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    Haugen Consulting offers 3 in-person training courses - Introduction to Tanker Operations, Introduction to Demurrage, and Advanced Demurrage. Personnel that benefit by attending our courses  include Charterers, Owners, Schedulers / Operations, Brokers, Traders / Commercial, Agents, Surveyors / Inspectors, Terminal Operators, Contract Coordinators/Administrators, et al.

     

    2025 Course Schedule:

    Houston: 7-11 April 2025

     

     

    Register for the courses by adding to cart below. If you have any questions or would like help registering, please contact info@haugenconsulting.com.

      

    Intro to Tanker Operations

    This one-day course provides an overview of tanker and terminal operations. Participants will learn key shipping concepts, including:

    • Types of Tankers – Vessel Vetting
    • Port State Control – COC – ISM – ISPS
    • Classification Societies – Flag States
    • Servants of Owners – Pilots, Tugs
    • Agents – Owners/Charterers
    • Navigation – Draft – Trim – List
    • Customs Clearance – Free Pratique – Immigration
    • Bunkering – Lightering – Deballasting – Ballasting
    • COW – Inerting – Deinerting
    • Key Meeting – Load/Discharge Scheduling
    • Tank Cleaning – Stowage – Cargo Handling
    • Pumping – Backpressure – Vapor Recovery
    • Cargo Measurement – Documents
    • Worldscale – Voyage Costing
    • Importance of Load/Discharge Port Rotation

     

    Intro to Demurrage

    This two-day course provides an overview of laytime calculations, demurrage analysis, charter parties, and facilitates a working knowledge of tanker and terminal operations. Participants will learn key shipping and demurrage concepts, including:

    • Charters: Voyage, Consecutive, Time, Bareboat
    • Independent Surveyors
    • Laydays – Extension – ETAs – NOR
    • Laytime – Exceptions to Time Counting
    • Weather Delays – Fog, Storm
    • Nighttime Restrictions – Terminal/Port
    • Shifting Time – When does it count?
    • Barge Operations – Transshipments
    • Ship to Ship Transfers
    • Pump Warranty – Owner/ Charterer Obligations
    • Logs: Owners, Agents, Survey Report, Dock
    • Time Bar – Charter Party, Sales Contracts
    • Law: US vs English
    • Arbitration – Shortened Procedures
    • Mock Arbitration and Discussion

     

    Advanced Demurrage

    This two-day course elaborates on complex demurrage issues, focusing on an in-depth analysis of charter parties and protective clauses; ways to limit liability and maximize collection through improved terms; an examination of frequently disputed issues and methods to eliminate the causes; and discussions of key arbitration awards and landmark decisions instrumental in successful demurrage resolution. Topics to be covered include:

    • Analysis of Popular Tanker Charter Party Forms
    • Berth Charter – Port Charter
    • Notice of Readiness – Received – Accepted – Rejected
    • Arrived Vessel – When and Where
    • Safe Berth/ Safe Port – Reachable Upon Arrival
    • Prorata Waiting Time/Laytime – Suspended Laytime
    • INCOTERMS – Sales Contracts – ‘As per Charter Party’
    • Beyond Charterer’s Control – Cargo Availability – Fog
    • Expected Readiness – Vessel’s Late Arrival
    • Document Signatures
    • Letter of Protest –Owner/Terminal/Surveyor
    • Mock Arbitration and Discussion
    • Multi-Cargo Handling – Vapor Recovery Constraints
    • Cargo Contamination and EffectiveDemurrage
    • Pumping Warranties – Load and Discharge
    • Once on demurrage, always on demurrage?
    • General Exceptions Clause – Force Majeure
    • Berthing Delays Due to Bad Weather – Strikes – ISPS
    • Demurrage as a Profit Center
    • Maximizing Demurrage to Freight Ratios
    • Detention or Demurrage?
    • Statute of Limitations – Laches
    • Time Bar Exceptions – Charter Party /Sales Contracts

    Training – Online Courses

    Perfect for the busy professional, Haugen Consulting's online courses offer the same in-depth content as our in-person trainings but can be completed at your convenience.  Organized by modules, “Introduction to Tanker Operations” allows you to complete sections at your own pace, with the flexibility of finishing the course in one day or over time.  Each module contains a quick assessment to ensure you have mastered the key points of the section. The approximately six-hour course provides an overview of tanker and terminal operations. Participants will learn essential shipping and operational concepts. 

    Content modules include:

    • Tanker Evolution
    • Vetting
    • Regulatory Compliance
    • Agents
    • Port Requirements
    • Navigation
    • Cargo Measurement
    • Cargo Handling
    • Voyage Costing

     

    Visit https://haugentraining.com/ to learn more and to sign up for our online version of Introduction to Tanker Operations.

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