INTRODUCTION
Ports are a key component of the nation’s marine transportation industry. As the owners and managers of prime waterfront property, port authorities and port terminal operators have a unique responsibility to adopt sustainable practices that preserve natural resources while ensuring economic growth. This course explains about the operations of ports and ports management methods.
PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
- Supporting efficient port operations and management
- Understanding different types of ports and how they operate
- Discussing modern port development and development of terminal operations
- Current trends in port markets, and managing overcapacity
- Understanding security measures needed at ports
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Terminal and Port Operators
- Ship Owners, Operators, and Managers
- Terminal Equipment and Technology Providers
- Freight Forwarding and Shipping Agents
- Multimodal transport service providers
- Port Developers, Construction & EPC Consultants
- Port Investors, Banking and Financing Institutions
PROGRAM OUTLINE
- Main features and operations of ports
- Importance of ports
- Evolution of ports
- Types of ports
- Port management
- Overview of port organism
- Port institutional framework
- Port management structures
- Impact on operations, planning, financing
- Port reform tools
- Cargo loading and discharging
- Industrial services in ports
- Combing and separating cargos
- Cargo movement
- Stuffing and de-stuffing containers
- Loading cargos in crates and crates in pallets
- Shrink-lapping, labelling, weighing, and repacking
- Transportation
- Ship lines
- Vessel scheduling
- Rail roads
- Rail operations
- Trucking
- Security impacts
- Traffic system provides History of vessel activities
- Vessel traffic information system background
- Camera feeds
- Managing overcapacity
