The Oxford Princeton Programme Offers Oil Shipping Course in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the First Time - Drawing on working knowledge and experience of industry speakers, the course examines key issues and their impact on tanker ownership, chartering and operations
PRINCETON, NJ (PRWEB) March 24, 2004 -- The Oxford Princeton
Programme, the world’s leading provider of training solutions to the energy,
commodity and derivatives industries, introduces Tanker Ownership, Chartering
and Operations course to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Covering crude oil,
petroleum products and the chemicals and gas transportation sectors, the course
examines important issues from economic to environmental, when evaluating
contract options, chartering and investment strategies, logistics and operating
tactics.
“The tanker market has experienced three spikes in rates in the
past four years,” explains Charles Lawrie, director of the Tanker Ownership,
Chartering and Operations course. “As a result, oil transportation costs have
risen sharply at times, to the extent that they have impacted arbitrage
opportunities. At the same time the tanker industry is experiencing a massive
fleet renewal program, driven by the age of the fleet and the increasingly
stringent operating standards required under international, regional and country
legislation and by oil companies and traders. Consolidation in the tanker sector
has also raised the profile of some of the major owners on the world’s equity
markets.”
“All this has increased the importance of tanker transportation
in the oil supply chain. The course is designed uniquely to provide participants
with the practical expertise and knowledge to analyze market opportunities,
assess the commercial impact of regulatory developments, negotiate chartering
agreements and develop sound chartering strategies and shipping
portfolios.”
Charles Lawrie, partner in Maritime Economics and Business
Consultancy firm Richardson Lawrie Associates (RLA), has 32 years’ experience
working on all commercial and business aspects of the sector for a wide range of
clients including international and national oil companies, shipping companies,
financial institutions, government organizations, ports and waterways and legal
firms. Lawrie is responsible for RLA’s oil transportation consulting work and
has broad experience over a range of functions comprising the tanker industry.
Charles Kemp, co-director of Tanker Ownership, Chartering and
Operations, is a consultant with Richardson Lawrie Associates and a logistics
advisor with SABIC. He has wide commercial experience of the tanker and chemical
carrier industries, both as a charter and in an owning environment. Kemp planned
and set up tanker ownership companies providing comprehensive and detailed
advice concerning decisions preparatory to, and the establishment of, best
practice marine ship management, marketing and chartering functions for the
company. Establishments include the optimum P and I cover, ship purchasing, and
company management information systems.
Tanker Ownership, Chartering and
Operations is a three day intensive course. The scheduled date for Dubai, United
Arab Emirates is June 6 - 8, 2004. For a complete schedule of this course, visit
http://www.oxfordprinceton.com.
About the Oxford
Princeton Programme
The Oxford Princeton Programme is the world’s leading
provider of training solutions to the energy, commodity and derivatives
industries. In addition to PrincetonLive.com, which offers more than 20 energy
and commodity web-based training modules, The Oxford Princeton Programme
provides more than 70 instructor-led training courses. Courses include views of
oil, power, liquefied natural gas and a variety of other energy, commodity and
derivatives topics for both technical and moderate audiences. For a complete
list of courses and for other information, visit http://www.oxfordprinceton.com.
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