Training 

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