SHIPPING AND

MARITIME
MANAGEMENT

UNIT 1
SECOND SEMESTER
 What is Ship Management?
Ship management is the professional supply of a single or a
range of services by a management company separate from
the vessel’s ownership that covers various different types
of management services and these are, in turn, related to
all aspects of daily vessel operations The term describes an
international business of many characteristics including:
• Low margins
• Relatively low barriers of entry for ship management
companies
• Heavy paperwork
• Intense competition
• High risks and a need to provide a round the clock service
A shipper is an individual or company with cargo to
transport.

A charterer is the individual or company who

hires a ship.
A charter-party is the contract setting out the terms
under which the shipper contracts for the transportation
of his cargo or the charterer contracts for the hire of a
ship.

((COA) Contract of Affreightment

CHARTER PARTY
The term ‘Period charter’ is used when the vessel is hired
for a specified period of time for payment of a daily,
monthly or annual fee.
There are three types of periods of charters:
• Time charter.
• Trip charter
• Consecutive voyage charter
TYPES OF CHARTERS
A time charter is where a ship earns
hire monthly or semi-monthly; that
means for a specific period of time.

A trip charter is fixed on a time charter

basis for the period of a specific voyage
and for the carriage of a specific cargo

A consecutive voyage charter is where

the vessel is hired to perform a series
of consecutive voyages between A and
 SHIPPING
MARKETS

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 CLASS ACTIVITIES
1.- WHAT IS SHIP MANAGEMENT?
2.- WHAT IS A SHIPPER?
3.- WHAT IS A CHARTERER?
4.- WHAT IS A CHARTER PARTY?
5.- WHAT MEANS THE TERM “SEPARATED”?
6.- WHAT HAPPENNED IN A VOYAGE CHARTER?
7.- WHO PAY ALL THE COST?
8.- WHAT MEANS COA?
9.- WHAT MEANS THE TERM PERIOD CHARTER?
10.-HOW MANY KINDS OF PERIODS OF CHART ARE THERE? EXPLAIN EACH ONE
11.- HOW MANY GROUPS DO COMPRISE THE SERVICES OF THE COMPAGNY?
12.- WHAT IS THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT?
13.- WHAT ARE THE DUTIES OF CREW MANAGEMENT AND THE COMMERCIAL
MANAGEMENT?
14.- HOW MANY SHIPPING MARKETS ARE THERE?