| Shipbroking
and Chartered Vessel Operations
|
|
Instructor
|
|
Professor
Jeffrey A. Weiss
|
| Professor
of Maritime Law, S.U.N.Y Maritime College, Graduate Division; maritime
attorney and marine arbitrator |
|
|
The
Maritime field is extremely broad and brings about relationships with
a variety of people with varying levels of experience from the many
different aspects od shipping. As you will see from the course outline,
these many aspects of shipping are presented ina logical format. Through
the lectures, questions and discussions you will prepare yourself or
theenhance your existing knowledge base for work in chartering or chartered
vessel operations.
|
|
Reading
Materials
|
Lectures
on the ASBA MLO Web Page.
|
|
| Method |
Course Commencement
|
| Twenty-four
Weeks Duration - Upon registration, each student will be provided with
his/her password for purposes of logging on to the ASBA continuing education
web page. Learning will be asynchronous. Each student will select his/her
time for attending the biweekly virtual class (by reading each week's
classroom lecture). Each student must also read any additional assignments
for that lesson. Students will be required to answer questions for each
lesson and check once the answers have been posted to the site. The professor
is available for student questions in each lesson which students will
post via the ASBA web based bulletin board. Questions and their answers
are viewable by all registrants. ASBA will award a certificate upon successful
completion of all coursework and the Final Exam. |
| Topic
Outline |
|
|
Week
1 - 2 |
|
Chartering
& Charter Parties
|
| Background
|
| Legal
Framework |
| Charter
Negotiations |
|
| |
|
|
Week
3 - 4 |
| Owners
& Charterers |
| Basic
Responsibilities |
| Time
Charter/Voyage Charter Responsibilities |
|
| |
|
|
Week
5 - 6 |
| Chartering
Terms & Expressions |
| Abbreviations
|
|
| |
|
|
Week
7 - 8
|
| Chartering
Brokers |
| Definition
of Broker |
|
Commissions |
|
| |
|
|
Week
9 - 10
|
| Agency/Ship
Agents |
| Definition
|
| Functions
|
|
| |
 |
Week
11 - 12
|
| Types
of Ships |
| The
Ships, Vol. 1 Required |
| Characteristics
|
| Description
of Vessels for Chartering Purposes |
| Vessel
Types by Cargo |
|
| |
|
Week
13 - 14
|
| Commodities
and Cargo Considerations |
| Measuring
the Cargo |
|
| |
|
Week
15 - 16
|
| Charter
Party Forms and Clauses |
| Standard
Charter Party Forms |
| Standard
Clauses |
| Time
Charter Forms |
| Sale
and Purchase Contracts |
|
| |
|
Week
17 - 18
|
| Laytime
& Demurrage/Despatch |
| Simple
Laytime Calculations |
|
| |
|
Week
19 - 20
|
| Voyage
Estimating |
| Charterers'
Estimates |
| Trip
Time Charter Calculations |
|
Dry Cargo Voyage Estimate Cost |
|
| |
|
Week
21 - 22
|
| Tankers
|
| Terms
|
| Tanker
Rate Schedule |
| Worldscale |
|
Tanker Voyage Charter |
| Party
Tanker Laytime |
|
| |
|
Week
23 - 24
|
| Admiralty
Law & Arbitration |
| New
York |
|
London |
|
