MBA in Maritime and Shipping Management (Ακαδημαϊκό έτος 2023/2024)

The course aims to provide students with a detailed and systematic knowledge of the operation of bills of lading, charter-parties, and all relevant documents, used for the carriage of goods by sea. Students will comprehend the differences between different charter parties, the obligations of the parties, the hire and the problems that arise.

1. Introduction to Charter Party and Bill of lading, Implied obligations in a contract of affreightment (implied undertakings from the part of the shipowner/implied undertakings from the part of the charterer)
2. The voyage charter party (an overview of the charter/the arrived ship/the loading operation/the carrying voyage/the discharging operation)
3. The time charter party (the general legal overview/description of the vessel/period of hire/payment for hire/the off-hire clause/deduction from hire/right to withdraw vessel/employment and agency clause/redelivery of the vessel)
4. Bills of Lading
5. Hague/Visby Rules and case studies
6. Alternative Disputes Resolution (mediation, arbitration)
7. Case study on carriage of goods. Explanation of the use of the Lloyd’s Law Reports
8. Laytime, Demurrage and Dispatch money, case study

• J. Wilson, Carriage of Goods by Sea, Pitmamn Publ., London.
• Ath. Giannakis, Conceptual Dictionary of Shipping Terms (English-Greek language), Peania 2009, ISBN: 9 789609 890700.
• E.R.H. Ivamy, Carriage of Goods by Sea, Butterworths, London.
• Carver, Carriage by Sea, Stevens & Sons, London.
• Paul Todd, Modern Bills of Lading, Collins, London.
• Paul Todd, Cases and Materials on Bills of Lading, BSP Professional Books, Oxford.
• Selected cases from Lloyd’s Law Reports.
• Greek shipping law.