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College of Humanities and Law

Advanced Certificate in

Shipping And Logistics '@ Sept 2071 - May 2012

THE HONG KONG SHIPPERS' COUNCIL

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Advanced Certificate in Shipping And Logistics Co-organized by The Hong Kong Shippers' Council

HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education

Sept201' - May2012

Introduction

The Advanced Certificate of Shipping and Logistics is jointly developed by the HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE) and the Hong Kong Shippers' Council as a re-constitution of the highly popular Comprehensive Certificate Course.

The aims of this programme are: ,. To provide practitioners in the shipping and logistics industry a

comprehensive training programme on the basics of shipping and logistics operations;

2. To provide practitioners an academic progression path that lead to

higher academic qualifications through this programme.

Medium of Instruction The lectures are normally conducted in Cantonese, supplemented by English. Handouts and examinations are in English.

Award Students who have an overall pass (2 examinations and 1 written report)

and have attended at least 70% of the lectures will be awarded the Advanced Certificate.

Minimum Entry Requirements Applicants shall

1. have gained in the HKCEE Grade E in 5 subjects; or

2. have 1 year of work experience at supervisory level; or

3.have recommendations endorsed by the Hong Kong Shippers'Council.

Applicants will be considered on a case by case basis subject to approval by the Admission Committee. Those with other equivalent qualifications and

relevant work experience will be considered on individual merits.

Further study Graduates of this programme having attained Grade C or above in either

one of the examinations are eligible to apply for the Professional Diploma in

logistics and Transport Management Programme.

The Programme Structure The programme covers' 2 taught modules in 9 months. Visits will be arranged to sea container terminal. air cargo terminal or the like during the course. Tentative Time - table

1. Introduct ion to Shipping

27 Sep 2011 ITue)

2.Carriage of Goods by Sea

4,11, 180ct2011 ITue)

3. Carriage of Goods by Air

25 Oct, 1,8 Nov 201 1 (Tue)

Introduct ion to the Maritime industry in HK, Shipping Terminology, Conference, All iance,

Shipping Related Services.

laws relating to carriage of goods by sea, bills of lading, affreightment, letters of indemnity,

practice and operations of bills of lading.

Introduction to airfreight industry, ICAO, lATA, SITA and FI ATA, practices of cargo operation s,

airway bills, air freight forwarding, cargo consolidation, co-load ing, bulk unitization.

4. Carriage of Goods by Land Transport

15,22,29 Nov 201 1 (Tue) Transport of goods by truck, cargo packing and container stuffing, trucking services provision,

5. Cargo Insurance

6,13 Dec 2011 ITue)

rail-freight, railway network and systems, management and operational practices,commercial

policies, regulatory control of rail transport, logistics development in Mainland Ch ina.

Marine cargo insurance and claim clause, policy document, institute cargo clauses,general average loss, measure of indemnity, actual and constructive total loss.

Jan 2012 VIsit/Mid-Term Examination

6. Log istics Strategy, Planning and Pract ices

10,17,31 Jan 2012 (Tue) Basic operations of freight forwarders, rights and duties of agents and carriers, logistics law, outsourcing,3PL, purchase order processing, shipment tracking and tracing, integration of logistics functions, customer service management, VAS.

7. Procurement and Supply Cha in Management

7, 14,21 Feb 2012 (Tue) Procurement, management of suppliers, price and supply chain cost, coordinating inbound and outbound transport needs, decision making, lead-time management, process integration,

warehouse and inventory management,JIT, material handling.

8. Log istics Costing

28 Feb, 6, 13 Mar 2012 ITue)

9. E-Commerce and E-Shipping 20,27 Mar 2012 (T ue)

1 O.Banking for Shippers 3, 10 Apr 2012 (Tue)

11. Trade Documentation 17,24 Apr 2012 ITue)

12.Law Relating to Trade 8, 15May2012ITue)

Cost structure of a product, types of costs, economy of sca le,out-sourcing, investment and pay

back period, rate of return, present value etc.

e-commerce, web-based EDI,e-logistics, digital trade and transportation systems.

Payment methods, documentation and incoterms,document cred its, considerations on the

issuance of document credits and special forms used.

Import/export licencing control, shipping documentation, trade documents, stock records, invoice and preservation of records.

Law in relation to sa le and purchase of goods, import and export of goods, introduction to arbitration, mediation and negotiation.

May 2012 Fmal Exammatlon

Programme content maybe 5Ubject fO minor changes.

Deadline for Application You are encouraged to apply before 31 August 2012.

Enquiries For enquiries, please contact Ms. Wimmy Lam of HKU SPACE at 2508 8862 1 [email protected] or Ms. Czarina Shum of Hong Kong Shippers'Council at 2834 DOlO. Information can also be obtained from the

following websites: HKU SPACE Web:www.hkuspace.hku.hk Hong Kong Sh ippers'Counci l: http://www.hkshippers.org.hk

'@ This programme has been included in the list of reimbursable courses for Continuing ......... Education Fund purposes. For further details please refer to HKU SPACE's website or http://www.info.gov.hklsfaalcef

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4. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS {please !!lin appropnate boxes):

I attach the following documents in support of my application:

o HKCEE Grade E in 5 subjects 0 Academic transcripts/certificates o Certification of work experience 0 Others _______________ _

5. If you are applying as a member, state below the organization that you belong to:

6. Are you sponsored by your employer? o Full Sponsorship o Partial Sponsorship o No Sponsorship

7. Where did you learn about this programme? o Newspaper o Employers De-advertisement o HKU SPACE Publications o HKU SPACE website o Others {Please specify), ______________________________ _

Personal Data provided in this form w ill be used for processing your application for admission, and for registration, academic, administrative, alumni management, research, statistical and marketing purposes. The data will be solely handled by HKU SPACE staff but may be transferred to an authorized third party providing services to the School in relation to the above purposes and prescribed

purposes as allowed by HKU SPACE and the law from time to time. In all such circumstances data wi ll be treated in strict confidence.

8. DECLARATION TO BE SIGNED BY APPLICANTS

I. (Full Name), hereby apply for admission to the

University. I declare that the information given in support of this application is accurate and complete, and I authorize the

University to obtain, and the relevant authority to release, any and all information about my candidature for my past studies in

institutions in Hong Kong and elsewhere.1 accept that all the data in this form and those the University is a authorized to obtain

will be used for purposes related to the processing and administration of my application in the university context.

Signature ________________ Date _________________ _

This form shou ld be completed and returned to:

Course Director, Advanced Certificate in Shipping and logistics, 11 /F, Fortress Tower, 250 King's Road, North Point, Hong Kong.

Complete form should be sent together wi th (1) supporting documents; (2) one crossed cheque of HK$150 being the application fee;{3) a completed application fee form. All crossed cheques should be made payable to UHKU SPACE7

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