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Official RIM Certification Manual
"A - Z's on International Moves"

The official RIM Certification Manual is designed to provide the knowledge, tools and training for international relocations. This guide will take you through all the aspects involved in an international move and prepare you for the 50 questions written RIM exam. All 15 chapters include study questions with a special section on answers, explanations and a conversion chart. The manual covers the subject matter:

1. Introduction
   
   
2. Transportation modes
   • Air
   • Pipeline
   • Rail
   • Road
   • Water
   • Routing/Costing/Forwarding
   
   
3. Ocean Freight/Containerization
   • Ocean containers
   • Liftvans
   • Groupage
   
   
4. Ocean Shipment Preparation
   • Dedicated crews
   • Materials
   • Operational procedures
   • Wrapping/packing/loading
   • Bulk heading/loading automobiles
   
   
5. Documents
   • Household goods
   • General Commodities
   
   
6. Inland Transportation
   • Trucking
   • Rail
   
   
7. Port Activities
   • Container freight station
   • NVOCC
   • Consolidator
   • Groupage
   
   
8. Ocean Transit
   • Ocean freight
   • Types of vessels
   • Ocean pricing
   
   
9. Air Transportation
   • Airfreight
   • Containers/sizes
   • Routing & transit times
   • Flag requirements
   • Hazardous & restricted articles
   • Air consolidators
   • Converting air rates/Pricing
   
   
10. Customs
    • Document responsibility
    • Customs broker
    • Customs inspections
    
    
11. Inbound Shipments
    • Form 3299
    • Customs Clearance
    • Inland transport
    • Delivery & unpacking
    
    
12. Insurance
    • Types of coverage
    • Deductibles
    • Valued inventory
    • Co-Insurance
    • Claims
    
    
13. The Survey
    • Determing what is moving
    • Determining shipper's needs
    • Obtaining shipper's information
    • Providing information to the shipper
    
    
14. Methods of quoting
    • Uniform rate class
    • Deregulations
    • Price by volume
    
    
15. Geography
    
    
16. Glossary/Conversion Tables
    
    
17. Answers to chapter study questions

The price of the Rim Certification Manual is $45.00.

To order: Please print and complete the order form.

Questions?: Please contact Sherry Koepke-Williams at: (703)683-7410 or skoepke-williams@moving.org.

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