Legal Management and the Shipping Business
Details
- Improve their understanding of the shipping business and how it operates
- Identify key areas in the shipping business which deserve special focus
- Enhance their understanding of shipping regulations
- Identify legal and managerial challenges
- Develop familiarity with current trends in the shipping industry
Outline
Introduction to the Shipping Business
- About ships, international trade, and shipping markets
- The practitioners in the shipping business
- Ship registration and the role of the flag and port State
- Ship finance
- Standards regulating the industry (IMO, classification societies, etc.)
- Digitalisation, connectivity and autonomous shipping
Legal Framework and Management of Maritime Safety and Marine Environment Protection
- Identification of risks in shipping (safety, maritime security, cyber-security)
- Managerial aspects of safety: the ISM Code
- Marine environment protection fundamentals - Sustainable Shipping
- MARPOL Convention overview and updates
- Managerial aspects of marine pollution control
Legal Framework and Management of the Human Element
- Identifying the human element in the shipping business
- Behavioral elements
- Leadership
- The 2010 STCW Convention
- The ILO MLC 2006 Convention
- Exposure to liabilities (Company, Master, crew, etc.)
Carriage of Goods by Sea and Maritime Claims
- Shippers, carriers and interests at stake
- Basics tools (charterparties, bills of lading, seaway bills, etc.)
- Identifying key questions (e.g. seaworthiness, liability, etc.)
- The international legal regimes on carriage of goods by sea
- The Hague & the Hague-Visby Rules
- Dispute Resolution (including arbitration and mediation) in the shipping industry
The Shipping Business and Marine Insurance
- How does marine insurance underpin the shipping industry?
- Key markets
- Key stakeholders
- The influence of English law
- The contribution of standards terms – Cargo, hull, etc.
- Selected risks (e.g. piracy)
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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