Associateship

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Eligibility
Syllabus
Lectures

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1. Modes of transportation and their advantages and disadvantages.
   
   
2. Water transport -- significance -- geographical influence on shipping activity.
   
   
3. Continents and countries, seas and oceans, location of different ports and canals, etc.
   
   
4. Major ocean routes -- features and patterns of trade.
   
   
5. Major waterways and canals and their influence on shipping.
   
   
6. Physical geographical features -- climate, winds, tides, currents and seasons of bad weather and their influence on shipping.
   
   
7. Commodities transported by sea -- raw materials and minerals, agricultural commodities, crude oil and oil products, marine products, finished goods and other cargoes. Sources and destinations of such cargoes. Seasonal cargo movements.
   
   
8. Ports and their hinterland, functions of ports, types of ports. Major ports of the world and their principal trades.
   
   
9. Time zones, International Date Line, concept of day light saving time, loadline zones and their importance in shipping.
   
   
10. Major trading blocks of the world -- EC/EU, EFTA, OAU, NAFTA, OECD, ASEAN, LAFTA, SAARC, CIS, GATT/WTO, etc.
    
    NOTE: Students are expected to mark on outline maps important ports, major sea routes, loadline zones,seasons of bad weather, etc.

1. Law of Contract -- general principles, essential features of a contract, types of contracts, breaches and their remedies
   
   
2. Bailment and its features.
   
   
3. Special Contracts - Indemnity and Guarantee.
   
   
4. Law of Agency -- general principles, types of agencies, legal relationship between the parties involved, breach of warranty of authority and termination of agency.
   
   
5. Tort - negligence in shipping and defences against tortious liabilities.
   
   
6. Freight -- definition; when payable, types of freights, to whom payable.
   
   
7. A brief introduction to
   (i) The Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856.
   (ii) The Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925.
   (iii) The Indian Lighthouses Act, 1927.
   (iv) The Inland Steam Vessels Act.
   (v) The Indian Port Health Rules.
   
   
8. Maritime and possessory liens -- claims accepted as maritime lien; order of priorities; subjects of maritime liens; arrest and jurisdiction.
   
   
9. Maritime Arbitration -- methods of dispute resolution; arbitration: why, when and how, proceedings and award; advantages; The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Indian).
   
   
10. Indian Ports Act, 1908 -- Ch. I (Preliminary -- Sec. 1, 2, 3); Ch.III (Port officials, their powers and duties); Ch. V (Port dues, fees and other charges -- Sec. 33, 35, 39 and 41).
    
    
11. Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 -- Ch.I (Preliminary -- Sec. 1, 2); Ch. V (Works and services); Ch. VI (Imposition and recovery of rates -- Sec. 48, 53, 60, 61, 62, 63).
    
    
12. The Indian Sale of Goods Act, 1930. Sections 18 to 25 (Transfer of Property in Goods).
    
    
13. Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic, 1965 (FAL Convention of IMO).
    
    NOTE: Supporting answers with case law and illustrations would be an added advantage to the student.
    

1. Ships -- different types and sizes with their important features and their suitability to different cargoes.
   
   
2. Basic shipping terminology including abbreviations. General particulars of ships.
   
   
3. Bills of Lading -- functions, conditions, contents, types and general information.
   
   
4. Classification Societies -- background, their functions and importance.
   
   
5. Statutory documents on board including mandatory surveys and safety certificates.
   
   
6. Stowage factors and densities -- importance in the carriage of dry and liquid cargoes, effect of density of water (fresh, salt, brackish). Different freight units.
   
   
7. General structure of shipping industry -- liner and tramp services.
   
   
8. Liner shipping -- essential features; break bulk; modes of unitisation; concept of intermodalism; container sizes and types; container terminology; freighting; CYs, CFSs and ICDs; marketing of liner shipping; documents.
   
   
9. Tramp shipping -- types of charters -- time, trip-time, voyage, consecutive voyages, bareboat; contract of affreightment, features of dry bulk and tanker chartering; names of different charterparty forms for different trades.
   
   
10. Cargo handling equipments used on board and ashore.
    
    
11. Agents -- ship, port and liner agents and their roles in shipping. Freight forwarders, freight brokers, ship brokers and other intermediaries in shipping.
    
    
12. Structure of shipping -- services of master and crew, etc.
    
    
13. Cargo Documentation -- Manifest, Mate's Receipt, Tally Sheets, Notice of Readiness, Statement of Facts, etc.
    
    
14. Custom house work -- Inward and outward entry of ships documentation.
    
    
15. Shipping procedures in ports for exports and imports for break-bulk/bulk cargoes.
    Customs Bill of Entry and Shipping Bill.
    
    
16. Business communication in shipping -- letter writing, telex, fax, e-mail, report-writing, memo-writing, charts and graphs.
    
    NOTE: A student should be able to draw an outline of the different types of ships and mark important features.

1. Theory of international trade and the role of shipping in the national economy.
   
   
2. Demand of shipping services -- factors influencing the demand, concept of elasticity.
   
   
3. Supply of ships -- factors contributing the supply.
   
   
4. Cost structure of shipping. Pricing of shipping services. Liner and tramp.
   
   
5. Economies of scale and its application in shipping.
   
   
6. Fuel economy and bunker management.
   
   
7. Economics of manning.
   
   
8. Government policy in India and other countries towards shipping, subsidies, protectionism, etc., and their effect on shipping.
   
   
9. Coastal Shipping in India -- Cabotage laws in India and abroad.
   
   
10. Economics of port location -- their infrastructure, port planning and development, organisation of port services; cost of services and pricing policy, facilities and productivity.
    
    
11. Detailed study of INCOTERMS -- concept of passing of risk and property.
    
    
12. Concept -- The business entity; distinction between business and its owners; statutory requirements.
    
    
13. Preparation of voyage accounts and disbursement accounts.

1. Maritime Administration of India.
   
   
2. International Maritime Organisation (IMO) -- Role and importance. Various important Conventions.
   
   
3. Quality Management in Shipping. ISM Code and STCW 95 Convention.
   
   
4. Flag State Inspection and Port State Control.
   
   
5. Ship vetting.
   
   
6. Flags of Convenience / Open Registry Countries -- their effect on shipping; ITF; Second International Ship Registers.
   
   
7. Ship management concept -- manning, technical and commercial management of ships.
   
   
8. Joint ventures, shipping pools and consortia.
   
   
9. Shipping organisations -- International: BIMCO, INTERTANKO, UNCTAD, ICS, ISF, ICHCA, INMARSAT, ILO, LLOYDS, Salvage Association, ITU, WMO, IHO, WHO, FONASBA, ICC, SITPRO, ILU, INTERCARGO, etc. Indian: INSA, AISC, TRANSCHART, CONCOR, etc.
   
   
10. World Shipping Scene -- Cargo fleet, registration-wise, cargo-wise, size and age profile, newbuildings, demolitions, lay-up, shipbuilding outlook and future trends.
    
    
11. Indian Shipping Scene -- Tonnage, details and ownership, latest shipping policy guidelines, problems, shipbuilding, lay-up, shiprepairs and ship breaking.
    
    
12. Containerisation and Multimodal Transport in India -- CYs, CFSs and ICDs; container traffic at major ports, cargo consolidation; private sector participation.
    
    
13. Detailed knowledge of Indian ports and their problems; role of privatisation.
    
    
14. Technological developments in sea transport and cargo handling methods and their impact on shipping