A selection of professional qualifying exams and short courses.

2. ⚓ PORT AND TERMINAL MANAGEMENT: Ports and their functions;
Ships and cargoes; Port management; Port competition and
marketing; Port pricing; Legal aspects of port management; Port
planning; Port finance; Port equipment; Port ownership.
⚓ SHIPPING BUSINESS: The shipping business entity; Shipping
business sectors (dry cargo chartering, tanker chartering, ship sale &
purchase, ship operations and management, port agency, liner
agency, other sectors); Business ethics; Geography of trade;
International trade and finance; Business communications; Shipping
organisations – their role and contribution (shipowners’
organisations, broker and agent organisations, United Nations,
Chambers of Commerce, labour organisations).

3. ⚓ ECONOMICS OF SEA TRANSPORT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE: Basic
economic concepts; The demand for shipping; The supply of shipping; Cost
analysis and economies of scale; Competitive markets – tramps; Competitive
markets – tankers; Liner trades – oligopoly and the competitive market; Ports,
canals and waterways; Shipping and international trade; Exchange rates and
balance of payments.
⚓ LEGAL PRINCIPLES IN SHIPPING BUSINESS: Introduction to the law;
Contract; Tort; Agency; Voyage charter parties; Time charter parties; Bills of
lading; Law and the carriage of goods by sea; Common areas of dispute and
dispute resolution; International conventions and General Average.

4. ⚓ LINER TRADES: Basic definitions and principles in the liner trades; The
ships; Port terminals and cargo handling; Liner shipping organisation and
management; Containerisation, intermodal transport and logistics; Forms of
co-operation in the liner industry; Bills of lading and other documents; Tariff
construction, pricing and agreements; Financial aspects of import and export
business; Legal aspects of liner trades; Business issues in the liner trades.
⚓ INTRODUCTION TO SHIPPING: Commercial geography; International trade;
Cargoes and trade routes; Ship types; Contracts of carriage; Law of carriage;
Ship registration and classification; The practitioners in shipping business;
Basic accounting.

5. ⚓ PORT AGENCY: Ships - types and categories; Cargoes and trade routes;
Registration, classification and surveys; Port agency operations; Ship
documentation; Charter parties; Port working documentation; Cargo
documentation; Legal aspects of port agency; Accounts.
*Final Examination: May 2019

6. ⚓
2018: The Basics of Blockchain/A Guide to the Blockchain Ecosystem – Udemy.com
2017: Maritime Cyber Security Awareness - DNV GL, Norway/Germany
2016: Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW)
Certificates – The Seamanship Centre, Killybegs, Donegal, Ireland
• MCA Approved Proficiency as Ship Security Officer
• Proficiency in Personal Survival Techniques
• Personal Safety and Social Responsibility
• Proficiency in Elementary First Aid
2016: National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI), Cork, Ireland
• STCW Certificate – Designated Security Duties