ENERCON GROUP, INC.         

           SERVING THE PETROLEUM AND MARINE INDUSTRIES

           AROUND THE WORLD

April 2007 – San Francisco Bay Area 

Practical Courses for Office and Field Personnel

WHAT & WHEN

  

  Tanker Operations & Marine Custody Transfer,

  Petroleum Measurement and Loss Control

Charter Parties, Laytime, & Demurrage

       ► April 16-18, 2007 – 8:00am to 5:00pm

► April 19-20, 2007 – 8:00am to 5:00pm

  Advanced Tanker Operations

 Advanced Charter Parties, Laytime, & Demurrage

        ► April 23-24, 2007 – 8:00am to 5:00pm

► April 25-26, 2007 – 8:00am to 5:00pm

WHERE

 

     Summerfield Suites

     2611 Contra Costa Boulevard

     Pleasant Hill, California 94523 USA

     Tel. 925-934-3343, Fax 925-934-5973

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Course participants needing accommodations should contact the hotel directly.

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Registration begins a half hour before the scheduled start of each session.  

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Continental breakfast and refreshments will be served each day. Everyone will be on their own for lunch.

TANKER OPERATIONS & MARINE CUSTODY TRANSFER, PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT AND LOSS CONTROL

16-18 April, 2007

This special intensive three-day combined 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 -

·          ISM Codes - Vessel Manning - ISO 9000

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

·          Draft - Trim - List - Basic Stability

    ·       Field Activities – Need for Good Inspections

·          Vessel Engines - Fuel - Bunkers - White List

    ·       Latest Industry Standards, Procedures and Practices

·          Tanks - Pipes/Lines/Valves - Cargo Pumps

             - API - EI - ASTM - ISO - ANSI 

·          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 Chpt 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 form both ship and shore perspectives, and reviews the latest industry standards in these areas.

CHARTER PARTIES, LAYTIME AND DEMURRAGE

19-20 April, 2007

This intense two-day course provides you with the tools and covers the topics that will help you to increase your understanding of charter parties, laytime and demurrage, such as:  

 

·          Types of Charter Parties - Spot -Voyage -

         Bareboat - Demise - Time

·          Typical Exceptions to Laytime / Demurrage

·          Chartering Terms and Definitions

·          Calculations of Demurrage

·          Review of Industry Contracts - Differences

·          Elements of a Demurrage Claim

·          Typical Industry C/P Clauses

·          Investigating a Claim

·          Owner’s vs. Charterer’s Items

·          Arbitration Vs. Litigation

·          Bunker Acquisition and Cost

·          Time Bar - Filing - Refuting Claims

·          Notice of Readiness (NOR) - Tendered -

         Accepted - Not Accepted

·          Mock Arbitration of Actual Demurrage /

         Operations Claim

·          Laytime - Demurrage - Dispatch

·          Worldscale - AFRA - Freight Rates

·          Voyage Costing - Vessel Utilization

·          Performance Clauses – Vessel Approval

·        Laydays - Windows

·          Vessel Vetting - ISM / ISPS / MTSA Codes

·          Time Sheets - Time Counts - Not Counts

·       Once on Demurrage Always on Demurrage?

   

Program Objective:  To familiarize the participants with the key clauses of widely used charter parties, basic calculation of laytime and demurrage and charter hire under various types of charters, and the mechanics of an arbitration.

ADVANCED TANKER OPERATIONS

23-24 April, 2007

This two-day information-filled course covers the topics you need to know to better understand the complex issues of tanker operations and management, such as:  

 

  ·    Implementation of New Marpol Regulations   ·      New Training Requirements / Facilities
  ·    Tanker Management Self Assessment - TMSA           Methods / STCW Requirements
  ·    Changes in ISGOTT Requirements   ·     The Human Factor of Tanker Operations
  ·    Vetting - Questionnaires - Flag / Class Ratings   ·      Tank Cleaning Procedures - Special Cargoes
  ·    Single Hull Phase Out Schedules           and Requirements
  ·    Vessel Casualty Analysis - Flag / Class / Age   ·      Return of the Pirates - Precautions and
  ·    CAS / CAP - Expanded Structural Surveys         Counter-Measures
  ·    Ship Wrecks, Oil Spills and Regulations   ·       Ship's / Master's Business
  ·    How the Industry was Changed Due To:   ·      Master's / Management's Responsibilities / Liabilities
         Torrey Canyon - Amoco Cadiz - Exxon Valdez   ·      Discussion of Various Maritime Claims Issues
           and Other Major Accidents / Oil Spills   ·      General Performance Clauses / Requirements
  ·    Double Hull vs. Alternate Hull Designs  

 

Program Objective:  To study the links between catastrophes and industry regulations and to take an in-depth look at tanker operations, from new vessel designs to the latest regulations, and most everything in between. 

ADVANCED CHARTER PARTIES, LAYTIME AND DEMURRAGE

25-26 April, 2007

This two-day course covers the topics you need to know to better understand the more complex issues of charter parties, laytime and demurrage such as:  

 

·          Actual Arbitration Rulings:

        Ø  Demurrage

·       Detailed Discussion of Owner’s Items vs.

         Charterer’s Items and Agents

        Ø  Vessel Performance/Non-Performance

   ·       Pitfalls of Ship Fixing by Telex

        Ø  Arrived Ship - NOR - Laydays

  ·       Optimizing Vessel Utilization and Selection

        Ø  Safe Berth, Safe Port

  ·       Mock Case Discussions

        Ø  Multiport Discharge

   ·       Discussion – When The Contract Fails

        Ø  Complex Cargoes

  ·       New MTSA - ISPS Clauses

·       Intertanko’s Latest Positions on Key Charter

         Parties and Clauses

·       Advanced Loss Control Using Charter Parties

        and Clauses

·       Key Clauses to Protect Your Interest When

         Special Cargoes are Carried

·       Review of  "Parallel Contracts" - Purchase /  Sales

         Agreements

·       Terms and Conditions of Terminals vs. Charter

         Parties and Relative Clauses

·       New Dispute Settlement Options – Shortened

         Arbitration /  Negotiation / Mediation

 

Program Objective:  Participants take an in-depth study of the industry key charter party clause interpretation, actual case studies, arbitration rulings and awards, and parallel contracts, i.e. purchase and sale agreements.  This session will most benefit anyone already familiar with the fundamentals of contracts and demurrage.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Management, field/office staff, traders, brokers, owners, ship/terminal operators, charterers, attorneys, schedulers, claims analysts, government and administrative personnel, and anyone else working with oil tankers or barges in any way wishing to enhance their knowledge in the described areas will benefit from these programs.

 

COURSE FORMAT

All courses use a combination of lectures, audio visual presentations, hands on use of equipment (where applicable), problem solving discussion and daily summary and question and answer sessions.  The Charter Parties, Laytime and Demurrage and Advanced Tanker Operations courses include mock arbitrations of actual demurrage and tanker operations cases respectively.  

 

MATERIALS

Participants receive original reference books, pertinent industry publications, papers and other handouts. A course certificate is awarded to all those successfully completing the program.

 

FEES

The base fee for each course is US$1,335 if paid before the start of the session, or US$1,440 if paid on the first day.  A special “early fee” of US$1,235 is available if payment is received at least 21 days prior to commencement of the program.  Group and multiple course discounts may also be available.  

 

ENROLL NOW AND SAVE!  

 

COURSE FEE PAYMENT IN FULL OR SUITABLE ARRANGEMENTS MUST BE MADE PRIOR TO START OF COURSE.

 

Bring Your Questions ….They Will Be Answered!

Enercon’s courses have been designed to be as practical and useful as possible and attempt to bring these subjects into a “real life” context for the participants.  This is done, in part, by allowing the attendees to discuss their specific operations problems as well as directly participate in the structured course program.  If a specific question raised cannot be answered immediately, all attempts will be made to have an answer before the end of the program.  If this is not possible, the question will be researched and a response provided as soon as practical after the course.

REGISTRATION

You may enroll in any course by enrolling online, by calling tel. 305-445-0647, or via email to info@enercongroup.com .

          Confirmation and course outline will be sent to registrants. 

IN-HOUSE PROGRAMS

 

If you can’t attend these sessions or have a group of people in your organization that would benefit from these courses, you may want to take advantage of our in-house programs.  All of our courses can be brought in-house "as is" or "custom-tailored" to meet your specific requirements on a very cost-effective basis.  For more information about these or any of our other courses or services, please do not hesitate to contact us. 

 

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2007 Course Schedule

Updated April 2, 2007