This course leading to a Diploma for the Ship Agent is designed to equip potential ship agents with the relevant skills associated with this specialised and complex profession. The course explores these complex roles in depth and looks at the commercial, legal and financial skills required as well as the new communications technology needed to be competent in today’s market.

This important international course provides you with a comprehensive insight and understanding of shipping, and the complex multidisciplinary maritime industry. The course is great for:

• New entrants to the maritime industry

• Individuals who wish to broaden their knowledge of the shipping industry

• Trainees in other industries associated with shipping

• Others who want to gain a good understanding of the shipping industry

The Diploma in Management Studies helps existing and aspiring managers to focus their attention on the requisite skills development by exploring, learning, and then applying best practices that will ensure their teams respond positively. This course has been designed to provide a thorough grounding in methodologies, concepts and tools that contribute to effective management and to create a deeper understanding of how the practice and application of the approaches to management outlined here, can lead to better personal and team performance.

This specially developed distance learning course by the North West Kent College is intended to provide the underpinning knowledge to enable port management professionals to meet these challenges for the future. The course is delivered by distance learning over 12 months and includes two optional seminars where you will be able to meet some of the course faculty.

The central objective of this course, which consists of six modules, is to provide the participant with the fundamentals of the industry, focusing on the design, construction, integrity and operation of pipelines.

This Certificate of Marine Claims course is targeted both at new entrants to the field who need a good general grounding in the topics covered and at more experienced practitioners who are looking to fill gaps in their knowledge and develop a broader perspective of maritime commerce. All aspects from legal, technical, practical and managerial aspects of claims and disputes are covered from incident, through investigation until resolution.

This distance learning course partners with our courses in Port Management and Logistics Management and offers a comprehensive and detailed course focused around terminal operations, leadership, safety, security, environmental management and productivity, addressing the particular operating environment of a terminal handling seaborne trade.