RLA's management training courses and workshops are available at venues within the UK, Europe, Singapore, the Americas and the Middle East. Some of our Clients even ask us to host them in their offices around the globe.
We cover the following subjects:
- Coverage strategies
- Business tactics
- Risk management
- Project implementation
- Transportation economics
- Market structure
- Freight and cost evaluations
- Strategic assessments
The courses and workshops are either organised solely by RLA or in conjunction with The Oxford Princeton Programme or the Cambridge Academy of Transport. In-house courses are offered to meet the exact requirements of individual companies. Both Jacqueline Richardson and Charles Lawrie are regularly invited to speak on training programmes and run workshops on behalf of other organisations.
Here are some brief descriptions of courses and workshops frequently run by RLA today:
| COURSE TITLE: | Tanker Ownership, Chartering & Operations - Tactics and Decision Making |
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| TIMING & VENUES: | 5 day programme twice a year in Oxford, UK
3 day programme in Singapore & Houston |
| ORGANISED BY: | RLA in partnership with The Oxford Princeton Programme |
| INFORMATION: | Need to learn how to make sound business decisions and gain an understanding of the key issues and their potential impact on tanker ownership, chartering & operations?
The course covers the crude oil, petroleum products, chemicals and gas transportation sectors by examining important economic, financial, contractual, legislative, environmental and qualitative considerations when evaluating contract options, chartering and investment strategies, logistics and other operating tactics. |
| THOSE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED: | Planners, Charterers, Operators & Investors from oil and tanker companies, traders and financial institutions worldwide. |
| COURSE TITLE: | Tanker Ownership, Chartering & Operations - Advanced Strategies and Risk Management |
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| TIMING & VENUES: | 3 day programme once a year in Oxford, UK
3 day programme annually in Houston |
| ORGANISED BY: | RLA in partnership with The Oxford Princeton Programme |
| INFORMATION: | Learn about risk management through the futures and period charter markets. Learn about successful contract negotiating, strategies for improving operating returns and key decisions from cases in maritime law. From this course you will gain an understanding of the key issues facing players in today's oil tanker markets and how companies are responding.
The course is an advanced programme building on topics covered in 'Tanker Ownership, Chartering and Operations - Tactics and Decision Making'. It focuses on the implementation of tactics and practical strategies for enhancing commercial returns and business performance in tanker transportation, both from the charterers' and owners' perspectives. |
| THOSE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED: | Supply, trading and risk management departments in oil companies, commercial, operations, planning and financial departments in shipping companies and the shipping affiliates or divisions of oil companies, banks, financial institutions and legal firms working on energy issues, management new to the transportation sector. |
| COURSE TITLE: | Oil, Gas and Chemicals Shipping - The Basic essentials |
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| TIMING & VENUES: | 1 day programme held annually in London, UK |
| ORGANISED BY: | RLA in partnership with The Oxford Princeton Programme |
| INFORMATION: | Gain a concise introduction to the main terms and activities of the oil and gas tanker transportation markets. Find out what the 'jargon' means, how the processes work and who is responsible for what.
The content of the course covers a review of ship types and the cast of characters in the transportation markets. You will also learn about the voyage from planning to completion, contracts and charter parties, demurrage, world-scale and freight assessments, as well as legislation. |
| THOSE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED: | Non-specialist staff who interact with shipping companies, charterers and lawyers and other executives who need to understand the main terminologies. |
| COURSE TITLE: | The Chemicals Market - Chartering & Operations |
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| TIMING & VENUES: | Held annually in Singapore |
| ORGANISED BY: | RLA in partnership with The Oxford Princeton Programme |
| INFORMATION: | The Asian region is the fastest growing area of chemicals production & trade, and shipping is a vital part of the supply chain. Learn more about the profitability, marketing & safe transportation of the commodities involved.
Presented in association with Oxford Princeton, the course is designed to enhance business knowledge of the chemical tanker market and shipping and transportation economics. It combines lectures from senior professionals, carefully structured exercises, case studies and workshops. |
| THOSE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED: | Commercial, operational and financial personnel from ship-owning & operating companies, chemicals producers, chemical trading & distribution companies, personnel from banks & financial institutions, accountants and law firms, management new to transportation. |
| COURSE TITLE: | Commercial Strategies & Chartering Tactics in Chemicals & Gas Shipping |
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| TIMING & VENUES: | 6 day residential workshop presented annually in Cambridge |
| ORGANISED BY: | RLA in association with Cambridge Academy of Transport |
| INFORMATION: | A must for those concerned with shipping portfolios and transportation coverage in these specialist markets.
Enhance your competitive position and improve your risk management techniques through the development of essential skills for specialist market sectors. Through a combination of presentations, workshops and case studies, learn to improve your competitiveness in a week. |
| THOSE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED: | Commercial, operational and financial personnel from ship-owning & operating companies, producers, trading & distribution companies in the bulk liquid chemicals, chemical gases and LPG sectors, personnel from banks & financial institutions, accountants and law firms, management new to transportation. |
| COURSE TITLE: | LPG - Supply, Economics, Markets & International Trading |
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| TIMING & VENUES: | 5 day residential course |
| ORGANISED BY: | RLA in association with The Oxford Princeton Programme |
| INFORMATION: | Require a thorough Introduction to the Global LPG business?
In association with the Oxford Princeton Programme, the course examines the effect of new supply sources and pricing structures on international trade, emerging downstream markets and on the use of LPG as feedstock. |
| THOSE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED: | Commercial, operations and marketing staff, planners, economists and government officials, managers transferring from other energy sectors. |
| COURSE TITLE: | International LPG Trading & Pricing - Supply, Shipping Contracts & Risk Management |
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| TIMING & VENUES: | 4 day residential course annually in Oxford, UK 3 day residential course annually in Houston, USA |
| ORGANISED BY: | RLA in association with The Oxford Princeton Programme |
| INFORMATION: | Become better educated about the commercial factors affecting international LPG marketing & trading.
The course analyses the international production and consumption outlook, pricing, logistics and tools for risk management, including a number of workshops. The Houston course also focuses on the position of the USA in the global LPG market. |
| THOSE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED: | Executives involved directly or indirectly with LPG supply, operations, shipping and international trading, and managers requiring a structured LPG training programme linking this to the LPG Supply, Economics and Markets course. |
| COURSE TITLE: | LNG Shipping - A Voyage of Discovery |
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| TIMING & VENUES: | 3 day residential course annually in Oxford, UK |
| ORGANISED BY: | RLA in association with The Oxford Princeton Programme |
| INFORMATION: | LNG transportation accounts for some 10% to 30% of total LNG supply chain costs from upstream gas production through to terminalling and regasification on the import side. Both figuratively and physically it is central to the LNG supply chain and the safe, efficient execution of LNG supply contracts
This intensive 3 day course is designed to take participants through all of the commercial, technical, operating, legislative and legal issues affecting the marine transportation of LNG from export to import terminal. This is accomplished through a combination of presentations, exercises and case studies under the direction of a team of expert speakers with practical experience of the LNG industry and shipping. The aim is to give participants the ability to assess opportunities and manage operational and commercial risks in LNG shipping. |
| THOSE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED: | Commercial and financial specialists, operators, planners and analysts working in shipping companies. Sales, marketing and commercial personnel from LNG producers, suppliers and importers - for example, national producer companies, international oil and gas companies, utilities and industrial gas consumers. Port authorities and terminal operators, individuals and companies new to the LNG sector, bankers and lawyers advising on LNG and LNG shipping, terminal and supply projects. Regulators and government organisations having an interest in the LNG sector. |
Additional Training Programmes & Workshops
RLA's most recent speaking engagements on oil, gas and chemical shipping include presentations at:
- Chemicals, LPG & LNG carrier markets on the 'Anatomy of Shipping Courses' at the Cambridge Academy of Transport
- The LP Gas Forum Conference
- The Third Aromatics & Derivatives Conference
- European Petrochemical Association - Distribution Meeting
- Informa Products Tanker and Products and Chemical Tanker Conferences
- Intertanko Rotterdam Event
- Marichem Rotterdam
- Petrochemicals - Tamoil International Conference on Tankers
- Middle East Economic Digest - Future Developments in Gulf
