Course curriculum

  • 1

    Academy Overview

    • 1. Welcome Note :)

    • 2. Schedule

    • 4. Shipping Abbreviations

    • 5. Frequently Asked Questions

    • 6. Tanker Chartering Guide

    • 7. Reading List
  • 2

    Day 1

    • Day 1 - Overview

    • 1. Welcome to the Tanker Chartering Academy

    • 2. Academy Overview

    • 3a. Tanker Shipping Basics (Part 1)

    • 3b. Tanker Shipping Basics (Part 1) - Recap

    • 4a. Tanker Shipping Basics (Part 2)

    • 4b. Tanker Shipping Basics (Part 2) - Recap

    • 5. Introduction to Shipping Data

    • 6. Participate in the weekly Chartering call

    • 7. Introduction to Signal Ocean

    • Quiz of the day
  • 3

    Day 2

    • Day 2 - Overview

    • 1a. Introduction to Tanker Chartering

    • 1b. Introduction to Tanker Chartering - Recap

    • 2. Overview of key shipping functions

    • 3. Tanker Chartering Overview

    • 4. TSOP Setup

    • 5. Commercial Shipping & Data 1/2

    • 6. TSOP practice

    • Quiz of the day
  • 4

    Day 3

    • Day 3 - Overview

    • 1. Commercial Shipping & Data 2/2

    • 2a. End-to-end vessel fixing cycle

    • 2b. End-to-end vessel fixing cycle (Part 1) - Recap

    • 3. Daily Academy catch-up

    • Quiz of the day
  • 5

    Day 4

    • Day 4 - Overview

    • 1. End-to-end vessel fixing cycle (Part 2) - Recap

    • 2. Introduction to Signal Chartering

    • 3. Chartering Session (1/4) - Introduction to Signal Chartering

    • 4. Understand the Internal Position List

    • 5. Chartering Session (2/4) - Chartering Daily Routine

    • 6. TSOP practice

    • Quiz of the day
  • 6

    Day 5

    • Day 5 - Overview

    • 1. Chartering Session (3/4) - Market monitoring and Decision making

    • 2. Review the market commentary

    • 3. TSOP practice

    • 4a. Introduction to Oil Markets

    • 4b. Supply and Demand Balances

    • 4c. From Vessel Tracking to Flow Tracking

    • 4d. Oil trading analytics

    • 5. Academy catch-up

    • Quiz of the day

  • 7

    Day 6

    • Day 6 - Overview

    • 1. Chartering Session (4/4) - Offering, Communication and Vessel Fixing

    • 2a. Exercise - Cargo selection

    • 2b. Exercise - Cargo selection (Solution)

    • 3. Participate in the weekly Chartering call

    • 4. Introduction to Pooling

    • 5. Pool Partners Guide

    • Quiz of the day

  • 8

    Day 7

    • Day 7 - Overview

    • 1. Pools Overview

    • 2. Overview of commercial tools

    • 3. Shipping Intelligence

    • 4. Understand Disbursements department through its key actions

    • 5. Port Cost Management

    • 6. Disbursements - Overview of port cost components and modelling

    • Quiz of the day
  • 9

    Day 8

    • Day 8 - Overview

    • 1. Understand Bunkering through its key actions

    • 2. Bunker Planning

    • 3. Bunkering - Overview of ports, fuels, prices, planning

    • 4. Understand Operations through its key actions

    • 5. Tanker Operation Ecosystem

    • 6. Tanker Operations Key Actions

    • 7. Operations (1/2) - Overview of vessel, cargo, voyage, communication specificities

    • 8. Academy catch-up

    • Quiz of the day
  • 10

    Day 9

    • Day 9 - Overview

    • 1. Operations (2/2) - Overview of vessel, cargo, voyage, communication specificities

    • 2. Strategic Decisions & Legal Cases

    • 3a. Decarbonization and Emissions

    • 3b. Decarbonization and Emissions - Recap

    • 4a. Exercise - CII calculation

    • 4b. Exercise - CII calculation (Solution)

    • Quiz of the day
  • 11

    Day 10

    • Day 10 - Overview

    • 1. Understand Post Fixture through its key actions

    • 2. Post Fixture Operations

    • 3. Post Fixture - Overview of C/Ps, freights, demurrage, claims

    • 4. Exams

    • 5. Wrap-up & graduation

    • 6. Congrats - Academy Recap

    • 7. Your Feedback is Invaluable