Course 12 of 20 · Freight and Shipping Desk Academy

Dry-Bulk Freight Practice

Stage C, Operator economics and market practice. Level 6 of 10.

Dry market practice: bulk cargo handling and berth terms, cargo-specific loading and trimming constraints, and the dry-bulk charter party and liner terms set.

116 chapters · 11 modules · every chapter one 8 to 10 minute explainer · builds on: Course 02, Course 05, Course 06, Course 09

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How a chapter is delivered

One chapter is one idea taken to the point of use

Each chapter covers one idea to the point where you can use it, and comes two ways: a narrated explainer, and a deep dive audio discussion of around thirty minutes that works the same material at depth.

Self-paced throughout, and the same chapters can be taught as a cohort. Chapters run in order: each one assumes only what the chapters before it taught, and capability belonging to a later course is named and deferred rather than half-covered.

Curriculum

11 modules · 116 chapters

Open any module for its full chapter list, in teaching order.

M0 The Dry Market on Its Own Terms Ch 1-10
  1. What Makes a Cargo Dry Bulk
  2. The Major Bulks and the Minor Bulks
  3. Why the Cargo Decides the Vessel, Not the Reverse
  4. Gear or No Gear: the First Dry Question
  5. The Berth You Have Never Seen
  6. Why Dry Fixtures Argue About Cargo Handling
  7. The Paper a Dry Voyage Generates
  8. Three Cargoes Used Throughout
  9. What a Dry Operator Does Before the Holds Open
  10. Map of the Subject and Where It Stops
M1 The Cargoes and What Each Demands Ch 11-22
  1. Iron Ore Fines, Lumps and Pellets
  2. Iron Ore Concentrate and Why Owners Price It Higher
  3. Thermal Coal: Grades, Sizing and Dust
  4. Coking Coal and the Buyer Who Will Not Accept a Blend
  5. Bauxite and Alumina as Two Different Fixtures
  6. Wheat, Corn and Soybeans in a Hold
  7. Oilseed Meals and Pellets That Heat Themselves
  8. Fertilisers, Corrosion and the Hold Coating
  9. Cement, Clinker and the Dusting Penalty
  10. Steel, Scrap and Project Pieces as Part Cargo
  11. Sugar, Salt and Sulphur: Three Awkward Parcels
  12. Logs, Woodchips and Wood Pellets
M2 Holds, Gear and Hold Preparation Ch 23-32
  1. Inside a Bulk Carrier Hold
  2. The Cleanliness Standards and What They Mean
  3. Cleaning Holds Between Two Dry Cargoes
  4. Passing and Failing a Hold Inspection
  5. Preparing Holds for Grain and the Surveyor Who Signs
  6. Who Pays for Hold Preparation
  7. Ship's Cranes, Grabs and Safe Working Load
  8. Gearless Tonnage and Dependence on the Shore
  9. Hatch Covers, Weathertightness and Rain Stoppages
  10. Dunnage, Separation and Over-Stowed Parcels
M3 Stowage, Trimming and the Loading Plan Ch 33-43
  1. Stowage Factor and the Hold That Fills First
  2. Deadweight Cargo Against Measurement Cargo
  3. Grain Capacity, Bale Capacity and Which to Quote
  4. Untrimmed, Spout Trimmed and Trimmed and Levelled
  5. Bulldozers in the Hold and the Damage They Do
  6. Loading Sequence and the Stress on the Hull
  7. Alternate Hold Loading and the Strength Limit
  8. The Loading Plan Agreed With the Terminal
  9. Pour Rate, Ballast and the Reason Loading Pauses
  10. Topping Off and the Last Thousand Tonnes
  11. A Worked Stowage: a Grain Parcel on Small Tonnage
M4 Moisture, Liquefaction and Heat Ch 44-53
  1. The Cargo Declaration the Shipper Owes the Ship
  2. Hazard Groups in Commercial Language
  3. Transportable Moisture Limit and the Certificate Behind It
  4. The Can Test on the Quay
  5. Liquefaction and the Trades That Have Caused Losses
  6. Self-Heating Coal and Watching the Hold
  7. Fumigation in Transit and the Crew Living Above It
  8. Oxygen Depletion and the Space Nobody Should Enter
  9. Refusing a Cargo and the Charterer's Loss
  10. Angle of Repose, Shifting and Securing a Bulk Surface
M5 Berth Terms and Who Pays to Move the Cargo Ch 54-64
  1. Free In and Free Out as the Base Case
  2. Adding Stowage and Trimming to the Term
  3. Liner Terms, Gross Terms and Berth Terms Compared
  4. Liner In Free Out and the Half-and-Half Fix
  5. Appointing the Stevedore and Taking His Risk
  6. Turning a Handling Term Into Dollars a Tonne
  7. Lashing, Securing and the Bill Nobody Quoted
  8. Shifting Berth, Idle Gear and Who Carries the Hours
  9. Agency, Tally and Survey Costs on a Dry Call
  10. Overtime, Shore Cranes and Holiday Working
  11. A Worked Comparison of Two Offers on Different Terms
M6 Loading and Discharge Performance Ch 65-74
  1. Shiploaders, Conveyors and a Terminal's Rated Capacity
  2. Grab Discharge and the Limits of a Clamshell
  3. Self-Unloading Vessels and the Cargoes That Justify Them
  4. Floating Cranes and Anchorage Transhipment
  5. Two-Port Loading and the Downriver Completion
  6. Part Discharge, Lightening and the Second Receiver
  7. Declared Rates Against What Berths Actually Achieve
  8. Dust Controls, Rain and Suspended Cargo Work
  9. Sweeping, Residues and Certifying an Empty Hold
  10. A Worked Discharge Programme for an Ore Parcel
M7 Quantity, Weight and Shortage Ch 75-84
  1. Three Ways to Weigh a Dry Parcel
  2. The Draught Survey Step by Step, Part One
  3. The Draught Survey Step by Step, Part Two
  4. Shore Scales, Belt Weighers and Their Disagreement
  5. The Shipping Document Figure and Who Chooses It
  6. Moisture Loss in Transit and Apparent Shortage
  7. Shortage Claims and the Allowance the Trade Accepts
  8. Overloading, Short Loading and the Freight Effect
  9. Deadfreight When the Cargo Does Not Appear
  10. A Worked Weight Dispute on a Coal Parcel
M8 The Dry-Bulk Charter Party Set Ch 85-95
  1. The General Voyage Form as the Dry Default
  2. The Rider Clauses Dry Charterers Add
  3. The Coal Voyage Form and Its Peculiarities
  4. North American Grain Terms
  5. Continental Grain Terms and the European Fix
  6. Ore Forms and the Miner's Own Terms
  7. Forms for Fertiliser, Sugar and Cement
  8. Cargo Quantity, Tolerance and Whose Option It Is
  9. The Cargo Exclusion List
  10. Hold Condition in a Period Fixture
  11. Choosing the Form: a Worked Clause Comparison
M9 Cargo Condition and the Dry Paper Chain Ch 96-105
  1. The Mate's Receipt as the First Record
  2. Clausing a Document for Wet or Contaminated Cargo
  3. Letters of Indemnity Against a Clean Document
  4. Contamination From the Previous Cargo
  5. Stevedore Damage to Holds, Hatches and Tanktops
  6. Sweat, Condensation and Water Found in a Hold
  7. Fumigation, Plant Health and Grain Admission Papers
  8. Sampling and Quality Certificates on a Dry Parcel
  9. Who Owns the Cargo Claim
  10. A Worked Condition Dispute on a Fertiliser Parcel
M10 Working the Dry Desk Ch 106-116
  1. Screening a Dry Parcel Against Available Tonnage
  2. Adding the Dry Cost Lines to a Voyage Calculation
  3. Reading a Dry Cargo Enquiry
  4. The Fixture Checklist for a Dry Parcel
  5. A Worked Dry Fixture, Part One: Cargo and Candidates
  6. A Worked Dry Fixture, Part Two: Terms and Rate
  7. A Worked Dry Fixture, Part Three: the Load Port
  8. A Worked Dry Fixture, Part Four: Discharge and Accounts
  9. Why Dry Practice Travels Badly Between Trades
  10. What Dry-Bulk Practice Cannot Tell You
  11. The Dry Practice File the Desk Keeps

The brochure gives each of these 116 chapters a paragraph on what it covers and what you can do once you have worked through it.

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