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LINER BUSINESS |
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| Date: |
To be announced |
| Venue: |
At ICS head
office, or as
arranged |
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| A one day course introducing
the business of Liner trades. The course is directed at employees of liner
shipping operators, liner agents, or students studying for NVCQs as well as
importers and exporters. |
It offers a brief introduction to whole field of liner trade operations as well
as liner cargoes and the way in which the terms of sale of goods impacts on the
liner transport contract.
This course is delivered by a series of lectures.
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| WHAT IS A LINER? |
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| A ship type quiz to break the ice. The
characteristics of a liner service, comparison with tramp trades, private and
common carrier concepts. The concepts of break-bulk, unitization,
containerisation, Lo-lo and Ro-ro. Container movement - factory to onboard. The
main liner routes - Transpacific, Transatlantic, FE/EU, Intra Asia. Liner
cargoes - an outline of commodities and special cargoes.
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| LINER SHIPS AND SERVICES |
| Ship sizes and capacity - DWT, GT, TEU,
lane metres. Container ships - Feeders, Panamax, ultra large, Geared/ungeared
options. Ro-ro - passenger and freight ferries, short and deep sea types, pcc
and pctc. Future developments - Fast ships and Malaccamax. General purpose and
specialist ships including reefers, barge carriers. Stowage and cargo handling
- on shore and on board. Liner service options - End to end, RTW, Pendulum, Hub
& Spoke.
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| LINER OPERATIONS |
| Operating company structures, ship
management, trade and marketing. In-house and independent agents and their
role. Handling the ship in port. An Introduction to Conferences, Consortia,
Alliances and Independents.
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| INTERMODAL OPERATIONS |
| The terminology of containerisation - FCL,
LCL, CY, CFS, ICD etc. Terminals and depots, pre and on carriage arrangements,
feeders. Carrier/merchant haulage. Container ownership and management.
Container types.
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| SALES OF GOODS |
| Including Incoterms, methods of payment,
UCP500 |
| THE BILL OF LADING AND OTHER
DOCUMENTS |
| A workshop based on the
booking, freighting and documentation of a parcel of liner cargo. |
| This one day course is ideal preparation
for those studying for the Foundation Diploma and has chosen Liner Trades as
their Group 2 subject. |
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| FEES |
| Members
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£200
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Non-members |
£255
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