Maritime Personnel Training Program

Why Select this Training Course?

Today’s highly competitive marine business professionals must deal with ongoing technological, regulatory, and commercial changes.

Who is a maritime professional?

• Personnel fascinated with the sea, appreciate visiting various ports and desire to learn about diverse cultures
• Youngsters who want to set up a self-disciplined, ambitious, and exciting professional path for themselves
• On-board and onshore professionals who want to stay current with the ever-changing maritime sector
• Practitioners who want to enhance their existing expertise, work experience, and leadership potential while continuing to develop their professional practice
• Mariners looking for a qualification that would allow them to work in a variety of industries

What are the Course Objectives?

    The foremost objective of this training course is to empower professionals with:

• 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 to management and leadership
• Ability to explore essential safety and security concerns related to the maritime domain
• Capacity to examine the life-cycle aspects of upgrading and decision-making in trade-off situations

How will this Course be Presented?

All Rcademy courses are customizable according to the needs of the training group. As a result, the data is thoroughly scrutinized before each session, and an experienced professional leads the training from the relevant domain. 

• The majority of the sessions are based on participant input. The primary responsibility of the course leader is to elicit these responses through effective questioning and directing conversations.
• Through case studies, real workplace problems will be explored and discussed.
• Learners will have a better comprehension of the subjects due to planned reading and will help to conceive of questions ahead of time.
• Individual/ group role-play activities.

What are the Topics Covered in this Course? 

The course will cover the following areas that are essential to maritime functioning: –

Module 1 – Maritime Industry 

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

Module 2 – 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

Module 3 – Ship Types & Sizes

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

Module 4 – Maritime Financial Management

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

Module 5 – Chartering Management Process (1)

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

Module 6 – Chartering Management Process – ii

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

Module 7 – Transport Intermediaries

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

Module 8 – 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

Module 9 – Ship Technical Management & Inspections

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

Module 10 – Maritime Law

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

Module 11 – Marine Claim & Insurance

• Marine insurance overview
• Types of marine insurance
• Marine insurance claims
• Role & duties
• Insurance brokers, claims agents, and underwriters

Module 12 – Maritime Safety & Security

• Artificial intelligence
• OHS Introduction to MLC, ISM, and ISPS
• Risk management & assessment methods
• Accident investigation in the maritime industry
• Maritime Safety and Legal Framework
• Safety and security concerns relevant to the maritime domain