Shipboard Management

Simon Daniels is a consultant marine lawyer and will be known to many maritime professionals for managing the law and business parts of the Merchant Vessel Operations programme at Warsash Maritime Academy.

• 1. Introduction: Learning the Law 2. Sources of Law 3. Conventions overview 4. The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea – SOLAS 5. Survey Requirements 6. Seaworthiness and Risk Management 7. Risk Management in Polar Operations 8. The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1978, its regulations and its amendments – STCW 9. The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships – MARPOL 10. MARPOL - Issues of Accountability 11. The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments – BWM 12. The Maritime Labour Convention - MLC – Overview 13. The MLC - The Application of the Convention 14. The Management of Seafarers 15. The Master's Responsibility 16. The Master and Shipboard Management 17. Routines and Emergencies 18. The Master and the Owner 19. Leadership and Shipboard Management 20. Port State Control 21. Pilotage 22. Piracy and Stowaways 23. The Role of Evidence in Criminal Proceedings 24. Essentials Of Contract Law 25. Contract Formation 26. Contract - What can possibly go wrong? 27. Agency 28. Charterparties 29. The Bill of Lading 30. Liability in Negligence 31. Marine Insurance 32. Salvage