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OIL TANKER OPERATIONS & PORT MANAGEMENT

Location
Munich, Germany
Date
From Date: 16-Dec-2024   
To Date: 20-Dec-2024
Duration
5 Days
Language
English
Discipline
MARINE & SHIPPING ENGINEERING
Introduction

Oil Tanker Operations:

Oil tankers are specialized vessels designed to transport large volumes of oil from production areas to refineries and distribution centers around the world. These operations encompass several key stages:

 

Loading: Oil tankers are loaded with crude oil or refined products at ports or offshore terminals. Loading procedures require careful coordination to ensure the vessel's stability and compliance with safety regulations.

 

Transportation: Once loaded, tankers navigate predetermined shipping routes to their destinations. Navigation involves considerations such as weather conditions, sea traffic, and potential hazards.

 

Unloading: Upon reaching the destination port or terminal, tankers undergo unloading procedures to offload their cargo. This process involves connecting the tanker to shore-based facilities and transferring the oil to storage tanks or pipelines.

 

Cleaning and Maintenance: Tankers undergo regular cleaning and maintenance to ensure operational efficiency and compliance with environmental standards. This includes tank cleaning, hull inspections, and equipment maintenance.

 

Port Management: Ports play a crucial role in facilitating oil tanker operations by providing essential infrastructure and services for loading, unloading, and servicing vessels. Effective port management involves:

 

Infrastructure Development: Ports must have adequate berths, terminals, and storage facilities to accommodate oil tankers of various sizes. Investment in infrastructure upgrades and expansion is essential to meet growing demand and accommodate larger vessels.

Objective
  • To provide a good understanding of Petroleum Terminal Management related particularly to marine movements, including:
  • Contracts
  • Independent Inspection
  • Static and Dynamic measurements
  • Sampling and Analysis
  • Documentation
  • Claims
  • Statistical Monitoring
  • Applicable Standards
  • Safety and the Environment
Audience
Content

DAY 1
General Information on the following:

  • Petroleum Terminal Definition.
  • What is crude oil?
  • How crude oil is purchased?
  • The relation between the Commercial Port and Petroleum Terminal.
  • Port Utilization (Calling / Departing).
  • Port & Terminals Policy and procedures and conflict avoidance.
  • Exchange Communicate between the Port / Terminals and Ships (Tankers):
    • Masters
    • Ship’s Operators (Owners / Management)
    • Ship’s Port Agent

DAY 2
Shore-Based operations

  • The measurement chain
  • Metering
  • The importance of secondary measurements
  • Land tank measurements
  • Calibration
  • Calculations – Petroleum Measurement Tables

DAY 3
Terminals regulations:

  • Explaining procedures and its compliance with the International Conventions’ and related liabilities to the International Marine Oil Refineries to the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

International expressions for:

  • Terminal and Refinery schedule.
  • Commercial Department
  • Safety on board / on shore and Terminal Safety Rules.

The relation between:

  • Tankers and Petroleum Terminal.
  • International responsibility for terminal during
    • Berthing
    • Departing
    • Sailing
    • Loading / Discharge Operations.
    • Documentations
    • Oil spill
    • Pollutions

This will lead us to IOPP Certificate

DAY 4
Monitoring and Statistical Analysis

  • Statistical comparisons
  • Pipeline Control
  • The loss control group
  • Fundamentals of Ship-Board Measurements
  • Ship Shore Comparison

Sampling and Analysis

  • Manual sampling
  • Automatic sampling
  • Representatives
  • Sample handling
  • Analysis

DAY 5

  • How to Issue the final documents as per refinery commercial department.
  • The calculations of the quantity on board and any shortage to be accepted as ASTM ANF API.
  • Applying the commercial contract for quantity and quality, also applying the charter party (C/P) without any delay or demurrage.
  • The International calculations for Tanker on loading / Discharge and times which to be tanker account, delay and safe time calculations.
  • Protest letters which issued by tanker master or shipment surveyor, tanker agent, charter agent.


NOTE:
Pre & Post Tests will be conducted
Case Studies, Group Exercises, Group Discussions, Last Day Review & Assessments will be carried out.

Certificate

Define Management Consultancy & Training Certificate of course completion will be issued to all attendees.

Methodology

A highly interactive combination of lecture and discussion sessions will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information, knowledge and experience transfer. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions, and motivate everybody finding the right answers. The attendants will also be encouraged to raise more of their own questions and to share developing the right answers using their own analysis and experience.

All attendees receive a course manual as a reference.

This interactive training workshop includes the following training methodologies

  • 30% Lectures
  • 30% Workshops and work presentation
  • 20% Group Work& Practical Exercises
  • 20% Videos& General Discussions
Fees
6,500 US$ per participant for Public Training includes Materials/Handouts, tea/coffee breaks, refreshments & Lunch

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