Training Course: Maritime Professional Training

Introduction

In this workshop If the business really wants to keep the competitive advantage, a significant portion of the knowledge, experience, and new ideas are required to support this requirement. As a result, the anticipated expansion would necessitate a highly trained and multi-skilled staff from various marine and maritime professional backgrounds.

Workshop objectives

• Detailed knowledge about fundamental relations between economy, trade, and maritime transport.
• A thorough analysis of challenges and trends in the maritime market.
• Identification of the fundamental principles of maritime law within the broader context of the law and legal systems.
• A clear understanding of the evaluation process of the ship finance sector in terms of markets, participants, sources of ship finance, latest trends, and future challenges.
• A critical evaluation of the advantages/disadvantages of dissimilar theoretical methods of management and leadership.

Workshop Outlines

Day 1: Maritime Industry

• Maritime overview.
• Maritime theory approach.
• Key maritime philosophies.
• Maritime role as a trade facilitator.
• Dimension of the global marine industry.

Maritime Freight Market:

• Trade pattern.
• Ports and their impact on shipping.
• Economic globalization and shipping.
• Global trade routes and commodities.
• Economics importance of maritime trade.

Day 2: Ship Types & Sizes

• Shipping business management.
• Purpose, benefits, and particularities.
• Ship types & sizes.
• Ship designs.
• Ship structure.

Maritime Financial Management:

• Economic theories.
• Stages of shipping cycles.
• Key principals.
• Key factors & trends in transportation mode.
• Cost-optimization & value-added concerns.

Day 3: Chartering Management Process (1)

• Shipbroking overview.
• Detailed chattering process.
• Types of chartering.
• Post-fixture operator.
• Pre-fixing & post fixing.

Chartering Management Process – (2):

• Laytime calculation.
• Fixture negotiations.
• Voyage management.
• Shipping optimization systems.
• Glossary of port & shipping terms.

Day 4: Transport Intermediaries

• Freight forwarders.
• Drivers of efficiency.
• Non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCCs).
• Customs brokers & export packers.
• Clearance and payment procedures.

Port & Terminal Management:

• Port logistic.
• Port hinterland connectivity.
• Private vs. public terminal management.
• Port management and concession agreements.
• Trends in maritime transport and port development.

Day 5: Ship Technical Management & Inspections

• Ship parts & designs.
• Safety & performance.
• Purchasing inventory control.
• Vessel Inspection and reports.
• Dry dockings and significant repairs.

Maritime Law:

• Maritime law components.
• Lex Mercatoria.
• Hague-Visby Rules.
• Limitation of liability.
• An understanding of COGSA.