Training courses

The Baltic Exchange runs a series of shipping courses and workshops. The Freight Derivatives & Shipping Risk Management and Advanced Freight Modelling & Trading courses are held around the world and delivered by Professor Nikos Nomikos and Dr Amir Alizadeh from the Centre for Shipping, Trade & Finance at Cass Business School.

Participants attend a mixture of lectures and workshops and will achieve a high level of practical knowledge within a short period of time.

The courses are open to all and will benefit:

Shipbrokers
Shipowners
Shipping fund investors
Charterers
Commodity and energy traders
Bankers
Shipping executives
Maritime lawyers

For further details please contact either course organisers Bill Lines of Navigate PR.

Course programme 2013

Date	Course title	Description	Cost
10-11 June (London) 1-2 July (Singapore) 14-15 October (London)	Freight Derivatives & Shipping Risk Management	Introduction to shipping risk Freight rate risk management Freight rate options Clearing & settlement of shipping derivatives contracts Bunker risk management Financial risk management Ship price risk management Value at risk in shipping Credit risk in shipping	Ł1399 + VAT (UK only)
12-13 June (London) 3-4 July (Singapore) 16-17 October (London)	Advanced Freight Modelling & Trading	Spot freight rate dynamics Relationship between spot and time-charter markets Constructing and using freight forward curves Modelling freight rate volatility Back-testing and stress-testing risk models Writing and hedging options on freight Pricing options in freight markets Different types of real options abandon, expand contract; spot vs time charter; option to lay up)	Ł1399 + VAT (UK only)

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