1 Platonos & 18 Sotiros Dios,
Piraeus, Attiki, 185 35, Greece

Port Agency

Dates:

11, 13, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25 & 27 /02

Duration:

8 Sessions

Hours:

19:30 – 21:30 (GMT +02)

Fees:

600 EUR

(Including tuition fees & reading material)

ICS Members are eligible to a discount 20% on all HMC Professional Maritime Seminars

The Seminar unravels the complexities of the Port Agency sector, giving participants a window into this important shipping division. With lessons on operations, working documentation and handling accounts, the Port Agency seminar explains the fundamentals of the agency sector in relation to ports and terminals.

SPECIFIC AREAS COVERED

Ship types, Cargoes and Trade routes
Registration, classification and surveys
Port agency operations / deal dealing with authorities / services provided
Ship & Cargo documentation
Accounts / Disbursement Accounts / Owner’s and charterer’s financial responsibilities
Charter parties and relevant clauses
Port working documentation / NOR / Statement of Facts / Timesheets
Cargo documentation; Bills of Lading; LOIs
Liabilities – authority, breach of warranty, fiduciary duty
General Average, Claims, P&I Associations, the role of the agent in arrest in rem

ONLINE LEARNING

The Course will be delivered exclusively by 9 fully tutored online learning sessions. Once your registration is completed, you will receive an email with all the information and the link for the webinars. For your participation no special equipment is needed except a camera and a microphone.

The seminar is delivered in English.

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IDEAL FOR

Operations & Chartering Executives, Port Agents & DA’s coordinators, Ship Masters & Chief Officers, Shipping professionals wishing to develop a thorough understanding of port agency.

Tutors

Tom Boothby
FICS

Paraskevas Kousounadis is a Chartered Certified Accountant with extensive shipping experience in accounting and finance. He is presently employed as a Finance Manager by a long-established Greek ship management company. He holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Applied Accounting, as well as in Biomedical Sciences. He is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS), the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), the FCCA Greek Advisory Committee, the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Greece, the Economic Chamber of Greece and the Shipping Professional Network of London. He is also a Certified Internal Auditor ISM-ISPS-MLC for Shipping Companies by DNV-GL.
He has excellent knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, as well as a thorough understanding of financial audit and internal control systems both ashore and onboard. He teaches Shipping Accounting at HMC/ICS Greek Branch.