Shipping and Port Management Course
Details
On completion of this shipping and port management course, participants will be able to:
- Examine the latest developments, knowledge and practices taking place within the shipping and port industry
- Define maritime logistics value and its strategic significance
- Provide a global perspective on the increasingly key area of logistics
- Understand all the aspects of logistics including container shipping, dry and wet bulk shipping, and port-centric logistics
- Define logistics hub and its applications for container ports and improve Supply chain accessibility and efficiency
Outline
Defining Maritime Logistics and Its Value
- Maritime logistics in concept
- Maritime logistics value defined
- Strategic significance of maritime logistics value
- Concluding remarks
International Maritime Trade and Logistics
- Logistics and supply chain management
- Logistics and transport
- Global trade and international maritime trade
- Global trade and international trade
Intermodal Freight Transport and Logistics
- Characteristics of intermodal transport
- Containerisation of intermodal transport
- Advantages of intermodal transport
- Containerisation and intermodal transport
- Development of intermodal transport
- Combined transport operators and their services
- Towards innovative intermodal transport
Developing Liner Service Networks in Container Shipping
- Background on container shipping
- Configuration and design of liner shipping services
- Shipping routes, network patterns and port centrality
Tanker Shipping Logistics
- Transfer components
- Marine terminals
- Contractual relationships
- Cargo transfer procedures
- Cargo losses
Defining Logistics Hub and Its Applications for Container Ports
- Logistics hub in perspective
- Application of logistics hub to container port
- Economics and social network theories for container hub port evolution
Hinterland Logistics and Global Supply Chains
- Supply chain accessibility and efficiency
- System design
- Strategy
- Management
- Hinterland logistics and its influence on global supply chains
Logistics Performance of Supply Chain-Oriented Ports
- Review of relevant literature
- Evolution of port research
- Supply chains and seaports
- Integration of ports in supply chains
- Research model and data collection
- Empirical analysis and results
TRAINING METHODOLOGY
The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.
Speaker/s
Special Offer
Schedules
| Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri | 10:00 AM — 04:00 PM |
| No. of Days: | 4 |
Alpha Partners is a reputable firm of Training and Management Consultants with many years of corporate training experience in Finance, Accounting, Auditing, Banking, Management, Information Technology, Oil and Gas Sector, Security, Engineering, Public Relations, Secretarial Studies, Leadership, Marketing and other fields of human endeavour.
We are one of the leading players in the profession. Our firm, a multi-disciplinary one with highly talented, experienced and dedicated partners and staff who have experiences in different facets of working life was established in 1996 and has branches in Lagos, Enugu and Awka.
We offer a wide range of professional services, which covers audits, accounting, finance, taxation, ICT, security, engineering, insurance, human resources management, secretarial and consultancy services in all ramifications.
Our numerous clients attest to the high quality services we offer which contribute in no small measure in ensuring sound and efficient management of their resources.
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