction to Documentary Credit 6 hours
Introduction, international sales contract, advantages of documentary credit, requirements of buyer and seller, different types of documentary credit
Unit 4: The Fourteen INCOTERMs 4 hours
Introduction, objectives, developments of INCOTERMs
Unit 5: Air Cargo Rates and Documentations 8 hours
Publication of air cargo tariffs, different types of air freight rates, types of other charges, Documentations: Custom clearing documents, accompany documents, shipper’s letter of instruction, delivery order, transport documents, the airway bill of lading.
Unit 6: Cargo and Packaging 4 hours
Introduction, methods of cargo carriage, cargo in different forms
Unit 7: Cargo Handling and Acceptance 4 hours
General cargo, special cargo, weight & dimension, packing, marking, labeling, handling label, coding and decoding, all types of cargo requiring special handling (AVI/VAL/LHO/HUM/HEA/PER/VUN/OBX/AOG/U-AG/AV7/DIP)
Unit 8: Dangerous Goods 6 hours
Introduction, classification, limitation, identification, packing, documentation, unitization, handling, acceptance and the carriage of dangerous goods.
Unit 9: Cargo Warehouse and Buildup 4 hours
Unit Load devices (ULD) – Introduction, types of ULDs, introduction of cargo warehouse, cargo build up procedure, cargo manifest
Unit 10: Insurance Claim and Scope of Liability 4 hours
Introduction, principles and rules governing liability, the liability of freight forwarder, carriage of Goods by Sea, the Hague rules, Hamburg rules, Warsaw convention, Montreal convention
Text and Reference Books
Basic Texts:
- Chudamani Budathfoki & Sharad C. Kafley. (2011). An Introduction to Cargo Management, compiled and edited by, 2011, Super Printing Press
References:
- (2014). Air Cargo Industry Master Operating Plan: A description of the air cargo industry transportation business process. International Air Transport Association (IATA) – Cargo
- John G. Wensveen. (2007). Air Transportation: a management Perspective, 6th Edition, Ashgate.
- Clearwater Drive, 2000, Air Cargo Guide, Oak Brook, IL 60521.
- Short Name N/A
- Course code ACM 304
- Semester Eighth Semester
- Full Marks 100
- Pass Marks 45
- Credit 3 hrs
- Elective/Compulsary Compulsary