MODULE PLAN
Course FIATA Diploma in International Freight Management
Year 2021
Module No 2
Module Title Sea Transport
Latest
Mar 2021
update
Modules Aims:
The applicant should describe the basic regulations for sea shipments,
services offered, and most current types of ships in use. He/she should be
able to prepare the document used for sea carriage.
Furthermore he/she should be able to explain the pricing of ocean freight.
Instruction Hours:
Lectures 40 hours
Short Test 1 hours
Case Study 6 hours
Final Exam 3 hours
Total 50 hours
Assessment Criteria:
In Course Assessment 10%
Case Study 30%
Module Exam 60%
Total 100%
Reference Textbooks ( for additional reading):
− Economics of Maritime Business (Routledge Maritime Masters) (2020) By
Shuo Ma
− The Business of Shipping (2018) By Ira Breskin
Relevant Websites (for additional e-reading):
− https://comitemaritime.org/
− www.bimco.org.
− www.imo.org.
− http://www.ship-technology.com
− http://www.traceca-org.org.
− https://unctad.org/
− https://uncitral.un.org/en/texts/transportgoods/conventions/rotterdam_rules
FIATA Diploma 1
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− https://thuvienphapluat.vn/van-ban/Giao-thong-Van-tai/Bo-luat-hang-hai-
Viet-Nam-2015-298374.aspx
− https://www.worldshipping.org/
− https://www.ics-shipping.org/
− http://www.containerhandbuch.de
− http://www.vpa.org.vn/
FIATA Diploma 2
in International Freight Management Module 2 – Sea Transport
Content
Chapter Time
Content
(hour)
International organizations & Drafted regulations for
the transport of goods by sea
1.1Drafted regulations for the transport of goods by sea
1.1.1 Hague Rules/ Hague-Visby Rules/ Hamburg Rules
1.1.2 Other important Rules and Conventions
1.2 International organizations
1.2.1 International Maritime Organization (IMO)
1.2.1a IMDG Code (Regulations for the transport of www.une
Chapter 1 Dangerous Goods by sea 5 danger/
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1.2.1b Dangerous Goods: Packing and labeling for sea danger.ht
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1.2.1c SOLAS container mass verification requirement
1.2.1d IMO 2020 – cutting sulphur oxide emissions
1.2.2 Baltic – and International Maritime Council
(BIMCO)
1.2.3 Other important Organisations
Shipping services
2.1 Different types of ocean transports
2.2 Charter shipping
2.2.1 General
Chapter 2 2.2.2 Parties involved in charter shipping 5
2.2.3 Charter contracts
2.2.4 Charter terms
2.2.5 Affreightment process
2.2.6 Essential conditions of a charter contract
Type of vessels
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Container ships
3.3 Roro carriers
Chapter 3 3.4 Bulk carriers (dry cargo vessels) 3
3.5 Conventional ships
3.6 Tankers (crude oil, chemicals, liquid foodstuffs)
3.7 Heavy lift ships (equipped with cranes and derricks)
3.8 Developments and Specializations in Shipping
Documents in Shipping
4.1 Bill of lading (B/L)
Chapter 4 4.2 Charter Party (C/P) 12
4.3 General average
4.4 Accompanying documents
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Pricing of ocean freight
5.1 Pricing in liner shipping
Basic information and instruments for calculation of
ocean freight
Other costs and surcharges
Chapter 5 Liner shipping terms 12
5.2 Pricing in charter shipping
Freight
Demurrage and despatch money
Time sheet
Statement of facts
Geography of ocean transport, port facilities
6.1 Major world sea ports
Chapter 6 6.2 Vietnamese sea ports 3
6.3 Port accessibility
6.4 Feeder services between ports
6.5 Ports facilities
Short test 1
Group presentation 6
Final Exam 3
Total 50
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