Ship Operation & Management

1. Brief History of Shipping:

Modern shipping practice, marine vehicles & cargoes, development in shipping & cargo handling, principal shipping organizations, liner & tramp shipping services, conference systems, chartering, charter parties, theory of freight rates & fares, rate fixation machinery & government control, bills of lading, carriage of goods by sea ac, cargo surveys & protests.

2. Marine Insurance:

Underwriting & loss adjusting principles applied to marine cargo insurance, hull policy, particular average, general average, P & I clubs.

3. Ship Operation:

Ownerships of vessels, shipping company & its administration, capitalization & finance, economics of new & second hand tonnage, flag discrimination, flags of convenience, subsidies, planning sailing schedules, voyage estimates, economic factors, manning of ships.

4. Merchant Shipping Act:

Ship's papers, collision, explosion, fire, vessels in distress, scope of act, law of sea convention, concept of port state, genuine link, registration of ships, mortgage & transfer of ownership, liabilities & pollution, seaworthy ship, Containerization, Multi-modal transport, problems, prospects, Multi-modal Transportation of Goods Act 1993 (April).