Course description
Is it time to take your maritime career to the next level? This training short course programme is ideally suited to maritime professionals who are hoping to move into shore-based management positions. You’ll learn specialist skills in ship safety management and shipping operations, solving complex problems during challenging workplace assignments.
This programme is delivered using London Maritime training centre learning environment.
The Shipping Operations Management course is designed for existing professionals serving in the industry as well as those looking for a career within the maritime, offshore and sea transport industries. For those already within the industry applicants are likely to have a responsible sea-going or middle-management position. Alternatively, new entrants to the industry are likely to have attained a first Certificate in a related technical or management subject.
This modular course is focused towards giving students the necessary knowledge and skills to help them achieve high levels in their careers in the maritime and offshore industries. Indeed, many former students on this course have now reached board level appointments in their various companies.
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Outcome / Qualification etc.
- possessing a diverse range of skills
- This course can open up a range of opportunities in Logistics Management, port operations and even teaching.
- It provides professional development for a variety of management careers in the sector.
- Help candidates achieve high levels in their careers in the maritime and offshore industries.
Training Course Content
Fundamentals of Ship Management
- OVERVIEW OF THE GLOBAL MARITIME INDUSTRY
- International trade and the global shipping network
- Identify how vessels are measured and described
- Understand how cargo loaded on a vessel is identified and quantified
- Ship registration and the options available to a shipowner/operator
- The organisations responsible for regulating ‘safety at sea’ issues
- Options available to an owner/operator when insuring a vessel
UNDERSTANDING THE COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS OF SHIP OWNERSHIP OR MANAGEMENT
- The various options available to a ship owner/operator to earn revenue
- The interests involved in overseeing a successful commercial voyage
- Identifying the costs involved in operating a ship
- The benefits and design of an appropriate financial model
UNDERSTANDING VARIOUS SHIP TYPES AND CREWING CHALLENGES
- Learn how various types of ships are identified
- The challenges facing ship crewing agencies to meet the demand for trained seafarers
- Crew compliments on various classes of ships
- Flag State remuneration arrangements
- IT Fremuneration arrangements
- Passenger ships contract arrangements
UNDERSTANDING SHIPPING CONTRACTS
- BIMCO freight, chartering, wreck removal, agency, crew engagement etc.
- Identify common acronyms used by shippers, buyers and ship operators
- Identify advantages/disadvantages of FOB and CIF contracts
- The purpose and use of a Bill of Lading
- The use of a Letter of Credit to meet an international debt obligation
- The use of SALEFORM 2012 when buying or selling a vessel
- The use of a Letter of Indemnity and a Booking Note
THE CHARTER MARKET – THE COMPLEXITIES AS IT RELATES TO CARGO AND SHIPPING
- The most commonly used charter parties used today
- The difference between a voyage charter and a time charter
- The options for sub-chartering
- Evaluate indices such as the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) and identify the risks involved in spot chartering compared to time chartering
- Identify how Laytime is calculated and the calculation of demurrage and dispatch
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