ASBA Maritime Education
ASBA offers distance learning courses course and live seminars designed to give participants in the maritime field a broad and comprehensive understanding of sectors of the industry.
- Basic Principles of Chartering (Home Study Course)
- Shipbroking & Chartered Vessel Operations (Online Course offered twice a year; February and September)
- Maritime Law (Online Course offered once a year) Next Session – To be Announced
- Commercial Trade Transactions (Online Course offered once a year) To be Announced
Our live seminars are either one or two days in length and offered on a scheduled basis in maritime cities across the United States.
- Business of Shipping I
March 15 – 16, 2012 – Miami, FL
June 7 – 8, 2012 – Pacific Northwest To be Announced - Business of Shipping II
April 12 – 13, 2012 – Houston, TX - Agency
WEBINAR – June 2012 – Full details coming soon. - Marine Insurance
The Instructor
Jeffrey A. Weiss is a Professor at the State University of New York, Maritime College and currently teaches courses in the business of shipping, charter parties, maritime law, marine insurance, and international commercial transactions, among others. He has taught similar courses at the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point and the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture. Professor Weiss has taught courses offered by A.S.B.A. live and via the internet for many years.
Professor Weiss is also an attorney and is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Many years ago, Professor Weiss served onboard various American merchant ships as a deck officer. He has also worked shoreside in vessel operations.