MSc/PgDip Technical Ship Management

This module aims to provide you with an understanding of the financial and operational issues that companies that manage or own ships in the various sectors of merchant shipping face, both charter and liner shipping, as well as an acquaintance with maritime sector infrastructures.

This module covers:

• international seaborne trade
• economic model for perfect competition conditions
• shipping markets and commodities transported
• charter shipping and the liner market
• supply chain management and logistics
• marine transport systems infrastructures
• geography of marine transport

At the end of this module you'll be able to:

• develop an understanding of the application of basic economic concepts in the shipping sector, its role in the world economy and the role of market sectors in seaborne transportation
• be in a position to assume managerial decisions concerning the charter market sector (wet and dry bulk cargoes)
• make decisions involving liner shipping issues and maritime transport system infrastructures

Assessment and feedback are in the form of a two-hours final exam during the Semester 1 exam diet and a group coursework assignment on selected contemporary topics of shipping economics and market sector analysis.

This module aims to demonstrate how the principles and methods of risk analysis are undertaken and reflected in safety assessment. Risk analysis offers a variety of methods, tools and techniques that can be applied in solving problems covering different phases of the life cycle of a vessel (design, construction, operation and end-of-life) and, as such, this module will also elaborate on the practicalities of its application to a range of marine scenarios.

This module covers:

• safety, risk and risk analysis; key terminology; lessons learnt from past experience; human factors.
• formal safety assessment
• hazard Identification
• frequency analysis and consequence modelling
• quantitative risk assessment methods
• risk control and decision support, cost benefit analysis
• human Factors and Safety culture in the maritime
• industry guest lectures addressing topical issues related to maritime safety and risk

At the end of this module you'll be able to:

• understand the concepts and importance of safety, risk and of all requisite fundamentals enabling quantification of risk in the maritime context
• utilise methods and tools undertaking fundamental studies, specific to any component, system or function and in general first-principles implementation to life-cycle design
• understand and have experience of the use of risk analysis in the marine field via related case studies (risk-based ship design, operation and regulation).
• be able to appreciate components of a formal safety assessment and apply it for indicative problems of maritime operations

Assessment and feedback are in the form of one final exam (during Semester-2 diet) and two coursework assignments (assignment-one focusses on accident investigation, assignment-two is a safety assessment case study).

This module aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to the marine regulatory framework, including background to its development, description of the current framework and future enhancements, an in-depth explanation of the theoretical background, nature and meaning of each method of assessment and a quantitative demonstration of the available routes and criteria used in assessing safety.

This module includes the theoretical background to the development, relevant theoretical models, content, similarities and differences, advantages and disadvantages deriving from the use of various rules and regulations:

• Maritime Regulatory System – Introduction
• Key stakeholders in Maritime Regulations and Enforcement
• Imo, FLAG States and Classification Societies
• EU regulatory Politics and Policy
• Shipping and Environment
• ISM and Human element in Shipping
• Rule Development process and Philosophy
• Offshore Regulations

At the end of this module, you'll:

• understand the structure and functioning of Marine Regulatory Framework including, IMO, Classification Societies and National Authorities
• have knowledge on International regulations under IMO framework including, SOLAS, MARPOL, ISM and Offshore Regulations
• understand the issues with maritime and environmental safety and how rules are developed to address these issues
• understand the meanings of Prescriptive, probabilistic, performance and equivalent rules and approaches
• have developed awareness about the future regulatory developments that may affect the design and operations of the ships and other floating structures

Assessment and feedback are in the form of two course work assignments and an exam. One assignment will be individual, and the other will be a group assignment (max 3-4 people per group). The final exam will be one hour long and purely focusing on the Fundamentals of Marine Regulatory Framework. You'll be provided with the material for the exam.

This module aims to provide you with an insight into the qualitative and quantitative systems’ reliability techniques as well as maintenance methodologies with particular emphasis to the maritime industry. The module will give you the ability to formulate, solve, report and present a comprehensive maintenance strategy based on the application of reliability and criticality analysis and assessment tools. The module will also provide you with an insight of the day-to-day operations of ships as well as explore and present features related to ships dry-dockings, inspection, repair and maintenance scheduling, regulatory regime as well as practical case studies on the above.

This module covers:

• introduction to reliability and maintenance (definition of reliability, hazard, risk, maintenance, maintainability, criticality, availability, etc)
• reliability tools (qualitative and quantitative like FMEA, FMECA, FTA, ETA, BBNs, Markov Analysis, HAZOP, HAZID, etc)
• risk and criticality matrices
• corrective, preventive, predictive, condition-based maintenance
• Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Risk Based Inspection (RBI) methods. Condition Monitoring (ConMon) tool, Planned Maintenance Systems PMS, Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
• case studies/applications regarding machinery and hull structure of ships
• regulatory regime in relation to ship operations and maintenance (IMO, IACS, OCIMF, HSE-Safety case/ALARP, etc.)
• research and applications in the maritime sector (i.e. FSA, GBS, TMSA, KPIs etc.)
• preparation for dry-dockings, inspection, maintenance and repairs of ships and offshore structures, quotation lists, etc.
• assessment of ship operational case studies
• seminars/lectures from invited experts (maintenance/condition monitoring experts, ship managers/operators to give seminars on planned maintenance/dry-docking planning, day-to-day ship operations)

At the end of this module you'll be:

• able to understand and apply various reliability software tools, concepts and strategies with application to the maritime/marine industry
• aware of the different maintenance methodologies and their application in the maritime field and carry out maintenance strategy case studies

Assessment and feedback are in the form of the submission of one coursework assignment related to reliability and criticality analysis tools and a final exam associated to the above topics.

This module aims to provide you with knowledge and awareness of issues in marine environmental protection, environmentally friendly shipping and international conventions and regulations of environmental protection and introduce the state-of-the-art technology applied in the industry and future trends. To provide you with knowledge of ship energy management systems and energy resources including the optimisation and integration of machinery and power systems in a sustainable manner.

This module covers:

• IMO MARPOL 73/78 Conventions on engine emission control
• marine engine emissions control: primary and secondary techniques
• fuel cell technology for ships, alternative fuels and energy sources
• issues of supply and use of low sulphur bunker fuels
• ballast water management
• overview of energy issues worldwide and necessity for energy management systems onboard
• major energy systems onboard and aspects of their design, manufacture and operation
• utilisation of waste heat energy on ships: waste heat recovery
• exergy analysis for thermal energy system onboard

At the end of this module you'll be able to:

• describe the key issues in marine environmental protection
• demonstrate an awareness of regulations concerning marine environmental protection
• show an understanding of the formation and reduction technologies for marine emissions
• be capable of estimating energy consumption and saving for the different energy consumers on ships.
• demonstrate an understanding of the on-board procedures and operations which minimise emissions.
• demonstrate an understanding of energy systems design and systems integration.
• conduct calculations involving marine energy systems components and consumers.
• acquire the key skills for estimating energy consumption and saving
• demonstrate an understanding of how to optimise equipment in order to minimise emissions.
• demonstrate an understanding of useful work and exergy
• conduct energy and exergy analysis for both components and whole thermodynamic system onboard.

This is a coursework-class test assessment module, no exam. There are two coursework assignments and one class test, each contribute 50%, 25% and 25% to the final assessment respectively.

This class aims to provide you with skills relating to the use of engineering practices in project management with particular respect to the effective and efficient use of resources.

The overall aim of the module is to provide you with an enriched experience in the selection, conceptualisation and designing of a novel vessel or an offshore asset. The group projects will also include a thorough market review, concept and focused design studies and techno-economic analysis in a simulated design project environment. It will also provide you with an opportunity to present their project outputs to a panel involving academic/industry staff.

This module covers:

• development of a broad but nevertheless critical review of prospects for techno-economic growth in maritime related activities in a particular context/area of the world
• proposal and evaluation of specific design-related activities with a view to developing a design project to a concept level but with substantial calculations in at least one design objective
• demonstration of analytical ability and understanding of engineering principles and problem-solving techniques, creativity and self-reflection
• the ability to present and defend the design choices to a panel.

At the end of this module you'll be able to:

• identify and prioritize the key-design issues along with their basic interrelations in the context of naval architecture
• materialize a design project according to a given timeline through design steps along the key-design-issues priority path
• work efficiently and openly in a collaborative context involving different cultures and expertise
• choose at each design step the proper rationally-based computation methods

Assessment and feedback are in the form of either design report or presentation. There will be five tasks: each task may include the submission of a design report or an oral presentation followed by questions from the lecturers and the advisory groups.

This module aims to provide the fundamental concept of the energy balance of a motorship and the major contributors to the performance losses of a ship in-service. These include the resistance/power increase due to wind, waves, rudder actions/hull drift, hull roughness (including coating), biofouling. The module also aims to discuss the fundamentals of these contributors and describes how to estimate the ship performance losses (i.e. in terms of power increase or speed loss) due to these effects.

This module covers:

• introduction to ship powering in service
• theory of added resistance due to waves
• numerical and experimental calculation of added resistance due to waves
• experimental techniques for naval architects
• towing tank experiments
• roughness effect of biofouling – biofouling, fouling control coatings, concepts of boundary layer theory
• the effect of hull fouling on the performance of marine vehicles
• added resistance due to wind, rudder actions/hull drift

At the end of this module you'll be able to:

• acquire a knowledge and understanding of the technical factors which affect the performance of a ship and the machinery at sea
• acquire a knowledge and understanding of the main causes of performance losses (in-service) associated with the hull and propulsion, and methods to estimate these losses
• understand the techniques used for laboratory measurement of added resistance

Assessment and feedback are in the form of two coursework assignments. The first assignment requires the calculation of the added resistance due to waves using a set of empirical formulae and potential flow-based software package. The second assignment requires the calculation of added resistance due to waves using experimental techniques, and the calculation of added resistance values due to fouling, wind, rudder actions/hull drift using various methods.

This module explores financial options for ensuring the solvency and sustainability of business ventures. It covers topics including financial reporting and financial accounting in relation to the wider issues of corporate behaviour and corporate governance. The module will also look into the implications of the occurrence of financial crises at corporate, national and global levels for financial engineering practice.