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

CONTENT

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.

This course is available in the following locations:
Ghana- $6000
Rwanda - $7000
UK - $8000
USA - $8000