Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of demurrage/laytime. It covers the laytime, demurrage and despatch; the various types of laytime; the start of laytime during the arrival of the ship; the notice of readiness (NOR); the start and stoppage of demurrage and calculating laytime for dry and wet cargoes; and the laytime and demurrage clauses covering different charterparties & NOR clauses, weather clauses, time bar clauses, crude oil washing, stripping & letters of protest. During this interactive course, participants will learn the various samples of calculations; the demurrage claims management and its main stage, key clauses in your contract that can impact the claims, securing a settlement and enforcement options; the commercial contract terms and charterparty clauses; the profitable use of laytime and demurrage in nontraditional ways; the delaying loading, during the course of the voyage and delaying discharge; handling laytime and demurrage claims and disputes; the time bars and essential documents; and the dispute resolution methods and reasons for choices of arbitration or mediation or litigation link to course overview PDF

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology before or during the course for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued to participants through Haward’s Portal. This includes Wallet Card Certificates if applicable
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy Training Materials (PDF format) will be issued to participant through the Virtual Training Platform
Training Methodology	:	80% of the program will be theory and 20% will be practical sessions, exercises, case studies, simulators or videos
Training Program	:	The training will be for 4 hours per day starting at 09:30 and ending at 13:30
H-STK Smart Training Kit	:	Not Applicable
Hands-on Practical Workshops	:	Not Applicable
Site Visit	:	Not Applicable
Simulators	:	Only software simulators will be used in the virtual courses. Hardware simulators are not applicable and will not be used in Virtual Training