AY2026 Semester 1 data is now available →
Operation of freight markets and chartering in ocean going shipping. Basic types of freight markets (dry cargo-tankers). Function of market. Factors determining the freight rate. Shipping marketing. Charter parties. Types of chartering. Freight calculations. Special calculations: mixed time and voyage charter and marginal calculations. Marginal calculations in the liner market. Time charter calculations. Tanker calculations. The Worldscale index establishment. The connection of freight to the cost and supply of shipping services. Distribution of risk in freight fluctuations. Use of future charter parties. Rate of shipping return.
| AUs | 3.0 AUs |
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| Prerequisite | |
| Not Available To Programme | |
| Not Available To All Programme With | |
| Not Available As BDE/UE To Programme | |
| Not Available As Core To Programme | |
| Not Available As PE To Programme | |
| Mutually Exclusive With | MT3201 |
| Not Offered As BDE | |
| Not Offered As Unrestricted Elective | |
| Exam |
Required first
Ship Chartering
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | |
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| 1800 |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | |
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| 1030 | 62171 TUT (MS1) 1030-1120 Tue TRX44 | ||||
| 1100 | |||||
| 1130 | 62172 TUT (MS2) 1130-1220 Tue TRX44 | 62174 TUT (MS4) 1130-1220 Fri TRX43 | |||
| 1200 | |||||
| 1230 | 62173 TUT (MS3) 1230-1320 Tue TRX44 | 62175 TUT (MS5) 1230-1320 Fri TRX43 | |||
| 1300 | |||||
| 1330 | |||||
| 1400 | |||||
| 1430 | |||||
| 1500 | |||||
| 1530 | COMMON LEC (LE1) 1530-1720 Tue LT5 | ||||
| 1600 | |||||
| 1630 | |||||
| 1700 |
