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

Liner Trades

Dates:

6, 7, 13, 18, 20, 21, 24, 27, 28 March & 02, 03 April 2025

Duration:

11 Online Sessions

Hours:

19:30-21:30 (GMT +2)

Fees:

600 EUR

(Including tuition fees & reading material)

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

A complete course offering a comprehensive description of modern container ship operations and management. A detailed approach of the financial and legal aspects of the trades and various types of documentation involved.

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Course Outline

TOPICS TO BE COVERED

• Introduction – Liner Shipping and the Container Revolution
• Ships which operate liner services
• Ports, Terminals and Cargo Handling
• Development of through transport systems – containers and intermodal transport
• Container Lines & their networks – trades, services, and co-operation (Part 1)
• Container Lines & their networks – trades, services and co-operation (Part 2)
• Structure & organisation of companies in the liner sector: Operators, agents, NVOCCs, logistics companies
• Bills of Lading and other contractual documents
• Contracts between sellers and buyers – relevance for the liner operator
• Revenue and Costs in the Liner Business
• The future for Liner – Container shipping

IDEAL FOR

The course is addressed to those working in the liner industry, port operations and agency, freight forwarding, etc. and others related to the market such as lawyers, economists, Ship Masters etc.

Tutors

Tony Mason
FICS, Logistics and Multimodal Transportation Expert

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.