Introduction to Shipping – Melbourne

Description

Time: 9:30am – 4:30pm, Tuesday 9 September

Venue: ERGT Australia, 45 Burns Road, Altona, 3018

Subjects covered:

1. The Role of Shipping in World Trade​
2. Ship Dimensions and Measurements​
3. Ship Types​
4. Commercial Operations​
5. Vessel Operations​
6. The Regulatory Environment​
7. The Future

Catering

The course is fully catered for with morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. Please advise of any dietary requirements at time of booking.

Experiential component

An onsite tour of ERGT’s safety training facility will include observing sea survival training, including helicopter underwater escapes, touring training lifeboats, a state-of-the-art offshore production platform simulator, and ship fire training ground.

Course facilitator

The session will be facilitated by Brett Whiteoak.

Who should attend

This course may especially benefit:

• new entrants to the maritime sector, as well as non-specialists who are currently working in the industry
• government personnel, advisors, and policy makers operating at state, federal and local government level
• administrative staff working in law firms, auditing societies, banks companies, and class financial companies, shipbrokers, insurance companies, transportation companies, and ports, who seek general knowledge about the maritime sector

Course participants will receive a certificate upon completion.

Please note:

• Course participants will receive a certificate upon completion.
• Participants may be required to sign an indemnity in order to participate in the offsite shipping-related tour.
• This is an in-person event and numbers may be restricted to provide the best possible experience for attendees
• MIAL reserves the right to cancel this event at short notice, particularly if insufficient participants are registered to make the course viable – in the unlikely event that this happens, registered attendees will be notified and receive a refund or credit to attend a future session. MIAL strongly recommends flexible travel arrangements are made for this reason.
• Photographs of the course and activities may be taken for promotional purposes. This is acknowledged within the terms and conditions. If you do not wish for your photograph to be published (including on social media) please advise MIAL and your course facilitator on the day.

Contact

Gemma Gooding:

• 0474 477 411
• gemma.gooding@mial.com.au