In-person: Tanker Chartering & Voyage Management
PROGRAMME
DAY 1.
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
Vessel characteristics and restrictions
- History of tanker development and types of tanker
- Tanker structure and main dimensions
- Dimensions (length, beam, manifolds, LBP, draft, air draft, WLTHC, etc)
- Tanks and lines (coatings, heating, IGS, segregations,WVNS, etc)
- Equipment (ropes, cranes, etc)
- Capacity and draft (loadlines, salinity, charts, tides)
- Capacity and draft exercise
Worldscale
- Elements of freight costs
- Understanding and calculating Worldscale
- Differences with small tankers
- Worldscale Freight exercises
- Review of exercises
Commercial process
- Types of contract
- Market Research
- Quoting cargoes and vessels
- The role of the shipbroker and networking
The Single Voyage Contract
- The fixture recap
- Analysing the recap
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Terminology and responsibilities
Shipping negotiations (role play)
- Making chartering decisions
- Timing of chartering in the trade deals
- Offers and counter-offers
- Freight calculation (exercise)
- Voyage estimating (exercise)
- Finalising the recap
- Lifting subjects
End
of day exercise – vessel/cargo fixing game
DAY 2.
PRE-LOADING OPERATIONS
Pre-fixture and pre-loading operations
- Approvals (SIRE, CDI, etc) and vetting
- Checking the recap vs. CPs
- Considering CP Differences
- Monitoring and updating
- Port/Terminal clearance (technical, commercial,age) + SSSCL potential issue
- Stowage and cargo planning (WVNS, pump stack,slops, reducers)
Pre-fixture and pre-loading operations (cont’d)
- Early/late arrival implications
- Delays (weather, cancelling, canals and passages)
- General test
- Review of test
Loading Operations
- Port characteristics and requirements
- Physical (port facilities, mooring arrangements, berth restrictions, etc)
- Administrative requirements (clearing, financial,legislative)
- Documentation (cargo, customs, Marpol, etc)
- Progress monitoring (itineraries and schedules)
Loading Operations (Cont’d)
- Arrival and NOR (laytime, free pratique)
- 4 Ws
- Berthing & Lightering (mooring, STS/Double- banking)
- Cargo handling
- Inspection & measurement
- Documentation (Bills of Lading, e-Docs)
- Sailing instructions
DAY 3.
- Vessel position/ETAs, onward orders
- Heating, vessel tracking,
- Distance and time, weather routing
- Deviation
Laden passage operations (cont’d)
- Pilot charts
- IWL/INL, SECA
- River transits
- Detention and draft restriction
- Piracy
- Changing Bills of Lading
- LOIs
- Discharge orders
Discharge operations
- Arrival and NOR (laytime, free pratique)
- Berthing & Lightering (mooring, STS)
- Cargo handling (notes of protest / back pressure)
- Inspection & measurement (quantity, quality, shortages)
Discharge operations (cont’)
- Documentation (BL revalidation)
- Slop disposal
- Pumping (warranties and compensation)
- Crude oil washing
- Marpol pre-wash
DAY 4. Technical visits
THE PORT OF ROTTERDAM
The Harbour Coordination Centre– arrivals and departures of vessel Highlights from Ronald Backers,Business Intelligence Liquid Bulk,Port of Rotterdam on the maindevelop-ments in Rotterdam followedby visit to the Harbour CoordinationCentre.
VOPAK TERMINAL EUROPOORT BV
A bus tour through the terminalfollowing by the generalpresentation about terminalcapacity and services.Representative of the VopakTerminal will be able to answerspecific questions on the oilbusiness.
DAY 5.
DEMURRAGE ( WHY NO DESPATCH)
- Invoices/claims (freight, deadfreight, detention, deviation)
- Other claims (shifting, war risks, heating, ice,Worldscale terms)
- Time bars and supporting documents
- Voyage analysis
Demurrage
- CP clauses interpretation
- Examples of clause application
- 2 examples of demurrage calculation
- Demurrage exercise
Time Charter – key elements and responsibilities
- Delivery, redelivery and trading limits
- Hire and off-hire
- Overtime
- Bunkers quantities and qualities
- Sublet
- Performance warranties and recompense
- Final Voyage
- Dry docking
- Performance warranties and recompense
Dispute handling methods
- ENE ; ENI
- Mediation
- Arbitration
- Litigation
- NYC 1958
- Appeal possibilities / processes
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