Training courses

The Baltic Exchange runs a series of shipping courses and workshops. The Practical series of courses are held in London and concentrate on aspects of vessel chartering and freight derivative trading. These courses are run in conjunction with the Cambridge Academy of Transport.

The Freight Derivatives & Shipping Risk Management and Advanced Freight Modelling & Trading courses are held around the world and delivered by Dr 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
  • Ship managers
  • International sellers and buyers of goods
  • Shipping executives
  • P&I Club executives
  • Maritime lawyers
  • Post fixture operations staff

For further details please contact either course organisers Bill Lines of Navigate PR; or John Doviak at the Cambridge Academy of Transport.

Course programme 2010 

Date Course title Description Cost
22-23 February (London)

26-27 April
(New York)

28-29 June (Singapore)


2-3 November (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 
£1399 + VAT (UK only)
24-25 February  (London)

28-29 April  (New York)

1-2 July (Singapore)

4-5 November  (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)
     
£1399 + VAT (UK only)
John Doviak (Cambridge Academy of Transport)ParticipantsDry cargo chartering course

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