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Bureau International des Containers et du Transport Intermodal BIC

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Sustainable Development: Transport
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Belgium Samoa Jordan Democratic People's Republic of Korea Niger Comoros Equatorial Guinea Marshall Islands Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Italy Country Not Available North Macedonia France Seychelles Bhutan Serbia New Zealand Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Djibouti Côte D'Ivoire Nauru Senegal Angola Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) China Sri Lanka India Spain Dominica Madagascar Lesotho Estonia Norway Iceland Kiribati Solomon Islands Antigua and Barbuda Sweden Eritrea Lithuania Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Panama Ukraine Oman Slovenia Togo Benin Argentina Maldives United States of America Myanmar Cameroon Kuwait Montenegro Central African Republic Afghanistan Holy See Bosnia and Herzegovina Slovakia Saint Lucia San Marino Saudi Arabia Kazakhstan Lebanon Nepal Bangladesh Costa Rica Greece Azerbaijan Yemen Congo Andorra Bahrain Chile Jamaica Peru Trinidad and Tobago Barbados Tunisia Canada United Arab Emirates Qatar Tajikistan Egypt Germany Mexico Uganda Ghana Vanuatu Singapore Uruguay Nicaragua Republic of Korea Brazil Australia Zambia Burundi Switzerland Hungary Belize Sudan El Salvador Liechtenstein Algeria South Africa Morocco Armenia Luxembourg Japan Guinea Gambia Micronesia (Federated States of) Zimbabwe Malta Chad Czechia Bulgaria Brunei Darussalam Mauritius South Sudan Cape Verde Pakistan Mongolia Belarus Honduras Cambodia Thailand Tuvalu Uzbekistan Eswatini Timor-Leste Liberia Türkiye Russian Federation Nigeria Malaysia Botswana Monaco Denmark Guyana Tonga Georgia Cuba Iraq Syrian Arab Republic Mauritania Libya Netherlands Ireland - Sierra Leone Haiti Portugal Croatia Grenada Guinea Bissau United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Poland Indonesia Israel Iran (Islamic Republic of) Democratic Republic of the Congo Palau Philippines Republic of Moldova Kenya Gabon Turkmenistan Burkina Faso Romania Papua New Guinea Saint Kitts and Nevis Somalia Rwanda Viet Nam State of Palestine Fiji Austria Albania Finland Bahamas United Republic of Tanzania Colombia Ethiopia Cyprus Mozambique Latvia Guatemala Mali Malawi Namibia Suriname Sao Tome and Principe Ecuador Paraguay Dominican Republic
Mission statement:	Founded under the auspices of the International Chamber of Commerce in 1933 as a neutral, non-profit, international organization, the BIC today has over 2100 members in 120 countries. The BIC has played an important role in the growth of containerization, with its long-established and active role in the development and maintenance of industry standards. Publisher of the BIC Code Register since 1970, the BIC was appointed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1972 as the industry’s global container prefix registry, a role further endorsed by international customs conventions. Since 2013 the BIC has operated the Global ACEP Database, under the guidance of the IMO. The BIC recently launched the BoxTech Technical Characteristics Database to help improve efficiency and safety in the supply chain, and to help simplify compliance with SOLAS container weight reporting requirements. Today, the BIC code is the “international calling card” of nearly every container in international trade, allowing for proper identification and facilitating the crossing of borders without delay. With a mission to promote the safe, secure and sustainable expansion of intermodal transportation, the BIC enables professional dialogue amongst its members, standards bodies, governments and other industry organizations. The BIC holds official observer status as a NGO at both the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the World Customs Organization (WCO), and contributes regularly as an observer to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and other organizations.
Year established:	1933
Year of registration:	1933
Organizational structure:	Non-profit Association
Number and type of members:	2500 Companies, organizations
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues

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