Course Topics

This intensive, specially combined three-day course covers the topics you want and need to know to help increase your understanding of tanker design, operations, function and management of. 
It also details the topics that will allow you to better understand the complexities of the measurement transfer, and accounting of marine petroleum cargoes.  Some of the topics covered are:


  •      Types, Sizes, Uses and Design of Tank Vessels

  •    Maintenance - Practices/Costs

  •      Maritime / Measurement Terms and Definitions

  •    Static Measurement - Manual - Automatic / Open

  •      Governing Authorities - Flags - Registration

  •    Dynamic Measurement and Sampling

  •      Classification Societies - Port State Control

  •    Ship / Shore Measurement – All Aspects -

        VEF, OBQ, ROB, Free Water, Line Fills, Wedge, etc.

  •      ISM Codes - Vessel Manning - ISO 9000

  •      Draft - Trim - List - Basic Stability

  •    Field Activities – Need for Good Inspections

  •      Vessel Engines - Fuel - Bunkers - White List

  •    Latest Industry Standards, Procedures and Practices

         - API - EI - ASTM - ISO – ANSI

  •      Tanks - Pipes/Lines/Valves - Cargo Pumps

  •      Loading - Discharging - Ballasting - IGS

  •    Shore Storage Tanks / Terminals /Refinery

  •      Tank Cleaning Practices and Procedures

  •    Inventory / Custody Transfer Oil Accounting

  •      Cargo Measurement - Compatibility

  •    Bill's of Lading - Validity and Use

  •      Terminals - Sea Berths - Lightering

  •    Assuring Measurement Accuracy

  •      Types of Cargo - Classification Methods

  •    Characteristics of Petroleum and its Products

  •      Oil Spill Prevention / Cleanup / COFR

  •    Safety Aspects and Concerns

  •      Charter Parties - Demurrage - Laytime

  •    Loss Prevention and Recovery

  •      Weather Planning / Routing

  •    Legal Aspects of Custody Transfer / Carriage

  •      Vessel Vetting / FPSOs / FSOs

  •    Causes of Loss - Loss Investigations

  •      COGSA / Hague Rules / INCOTERMS

  •    Contract Terms and Conditions

  •      Worldscale - Hire - Freight Rates

  •    Documentation – Record Keeping

  •      ISPS / MTSA Code - Security Issues

  •    API MPMS Chapter 12 Volume Calculations

  •      Latest Pollution Laws and Regulations

  •    Equipment / Hardware / Software Update

  •      OPA 90 - ITOPF - CRISTAL - P&I Clubs

  •    Cargo Reconciliation – Voyage Analysis

  •      Vessel Navigation and Watch Standing

  


Program Objective:  To expose participants to the fundamentals of physical tanker operations, including tanker design, construction, cargo operations, pollution laws, voyage costing, chartering, regulatory bodies and industry organizations.  It also details the complexities and difficulties involved in marine custody transfer operations, measurement and loss control from both ship and shore perspectives, and reviews the latest industry standards in these areas.