Your shipping business course: A practical and detailed guide to the maritime industry

• Module 1 – Shipping Industry and the Global Economy, the Markets and International Organisations
• Module 2 – Development of Ships, Regulation, International Conventions, Ship Manning and Port Operations
• Module 3 – Ship Finance – Financing, Purchasing and Trading of Ships
• Module 4 – Registration and Classification, Ship Operations, Revenues and Costs
• Module 5 – Maritime and Commercial Law, the Carriage of Goods by Sea and Liability
• Module 6 – Marine and Cargo Insurance, P&I Clubs and the Insurance Market

• Introduction to the core elements of the marine industry, including world trade development, demand for shipping services, economics of sea transport, international trade, trade balance and trade routes and more
• Ship operations, characteristics and manning
• The significance of financial aspects in shipping business including general principles of financing ships, borrower structures, senior debt, capital markets, securitisation, leasing, hedging and more
• The fundamentals of legal system, law of contract, maritime law, acquisition and ownership of ships and international regulations
• Insurance, origins, legal background and Hull and Machinery insurance and more

Every course is broken down into manageable modules, designed to accelerate your learning process through diverse learning activities:

• Work through your instructional material online
• Interact with your peers and learning facilitators through the online forum to discuss subject related issues and to network with your fellow learners
• Investigate relevant, real-world case studies
• Apply what you learn each week to ongoing project submissions

You can now have a digital version of your Lloyd’s Maritime Academy Certification!

Powered by Credly, your Lloyd’s Maritime Academy Digital Badge is an online version of your credentials that contains a description of your Award, Demonstrated Skills and what it took to obtain your Certificate qualification.

Also, your Digital Badge allows you to get labor market insights data including job openings, salary ranges and selected top employers, and you can display the badge in your email signature, electronic copies of your resume and on social media sites like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter!