Sources

Sources - Logistics

List of authoritative, freely available and cleanly licensed sources used for this Knowledge Pack. All content is written in the authors' own words based on these sources; no verbatim text from commercial standards or copyrighted publications is reproduced. Incoterms are cited exclusively by term name (policy KH-QA-04).

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Logistica One - Italian Logistics Professional Portal (IT)

URL: https://www.logisticaone.it/

Logistica One is Italy's leading professional information portal dedicated to logistics, transport and supply chain. It publishes articles, industry news, regulatory analyses and operational guides on TMS, WMS, 3PL, last-mile delivery, customs and sustainability. Used as primary reference for Italian-language industry terminology and operational best practices in the national and European context.

FIATA - Fédération Internationale des Associations de Transitaires et Assimilés (EN)

URL: https://fiata.org/

FIATA is the international federation of freight forwarding and customs brokering associations, headquartered in Zurich. It publishes the FIATA Standard Trading Conditions and multimodal transport documents (FBL, FCT, FIATA SDT). Publicly available technical documentation was used as reference for the description of freight forwarder responsibilities, international contractual conditions, and multimodal transport documents.

European Commission - TEN-T Network (Trans-European Transport Networks) (EN)

URL: https://transport.ec.europa.eu/transport-themes/infrastructure-and-investment/trans-european-transport-network-ten-t_en

The European Commission publishes the regulatory framework and maps of the TEN-T network (Reg. EU 2021/1153), the principal European logistics infrastructure comprising freight rail corridors, core seaports, cargo airports and intermodal terminals. EC documents are published under Creative Commons (reuse permitted with attribution). Used as reference for the European logistics network, intermodal hubs and freight transport decarbonisation policies.

Wikipedia - Logistics / Supply Chain (EN, CC-BY-SA)

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistics

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_chain

Wikipedia publishes its encyclopaedia entries under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA). The entries for "Logistics", "Supply chain", "Freight transport", "Bill of lading", "Incoterms", "Cross-docking", "Vehicle routing problem" and "Reverse logistics" are well-documented with citations to primary academic and normative sources. Used as reference for baseline definitions, history of modern logistics and links to international standards (CMR, Hague-Visby Rules, Montreal Convention).

GS1 - Global Standards Organization (EN)

URL: https://www.gs1.org/standards

GS1 is the non-profit organisation that develops and maintains global standards for product identification (GTIN, EAN), location (GLN), shipments (SSCC) and traceability (EPCIS). GS1 technical standard documentation is publicly available. The SSCC, GTIN, DESADV/ASN, GS1-128 and RFID EPC Gen2 definitions in this pack reference GS1 published standards.

ICC - International Chamber of Commerce: Incoterms 2020 (EN)

URL: https://iccwbo.org/business-solutions/incoterms-rules/incoterms-2020/

The Incoterms 2020 terms (EXW, FCA, FOB, CIF, DAP, DDP, etc.) are registered trademarks and commercial publications of ICC. In this pack, Incoterms are cited exclusively by term name (e.g., FCA, DAP, DDP) with a description in the authors' own words explaining the commercial effect. No verbatim ICC rule text is reproduced, in compliance with policy KH-QA-04. For the full normative text of Incoterms 2020 refer to the official ICC publication.

EUR-Lex - EU Freight Transport Legislation (EN)

URL: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/

EUR-Lex publishes European Union legislation with a reuse licence. Relevant normative sources for logistics: Regulation EC 561/2006 (drivers' hours), CMR Convention (integrated in EU law), Regulation EU 2021/1153 (TEN-T), CSRD 2022/2464/EU (supply chain sustainability reporting). Regulatory descriptions in this pack reference publicly available EUR-Lex texts.