Ship Management

Background  

The aim of ship management is for the safe, reliable and efficient operation of a vessel or fleet of vessels and as such an understanding of operational and regulatory requirements is needed. Modern-day ship managers face pressures from various sources. These can relate to economics, regulations, marketing, technology, human resources, invariably a combination of all of these. You are a ship manager in a world’s leading third-party ship management company who delivers ship management services to a diverse fleet of cargo-carrying vessels including tankers, dry bulk carriers and container ships.  

Assessment Task  

Ship management includes a series of tasks which are to be carried out to ensure safe and efficient management and operation of a ship. In general, the tasks of ship management and operations can be divided into six aspects: strategic management, operation management, commercial management, technical management, compliance management, and human resource management.

Your director has charged you with writing a report that outlines how a company has had to adapt their management due to Covid-19 with respect to different aspects of the above-mentioned ship operations and management.  You are not required to cover all 6 aspects of management, but you should“ cover at least 2 aspects. For more information on Ship Management check on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_management