COURSE DESCRIPTION
CHARTERING II
G. Vlachos – C. Giziakis
Freight calculations (voyage information, costs, cost calculations). Special calculations (mixed time and voyage charter and marginal calculations). Marginal calculations in the liner market. Time charter calculations. Tanker calculations. Freight indices. The Wordscale index establishment. Demise charter. Structure of freight. Free market. The connection of freight to the cost and supply of shipping services. Cost – Freight. Liner freight and value of cargo. Tramp freight and value of cargo. Distribution of risk in freight fluctuations. Use of future charter parties. Rate of shipping return. Exercises.
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MARINE ENVIRONMENT NATURAL COMPONENTS & POLLUTANTS
F. Sakelliariadou
Classification of sea water components. The most important of the dissolved sea water components and some of the most interesting trace elements. Sea water gases. Micronutritional elements in sea water. Sources of organic compounds in the sea water. Blodisintegration. Chemically required oxygen. Bio – chemically require oxygen. Dissolved oxygen. Pesticides. Surface active matters. Chemical compounds. Halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbons. Organometallic compounds of thin. Phenols. Aminoacids. Carbohydrates. Chlorophyll. Pollution impact.
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OPERATION MANAGEMENT OF SHIPPING COMPANIES
A. Goulielmos - E. Valma
Ways of managing a shipping company and specifically ways of reaching important decisions such as: 1/ The selection of a ship (design factors, cost, technological progress, freight market). 2/ The selection of flag (legal framework, flags of convenience status, Open/Double/Parallel Registers, age of the ship, nationally of crew, International Conventions STCW, ILO, Paris Memorandum). Financial factors contributing to the selection of a flag (taxation, registration dues and fees, mortgage registration costs), bareboat registration. The Greek flag and the institutional frame work of the companies coming under Act 89/67. 3/ The decision to charter (negotiations procedure, terminology, reference to time charter) 4/ Shipping marketing (relation between ship and charterer, Marketing in a shipping business, vessel productivity and logistics, awareness of the charterer’s needs, diversification of services in the Shipping sector/case study, advertising and diversification). The decision making process especially by Captain in an emergency situation. Elements of Crisis Management in Shipping.
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QUALITY CONTROL IN SHIPPING
A. Goulielmos – C. Giziakis
Financial approach to accidents. Introductions. Admission of axioms for the improvement of safety. Accident Economics. The cost- benefit method. Investment return calculation in connection with safety. Economic evaluation of human life. Objections to the effort to measure the value of human life. Cost of vessels. Date tabulation. Safe management and the protection of quality in shipping. Factors contributing to the creation of the International Safety Management Code. The ISM Code. Demands of the ISM Code. Introduction. The need to upgrade quality. Shipping and quality standards. Quality systems guides: A/ ISO 9000, B/ ISO 9004. Ensuring quality in shipping: A/ Introduction ISO 9002, B/ Definitions, C/ Adaptation of ISO 9002 to shipping. Introduction to quality in general. Quality in Shipping. Registers and quality. The ISM Code Accreditation procedure by Registers. Conclusive observations on the role of registers in quality management. Historical reasons leading to the adoption of the ISM Code: (a) ISM, (B) HFE, (c) ICS, ISF, Technology, (d) Registers. The specific contribution of Registers. The Norwegian Register of Shipping (DNV). Students elaborate limited research projects and are taken to visit the Ministry of Merchant Marine, the Direction of Merchant Ship Survey and Registers. (Currently under revision).
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INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING POLICY
G. Vlachos – M. Pazarzis
The international plans aiming at tonnage control. The phenomenon of protection in the international merchant marine. Cargo Safety. Flag Discrimination. Flags of Convenience. Open Registers. The significance of mercantile marine in the balance of payments. Its significance in employment. Its significance in the general shipping infrastructure. Its significance in Economic Development. Its significance in Technological Development. The Hellenic shipping policy (through time). The “Oil Petroleum Act 1990”, the new vessel designs and their impact on the Hellenic shipping policy. The “OPA 90” and the international shipping policy. The international shipbuilding policy in shipping policy. Classification Societies.
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SPECIAL SHIPPING ISSUES
A.Pardali - M. Pazarzis
A. Specialized Markets Analysis
Short Sea Shipping. Feederships Market. Passenger Shipping. Coastal Shipping. Cruising. Specialized Cargoes Market. (e.g. Fruit Ships, Sugar Carries, Cement Carriers, L.P.G., L.N.G. Wine Carriers etc.). Special Construction Ships (Heavy Duties Ships, Factories Ships etc.).
B. Case Studies
Freight Calculation/Collection. Demurrage Calculation/Collection. Bunkering (Quantity Calculation, Fixture, Bunkering Surveying). Agents Selection / Appointment. Voyage Estimation, Loading Discharging Operations, Vessel’s Sales (Optimal Ship Size and Speed). “I.S.O. 9000”. Claims (against Charterers/Owners).
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DISSERTATION
Students are required in a six month period to deliver a project of about 12500 words. This is a supervised degree dissertation.
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HISTORY OF SHIPPING COMPANIES (OPTIONAL)
A. Harlaftis
Shipping companies the last years. Basic shipping markets. (Workshops in shipping business topics).
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ENGLISH VII
E. Apostolou
Financial terminology – terminology used in the European Communities. Processing and translation of related texts, like: Macroeconomics, finance, banking, business organization, marketing, accounting, statistics, maritime studies and advanced level shipping terminology. Analysis of said texts in the form of discussions – written exercises.
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