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Tanker Operations & Marine Custody Transfer, Petroleum Measurement and Loss Control

Participants learn the latest about the physical and commercial tanker operations from both ship and shore perspectives, including the tanker’s purpose and uses, design, construction, cargo operations, pollution laws, voyage costing, relevant regulatory bodies and industry organizations. The basics of charter parties, laytime /demurrage, Worldscale, vessel performance and more will be discussed. In this specially combined course participants will also learn the latest methods and industry standards updates for accounting for oil and ways to avoid/reduce cargo loss from occurring during a marine oil movement. A practical course for both office and shipboard personnel wanting to fill in the gaps of their technical training and experience.


Tanker Operations & Marine Custody Transfer, Petroleum Measurement and Loss Control

Course Topics

This intensive, specially combined three-day 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 -

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

  •      ISM Codes - Vessel Manning - ISO 9000

  •      Draft - Trim - List - Basic Stability

  •    Field Activities – Need for Good Inspections

  •      Vessel Engines - Fuel - Bunkers - White List

  •    Latest Industry Standards, Procedures and Practices

         - API - EI - ASTM - ISO – ANSI

  •      Tanks - Pipes/Lines/Valves - Cargo Pumps

  •      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 Chapter 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 from both ship and shore perspectives, and reviews the latest industry standards in these areas.


Course Format

The sessions consist of a combination of lectures, audio visual presentations, problem solving discussions/calculations, hands-on use of equipment (where applicable), and daily question/answer periods.


Registration begins a half hour before the scheduled start of each session.  Sessions are conducted from 0900-1630 daily.

Continental breakfast and refreshments are provided during the Houston and Singapore sessions.

Everyone is on their own for lunch, except in Singapore where refreshments and full lunch is provided each day.  

 

Materials

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

 

Who Should Attend

Manager, field/office staff, traders, brokers, owners, ship/terminal operators, charterers, schedulers, attorneys, claims analysts, accountants, government personnel, and anyone working
in the marine petroleum industry in any way will benefit from these programs.





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Bring Your Questions...They Will Be Answered!

Enercon's courses have been designed to be as practical as possible and bring these technical subjects into context for participants. This is done, in part, by allowing the attendees to discuss their specific operational problems as well as directly participate in the structured 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. 


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Acronyms

Conversion Factors

Definitions - Measurement

Definitions - Tanker

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Incoterms 2020

ISPS Code

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- Required Training

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ENERCON GROUP, INC.

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Coral Gables, Florida 33134 USA

2025


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