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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 Czechia Ireland Lebanon Philippines Uruguay Comoros Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Rwanda Côte D'Ivoire Togo Niger Bhutan Egypt Gambia Uganda Cuba Croatia Oman Monaco Angola Maldives China Costa Rica Turkmenistan Honduras Ukraine Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sierra Leone Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Antigua and Barbuda Peru Guinea Bissau Georgia Malaysia Tajikistan Mauritania Benin Argentina Sao Tome and Principe Japan Vanuatu Zimbabwe Panama South Sudan Cameroon Saint Lucia Luxembourg Central African Republic Afghanistan Spain Bosnia and Herzegovina United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Djibouti Haiti Dominican Republic Bangladesh Lesotho Azerbaijan Italy Equatorial Guinea Gabon Congo Republic of Korea Andorra Kyrgyzstan Bahrain Chile Finland Barbados Ghana Syrian Arab Republic Canada France Lao People's Democratic Republic Guatemala Pakistan Country Not Available Guyana Suriname Slovakia Brazil Australia El Salvador Burundi Ethiopia Saint Kitts and Nevis Mauritius North Macedonia Belize Ecuador Algeria Morocco Mongolia Armenia Malawi - Nigeria Qatar Papua New Guinea Kenya Lithuania Türkiye Indonesia Mexico Chad Bulgaria United Republic of Tanzania Jamaica Uzbekistan Brunei Darussalam Kuwait United States of America Iran (Islamic Republic of) Latvia Norway Grenada Tuvalu Greece New Zealand Cape Verde Thailand Montenegro Malta Somalia Belarus Cambodia Denmark Liechtenstein Switzerland Senegal Singapore Hungary Trinidad and Tobago Germany Botswana Paraguay State of Palestine United Arab Emirates Solomon Islands Nepal Slovenia Eswatini Viet Nam Guinea Israel Republic of Moldova Jordan Kiribati Libya India Sudan Kazakhstan South Africa Timor-Leste Saudi Arabia Tunisia Micronesia (Federated States of) Palau Portugal Mali Burkina Faso Iceland Serbia Iraq Liberia Yemen Russian Federation Eritrea Romania Tonga Austria Albania Seychelles Samoa Bahamas Netherlands Colombia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Sweden Nicaragua Namibia San Marino Dominica Poland Zambia Nauru Cyprus Madagascar Holy See Democratic Republic of the Congo Myanmar Mozambique Marshall Islands Estonia Sri Lanka Fiji
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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