International Freight Management

Freight management involves planning and executing shipments by all modes of transport. Equally, understanding routes, rates, and carriers, making arrangements for shipments, monitoring shipments, and managing transportation documentation is important.

Freight management is a process that requires a crucial synchronization between operations, personnel, and technologies to manage a cost-efficient operation and impactful delivery of goods/freight. This process ensures that the right products get to the right destinations. This needs to happen in the right timelines, damage-free, and at the lowest possible cost. It does this by harmonizing the processes and activities between all stakeholders (carriers, distributors, vendors, and shippers).

Freight management is a broad function, that involves planning and executing shipments by all modes of transport. It requires an understanding of routes, rates, goods, customer expectations, carrier profiles, and risk management, whilst making arrangements for shipments, monitoring shipments, and managing transportation documentation. Freight network management requires the right combination of experience, skilled staff, and knowledge to ensure smooth coordination between carriers and shippers.

This International Freight Management course aims to equip participants with key skills and knowledge required to perform effectively in a logistics management environment.

Career opportunities

• Clearing and Forwarding Agent;
• Warehouse Supervisor;
• Shipping Documentation Supervisor