Virtual: Chartering Operations & Post-Fixture

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.