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E-learning in Maritime Studies

Introduction

The Distance Learning Course (“e-Learning in Maritime Studies”), covering topics in shipping and the maritime economy, bears the hallmark of experienced members of the teaching and academic staff of the Department of Maritime Studies and of selected associates specialising in particular fields. All new courses are designed with the knowledge and skills sought in the national and international labour market in mind, and contribute to building a dynamic and competitive professional profile. The Course is aimed at anyone wishing to improve their position in this particular labour market or to broaden their knowledge within their professional field. Those interested may register for one of the following options:

Option 1: Short-Duration Professional Seminars (3 weeks / 26 teaching hours / 1 ECTS)

1. Prevention and Management of Marine Pollution

Individual Teaching

  1. General concepts of marine pollution
  2. Radioactive substances in the sea
  3. Pollution from plastics and POPs
  4. Metal pollution. The use of bioindicators
  5. Oil pollution
  6. Eutrophication
  7. Industrial activities and marine pollution
  8. Marine pollution management

2. Leadership, Communication and Teams in Shipping

Individual Teaching

  1. Leadership
  2. Communication
  3. Teams

3. Coastal Zone Management

Individual Teaching

  1. The concept of the Coastal Zone
  2. Integrated Coastal Zone Management
  3. Geological formations of the Coastal Zone
  4. Threats to the Coastal Zone

4. Ship Efficiency

Individual Teaching

  1. Ship Efficiency and Shipping Environment
  2. Ship Design and Operation
  3. Ship Supply, Demand and Productivity
  4. Ship Safety
  5. Ship Pollution

5. Special Topics in Shipping Accounting

Individual Teaching

  1. Special topics – Terms
  2. Special topics – Ship Acquisition/Sale
  3. Special topics – Insurance Claims

6. Introduction to Dry Cargo Chartering

Individual Teaching

  1. Stakeholders
  2. Shipping Market
  3. Dry Cargo Ships
  4. Freight indices
  5. Process & Key Documents: Letter of Credit – Bill of Lading
  6. The main Types of Chartering
  7. The Chartering Process
  8. Voyage Estimation

7. Communication and Crisis Management in Shipping

Individual Teaching

  1. Public Relations and Communication in the Shipping Industry
  2. Crises in Shipping: From Theory to Practice
  3. Shipping Companies and the Media
  4. Communication Crisis Management by Shipping Companies
  5. Investigation of Shipping Accidents: The Deepwater Horizon case

8. English Maritime Terminology

Individual Teaching

  1. Ship types
  2. Ship technology
  3. Ship’s crew
  4. Cargo types and cargo handling
  5. Marine insurance
  6. Maritime transport

Option 2: Long-Duration Professional Seminars (6 weeks / 52 teaching hours / 2 ECTS)

1. Environment and Safety in Shipping: An Economic Approach

Individual Teaching

  1. Introduction to environmental economics
  2. Environmental policies. Fines, Pigouvian tax, emissions trading in shipping
  3. Tietenberg diagrams in shipping. The economic rationale of environmental policy
  4. Accidents and safety in shipping and the ocean environment
  5. Turvey diagrams in shipping. Environmental and safety regulations in shipping
  6. Environmental and safety regulations in shipping

2. Operation of Seaplanes and Water Aerodromes in Greece

Individual Teaching

  1. Introduction – History of Seaplanes in Greece
  2. Water Aerodromes & Network in Greece
  3. Operation of Seaplanes & Water Aerodromes in Greece
  4. The benefits and importance of Seaplanes for Greece

3. Introduction to Shipping Accounting

Individual Teaching

  1. Operating Revenue of Shipping Companies
  2. Ship Operating Expenses

4. Shipping Finance (GREEK / ENGLISH)

Individual Teaching

  1. Characteristics of Shipping Markets, Introduction to Shipping Finance
  2. Shipping cycles and the characteristics of shipping investments
  3. Costs, revenues and cash flows (1)
  4. Costs, revenues and cash flows (2)
  5. Shipping bank loans
  6. Shipping bonds and Introduction to the stock exchange (Initial Public Offerings)

5. Maritime Transport Economics / Freight Markets

Individual Teaching

  1. Introduction to Maritime Economics. Concepts
  2. Freight demand and supply
  3. Freight Market Segments
  4. Shipping cycles
  5. Costs, revenues and liquidity of a shipping company
  6. Risk and return

6. Shipping Company Management

Individual Teaching

  1. Introduction
  2. Operating Environment of Shipping Companies
  3. Analysis of Shipping Company Functions
  4. Organisation of Shipping Companies
  5. Determinants of the Organisational Structure of Shipping Companies
  6. Segmentation of Shipping Companies
  7. Human Resource Management in Shipping Companies
  8. Corporate Social Responsibility and Shipping Company Management
  9. Outsourcing of Shipping Company Activities

7. Marine Insurance (GREEK/ ENGLISH)

Individual Teaching

  1. Sources of Greek and English marine insurance law
  2. Insurance contracts and policies in marine insurance
  3. Insurable interest in marine insurance
  4. Covered and excluded risks in marine insurance
  5. Guarantees – Clauses
  6. Obligations of the contracting parties under the marine insurance contract – The principle of utmost good faith
  7. Indemnity (requirements for establishing the right to indemnity and its extent) – The doctrine of proximate cause (causa proxima)

8. Port Industry and Shipping Markets

Individual Teaching

  1. Role, Functions and Classification of Ports
  2. The geographical factor and its importance in the development of ports
  3. Seaborne trade in general cargo – trends in container transport and their impact on the port industry
  4. Container port terminals
  5. Seaborne dry bulk trade and its handling at modern terminals
  6. Seaborne liquid bulk trade and its handling at modern terminals

9. Maritime Strategy and Policy

Individual Teaching

  1. Introduction to Strategy
  2. Strategic Thinking
  3. Understanding the External Environment
  4. Understanding the Internal Environment
  5. Corporate Level Strategies
  6. Business Level Strategies
  7. Functional Level Strategies
  8. Case 1: Strategic Challenges for a Shipping Management Company
  9. Case 2: Strategic Decisions for the Ferry Sector
  10. Case 3: Investment Strategic Decisions in Ports

10. Shipping Information Systems (GREEK / ENGLISH)

Individual Teaching

  1. Monitoring of Shipping Activity
  2. Shipping Data Analysis
  3. Shipping Data Analysis with Relational Databases
  4. Shipping Data Analysis with SQL

11. Negotiation and Charter of a Dry Cargo Ship in Practice (GREEK / ENGLISH)

Individual Teaching

  1. Introduction to Voyage Chartering
  2. Ship particulars
  3. Cargo / Port Data
  4. Shipowner’s Firm Offer
  5. Charterer’s Binding Counter Offer
  6. Continuing and concluding the negotiation
  7. Recap of main terms
  8. Charterer’s Draft Charter Party (Proforma) – Completion

Option 3: Courses (12 weeks / 104 teaching hours / 4 ECTS)

1. Shipping Accounting

Individual Teaching

  1. Operating Revenue of Shipping Companies
  2. Ship Operating Expenses
  3. Special topics in shipping accounting

2. Port Organisation and Management

Individual Teaching

  1. Defining the port, the port enterprise and transport in their evolution
  2. The maritime economy and European policies
  3. White Paper on Transport and Ports in Europe
  4. Europe’s seaports in 2030
  5. The Port “Product”, Public & Private Goods, port infrastructure
  6. The Greek Port System
  7. Port competition: from natural monopoly to competition between network companies
  8. Port Planning and Port Master Plan
  9. Trends in the Organisation of the Port Industry and its Enterprises
  10. Port–City relations (immediate port area). The case of Greece

Option 4: Track: Combination of Teaching Units (15 weeks/ 156 Teaching Hours/ 6 ECTS)

1. Sustainability and the Marine Environment

Individual Teaching

  1. Environment and Safety in Shipping. An Economic Approach (Compulsory)
  2. Prevention and Management of Marine Pollution (Compulsory)
  3. Coastal Zone Management (Compulsory)
  4. Shipping Information Systems or Maritime Information Systems (Elective)
  5. English Maritime Terminology (Elective)
  6. Communication and Crisis Management in Shipping (Elective)
  7. Ship Efficiency (Elective)

2. Ports and Terminal Operations

Individual Teaching

  1. Port Organisation and Management (Compulsory)
  2. Port Industry and Shipping Markets (Elective)
  3. Shipping Information Systems or Maritime Information Systems (Elective)
  4. Operation of Seaplanes and Water Aerodromes in Greece (Elective)
  5. Prevention and Management of Marine Pollution (Elective)
  6. Coastal Zone Management (Elective)
  7. English Maritime Terminology (Elective)

3. Chartering

Individual Teaching

  1. Introduction to Dry Cargo Chartering (Compulsory)
  2. Negotiation and Charter of a Dry Cargo Ship in Practice (Compulsory)
  3. Maritime Economics / Freight Markets (Elective)
  4. Maritime Strategy and Policy (Elective)
  5. English Maritime Terminology (Elective)
  6. Leadership, Communication and Groups in Shipping (Elective)
  7. Communication and Crisis Management in Shipping (Elective)

4. Shipping Management and Organisation

Individual Teaching

  1. Shipping Company Management (Compulsory)
  2. Introduction to Shipping Accounting (Elective)
  3. Shipping Finance (Elective)
  4. Shipping Information Systems or Maritime Information Systems (Elective)
  5. Maritime Strategy and Policy (Elective)
  6. Leadership, Communication and Groups in Shipping (Elective)
  7. Coastal Zone Management (Elective)
  8. Ship Efficiency (Elective)
  9. Communication and Crisis Management in Shipping (Elective)
  10. English Maritime Terminology (Elective)

5. Shipping Finance

Individual Teaching

  1. Maritime Economics / Freight Markets (Compulsory)
  2. Shipping Finance (Compulsory)
  3. Introduction to Shipping Accounting (Elective)
  4. Maritime Strategy and Policy (Elective)
  5. English Maritime Terminology (Elective)
  6. Leadership, Communication and Groups in Shipping (Elective)
  7. Special Topics in Shipping Accounting (Elective)

6. Shipping Accounting

Individual Teaching

  1. Shipping Accounting (Elective)
  2. Shipping Finance (Elective)
  3. Shipping Company Management (Elective)
  4. Maritime Strategy and Policy (Elective)
  5. Special Topics in Shipping Accounting (Elective)
  6. English Maritime Terminology (Elective)
  7. Leadership, Communication and Groups in Shipping (Elective)

7. Marine Insurance – Arbitration – Mediation

Individual Teaching

  1. Marine Insurance (Compulsory)
  2. Maritime Economics / Freight Markets (Elective)
  3. Introduction to Shipping Accounting (Elective)
  4. Shipping Information Systems or Maritime Information Systems (Elective)
  5. English Maritime Terminology (Elective)
  6. Communication and Crisis Management in Shipping (Elective)
  7. Leadership, Communication and Groups in Shipping (Elective)
  8. Prevention and Management of Marine Pollution (Elective)

8. Introduction to Information Systems in Maritime Transport

Individual Teaching

  1. Shipping Information Systems or Maritime Information Systems (Compulsory)
  2. Maritime Economics / Freight Markets (Elective)
  3. Maritime Strategy and Policy (Elective)
  4. Ship Efficiency (Elective)
  5. English Maritime Terminology (Elective)
  6. Communication and Crisis Management in Shipping (Elective)
  7. Leadership, Communication and Groups in Shipping (Elective)

Duration: 3.5 Months / 156 Hours
ECTS:
Field of Study: Shipping
Language: Greek
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