ADVANCED TANKER OPERATIONS

Dates:

TBA

Duration:

4 Sessions

Hours:

19:30 – 21:30 (GMT +2)

Fees:

500 EUR
(Including tuition fees & reading material)
ICS Members are eligible to a discount 20% on all HMC Professional Maritime Seminars

Advanced Tanker Operations is an advanced, highly practical seminar designed for tanker professionals who want to strengthen their commercial and operational decision-making across the full post-fixture voyage cycle.

The programme moves from fixture handover and voyage control through to charterparty application, freight and voyage economics, laytime, demurrage and claims management. Particular emphasis is placed on translating contractual terms and operational information into clear actions, accurate calculations, defensible records and effective commercial decisions.

Through focused presentations, realistic tanker scenarios and workshop-based case studies, participants will work through the type of operational and commercial issues encountered in day-to-day tanker operations.

SPECIFIC AREAS COVERED

1. Fixture Handover & Voyage Control

  • Reconciling the fixture recap, broker correspondence and incorporated contract terms
  • Tracking unresolved subjects, port and cargo options, deadlines and amendments
  • ETA, ETB and ETC management
  • Route, speed and time-zone assumptions
  • Turning open items into clear actions, responsibilities and deadlines
  • Understanding the distinction between the Master’s authority and matters requiring commercial approval
  • Preparing clear operational updates for Masters, Charterers and internal teams

2. Tanker Charterparty Clauses in Operation

  • Voyage charter versus time charter operational controls
  • Port and berth requirements
  • Arrival and Notice of Readiness
  • Applying the complete fixture and incorporated charterparty terms
  • Operational disputes raised against the Vessel
  • Cargo temperature, shifting, quantity and delivery-document issues
  • Identifying when technical or commercial authority is required
  • Evidence gathering and fact-based operational responses

3. Freight, Agency & Voyage Economics

  • Freight basis and Worldscale calculations
  • Lump-sum freight and cargo quantity considerations
  • Break-even considerations and voyage economics
  • Agent appointment and PDA/FDA review
  • Port-cost variance analysis
  • Simplified voyage contribution and TCE
  • Assessing the effect of delays, fuel and additional service costs on voyage results
  • Distinguishing costs, cash received, outstanding queries and potential claims

4. Laytime, Demurrage & Claims Control

  • Notice of Readiness and commencement of laytime
  • Laytime allowances, exceptions and demurrage rates
  • Notice requirements and time bars
  • Reconciling conflicting operational timestamps
  • Building an accurate and defensible event chronology
  • Pumping, heating, shifting, shortage and contamination claims
  • Voyage-charter demurrage versus time-charter off-hire
  • Evidence requirements and claims communication

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  • Tanker Operations Officers, Operators and Senior Operations personnel
  • Chartering, Post-Fixture and Commercial Operations professionals
  • Claims and Demurrage personnel
  • Marine and Technical Superintendents involved in commercial operations
  • Masters and senior seagoing officers moving into shore-based commercial roles
  • Professionals involved in voyage performance, agency, freight calculations or charterparty administration

Tutors

  • Capt. Dimitris Ntatsios
    COO, Med & Baltic Shipmanagement

    Capt. Dimitris Ntatsios is a Master Mariner Class A’, a PhD.c of the University of the Aegean, holds a M.Sc. in Shipping, International Trade and Finance of the University of Piraeus and a B.Sc. in Economic Science of the University of Thessaly. He is also a certified DPA, CSO and SSO, as well as an accredited ISM, ISPS, MLC Lead Auditor, a Tanker Management and Self-Assessment (TMSA) Assessor and an unlimited dynamic positioning Officer (DPO) of the U.K Nautical Institute. He has been working in the maritime and shipping industry since 1994, by providing his services as a Master Mariner Class A’ onboard ocean oil tanker Vessels, as well as a chartering operations manager in ship owning and managing companies, operating in tankers oil market and he has worked also in the commercial operations, vetting, safety & quality, marine and claims departments over the years.

    He is a member of the Hellenic Master Mariners Union, the Port Captains Club, the Hellenic Marine Environmental Protection Association and the Greenpeace International. He is also a committee member of the Norwegian Hull Club, associate fellow of the Nautical Institute and a member of the International Institute of Marine Surveyors. He teaches Ship Operations & Management and Tanker Chartering at HMC/ICS Greek Branch.

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