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The course aims to provide theoretical and practical knowledge of transport law and economics to enable participants to apply the acquired knowledge in the main activities of the relevant sector.

At the end of the course, there may be an opportunity to undertake an internship with one of the partner companies. Participants who complete the course with the highest scores will be selected. The assignment and management of any internship are entrusted to the Course Management.

The professional profile of interest is the operator in the logistics and transport sector.

COURSE PROGRAM

Legal Section

1. Management of transport infrastructure
2. The transport contract – private law aspects
3. Multimodal transport and the role of the OTM
4. Transport – public law aspects
5. The forwarding contract and other complementary and related contracts to transport
6. The logistics services contract: a hybrid case
7. Insurance aspects in the transport and logistics sector
8. Protection of credits in the transport and logistics sector
9. Incoterms
10. Principles of customs law in international transport
11. Labor law regulations in the transport and logistics sector
12. Compliance with the Privacy Regulation (GDPR)
13. ESG, the new evaluation parameter for transport companies – legal section
14. Impact of direct and indirect taxes on transport and logistics contracts

Economic Section

1. Recalls of transport planning, infrastructure configuration, intermodality
2. Operation management and logistics
3. Recalls of transport economics and productive sectors
4. Reflections on the balance sheet
5. Financial risks in international contexts
6. Relationships with banks
7. Introduction to management control
8. ESG – economic section
9. Elements of geographical localization in relation to markets and their evolution
10. Communication and marketing applied to logistics
11. Elements of statistics applied to logistics data for fleet management
12. Business strategy and organization