Shipping and Port Management Specialist in Maritime Logistics

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
11 Jan 2026 Dubai, UAE $ 3,900 Register
14 Jun 2026 Istanbul, Turkey $ 4,500 Register
06 Sept 2026 Jeddah, KSA $ 4,500 Register

Shipping and Port Management Specialist in Maritime Logistics

Introduction

This course covers many topics including shipping lines, container tankers, dry bulk, and port-centric logistics; it is a helpful, up-to-date resource for students of logistics and logistics professionals.

Objectives

    On completion of this course you should be able to: 

    • Examine the latest developments, knowledge, and practices taking place in logistics and supply chains within the shipping and port industry
    • Define maritime logistics value and its strategic significance
    • Provide a global perspective on the increasingly key area of logistics
    • Understand all the aspects of logistics including container shipping, dry and wet bulk shipping, and port-centric logistics
    • Define logistics hub and its applications for container ports and improve Supply chain accessibility and efficiency

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.

Who Should Attend?

Personnel in the fields of logistics & transportation and supply chain in ports, terminals & service companies.

Course Outline

Defining Maritime Logistics and Its Value

  • Maritime logistics in concept
  • Maritime logistics value defined
  • The strategic significance of maritime logistics value
  • Concluding remarks

International Maritime Trade and Logistics

  • Logistics and supply chain management
  • Logistics and transport
  • Global trade and international maritime trade
  • Global trade and international trade

Intermodal Freight Transport and Logistics

  • Characteristics of intermodal transport
  • Containerisation of intermodal transport
  • Advantages of intermodal transport
  • Containerisation and the intermodal transport
  • Development of intermodal transport
  • Combined transport operators and their services
  • Towards innovative intermodal transport

The Human Element in Maritime Logistics

  • The human element in science and theory
  • Effects on system performance and wellbeing

Developing Liner Service Networks in Container Shipping

  • Background on container shipping
  • Configuration and design of liner shipping services
  • Shipping routes, network patterns, and port centrality

Supply Chain Integration of Shipping Companies

  • Supply chain integration in the maritime shipping industry
  • The impact of supply chain integration on shipping firm performance

Logistics Strategy in Container Shipping

  • Literature review
  • Container line logistics activities
  • Liner operator case studies
  • Strategic groups

Tanker Shipping Logistics

  • Transfer components
  • Marine terminals
  • Contractual relationships
  • Cargo transfer procedures
  • Cargo losses

Dry Bulk Shipping Logistics

  • Dry bulk trade
  • Dry bulk fleet
  • Economies of dry bulk trade
  • Principles of dry bulk shipping logistics

Dry Port in Concept and Practice

  • Intermodality and seaport inland access
  • Intermodal terminal facilities
  • The dry port concept
  • Dry port examples in Europe

Defining Logistics Hub and Its Applications for Container Ports

  • Logistics hub in perspective
  • Application of logistics hub to the container port
  • Economics and social network theories for container hub port evolution

Hinterland Logistics and Global Supply Chains

  • Supply chain accessibility and efficiency
  • System design
  • Strategy
  • Management
  • Hinterland logistics and its influence on global supply chains

Port and Logistics Chains: Changes in Organizational Effectiveness

  • Ports and logistics chains
  • Port authorities in logistics chains

Logistics Performance of Supply Chain-Oriented Ports

  • Review of relevant literature
  • Evolution of port research
  • Supply chains and seaports
  • Integration of ports in supply chains
  • Research model and data collection
  • Empirical analysis and results

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