Understanding Shipping is a course that imparts a basic shipping knowledge and is ideal for new entrants to the shipping industry, and to anyone in other professions who have close associations with shipping. It comprises nine modules with written assignments, culminating in an oral and short written exam.
Contents: 6.1 The Markets The Dry Bulk Market The Tanker Market The Liner Trades 6.2 Shipbroking Shipbrokers How Shipbroking works 6.3 Types of Charter Voyage Charter Time Charter 6.4 The Mechanics of Fixing a Ship 6.5 The Shipbroker’s Responsibility 6.6 After the Fixture 6.7 The Shipbroker’s Commission 6.8 Specialist Brokers 6.9 Sale and Purchase Brokers