Virtual: Chartering Operations & Post-Fixture
11 - 13 March 2024 | Zoom delivery
AGENDA
Day 1 (9 am to 1:30 pm GMT+1)
Module 1: Contractual basics
- Who is responsible for what in Time Charter/Voyage Charter/Trip Charter;
- Vessel description and adherence to contractual obligation;
- Fixture recap;
- Voyage planning and routing and orders;
- Notices to parties.
Module 2: Vessel Operations and Voyage Optimisation
- Voyage Estimating: methods, results and lessons learnt;
- Bunker consumption and ROB;
- Tank cleaning and inerting procedures;
- Choosing appropriate port agents/agency accounts/common problems.
Day 2 (9 am to 1:30 pm GMT+1)
Module 3: Documentation Management
- Recap and Charter Party;
- Freight or hire calculations and invoices;
- Load/Discharge documents: port activities and proforma v actual D/A;
- Unpaid freight ~ lien on cargo;
- Off-hire calculations and claims;
- Illegitimate Last Voyage under time charters;
- Claims and time bars.
Module 4: Practical enforcements and legal problems with bills of lading
- Bill of Lading or Seawaybill, Liabilities/Incorporated clauses;
- Endorsed v Switched BsL;
- Issue and corrections;
- Forgeries;
- E-BsL.
Day 3 (9 am to 1:30 pm GMT+1)
Module 5: Laytime
- Notice of Readiness and Statement of Facts;
- Exceptions, Exclusions and Interruptions;
- Worked calculation examples;
- Demurrage negotiations: owners, charterers and traders.
Module 6: Dispute Resolution
- Mediation;
- Arbitration;
- Litigation;
- Enforcement.