ENERCON GROUP, INC.         

           SERVING THE PETROLEUM AND MARINE INDUSTRIES

           AROUND THE WORLD

February 2007 Houston, Texas 

Practical Courses for Office and Field Personnel

WHAT & WHEN

  

 The Tanker Operations Course

      Charter Parties, Laytime, & Demurrage

    ► February 5-7, 2007 – 8:00am to 5:00pm

 ► February 8-9, 20078:00am to 5:00pm

Advanced Tanker Operations

       Advanced Charter Parties, Laytime, & Demurrage

    ► February 12-13, 2007 – 8:00am to 5:00pm

 ► February 14-15, 2007 – 8:00am to 5:00pm

                                               Chemical Tanker and Liquefied Gas Cargo Operations

                                            February 19-20, 2007  - 8:00 am to 5:00 pm 

 

WHERE

 

     DoubleTree Guest Suites Hotel

     5353 Westheimer Road (By the Galleria)

     Houston, Texas 77056 USA

     Tel. 713-961-9000, Fax 713-877-8834

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Special hotel rates have been arranged for course participants needing accommodations.  Contact us for information.

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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.

THE TANKER OPERATIONS COURSE

5-7 February, 2007

This three-day course covers the topics you want and need to know to help increase your understanding of tanker operations, design, function and management of, such as:  

 

·          Types, sizes, uses and design of tank vessels

·          Oil Spill Prevention / Cleanup / COFR

·          Maritime Terms and Definitions

·          Charter Parties - Demurrage - Laytime

·          Governing Authorities - Flags - Registration

·        Weather Planning / Routing

·          Classification Societies - Port State Control

·          Vessel Vetting / FPSOs / FSOs

·          ISM Codes - Vessel Manning - ISO 9000

·          COGSA / Hague Rules / INCOTERMS

·          Draft - Trim - List - Basic Stability

·          Worldscale - Hire - Freight Rates

·          Vessel Engines - Fuel - Bunkers - White List

·          ISPS / MTSA Code - Security Issues

·          Tanks - Pipes/Lines/Valves - Cargo Pumps

·          Latest Pollution Laws and Regulations

·          Loading - Discharging - Ballasting - IGS

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

·          Tank Cleaning Practices and Procedures

·          Vessel Navigation and Watch Standing

·          Cargo Measurement - Compatibility

·          Maintenance - Practices/Costs

·          Terminals - Sea Berths - Lightering

·          Double Hulls - For Better or for Worse?

    ·          Types of Cargo - Classification Methods  
   

Program Objective:  To expose the participants to the fundamentals of physical tanker operations, including tanker design, construction, cargo operations, pollution laws, voyage costing, chartering, regulatory bodies and industry organizations.

CHARTER PARTIES, LAYTIME AND DEMURRAGE

8-9 February, 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

12-13 February, 2007

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

 

·          Ship Wrecks, Oil Spills and Regulations

·         Vessel Casualty Analysis - Flag / Age / Size

·          What was learned from the TORREY CANYON,   

        AMOCO CADIZ, EXXON VALDEZ and others

·         Vetting - Questionnaires - Flag / Class Ratings

·      Oil Spill Contingency Planning 

·       CAS - Expanded Vessel Surveys

·         Performance Clauses and Calculations

·          Politics of Oil - Regulation Time Tables

  ·      Ship's / Master's Business

·          OPA 90 - Borne of Catastrophe

·      ISPS / MTSA Requirements - Ship/Port Security

·          ISO 9000 vs. ISM Codes

·      Return of the Pirates - Non-Lethal Counter Measures

·          Double Hull vs. Alternate Designs, such as

        Mid-Deck and Coloumb Egg Designs

·      Freak Waves & Tanker Operations

        - Forecasting and Avoiding

·          Port / Flag State Control Regulations

·      Master's / Management Responsibilities / Liabilities

·          Tank Cleaning Procedures - Special Cargoes

        and Requirements

·         Maintenance - Practices / Costs

·      Tanker Management Self-Assessment

  ·          New Training Requirements / Facilities / Methods /

          STCW Requirements

·      Single Hull Phase-Out Schedules

·         Sample Various Maritime Legal Issues

 

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 in ship / port security, and most everything in between. 

ADVANCED CHARTER PARTIES, LAYTIME AND DEMURRAGE

14-15 February, 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.

CHEMICAL TANKER AND LIQUEFIED GAS CARGO OPERATIONS

19-20 February, 2007

 

This specially combined, intensive two-day course details all the topics of both our Liquefied Gas and Chemical Tanker Operations courses as follows:

 

 ·  Chemicals - Types / Sources / Uses / Characteristics of Chemicals / Chapter 17 Cargoes

 ·  Vessel Designs and Use / IMO Vessel Types 1 - 2 - 3

 ·  Differences Between Oil Tankers and Chemical Carriers - Operational and Regulatory

 ·  Pre-Loading Tank Inspections - Cargo Measurement and Sampling

 ·  Tank Cleaning - COW - Ballast Handling / Vessel Piping Systems / Types of Pumps Commonly Used

 ·  Chemical Tanker Charter Parties / NOR -Tendered – Accepted / Laydays - Windows - Laytime -Demurrage

 ·  Cargo Measurement - Compatibility / Hazmat Sheets - MSDS / IMO - CDG - IBC - ISM Codes

 ·  Entering Enclosed Spaces / Corrosive, Toxic and Poisonous Cargoes / Reactive Cargoes - Cargo Hazards / Cargo Compatibility Tables

 ·  Inert Gas - Nitrogen Generators / Specialty Companies and Ships

 ·  USCG Class Societies Roles and Inputs

 ·  Liquefied Gases - Types / Sources / Uses / Chemical Characteristics of Gases

 ·  States of Matter - Solids, Liquids, Gases

 ·  History of Liquefied Gas Operations

 ·  Gas Carrier Design - Fully Pressurized, Semi-Pressurized, Fully Refrigerated / Vessel Surveys and Certification

 ·  Cargo Handling Equipment - Pipelines, Pumps, Heaters, Vaporizers, Reliquefaction Plants

 ·  Cargo Tanks Types A - B - C / Inert Gas and Nitrogen Systems

 ·  Shore Terminal Equipment and Instrumentation / Shore Storage Tanks

 ·  Terminals - Lightering - Ship/Shore Interface / Cargo Handling Operations - Loading, Discharging

 ·  Ballast - Changing Cargoes - Cleaning Tanks

 ·  Cargo Measurement and Calculation / Latest API Standards of Measurement

 ·  ICS Safety Guide - Gas / Chemicals

 ·  Health and Safety - Cargo Hazards - Flammability, Frostbite - Personal Protection - Brittle Fracture

 ·  Emergency Procedures

 ·  The IMO/IGC Code - The Role of SIGTTO  

 ·  Tank Fill Limits

 ·  SIGTTO Contingency Planning

 ·  Industry Trends and Developments

 

Program Objective:  Participants gain practical knowledge about the marine transportation, safe handling and storage of liquefied gas and chemical cargoes and the operations and management of the ships that carry them.  This combined program is specially designed for delegates who want to maximize their time. 

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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