The Oxford Bunker Course

11-15 May or 7-11 September 2009, Oxford, England

       

EVENT PROGRAMME

PLEASE NOTE: This is a preliminary programme and may be subject to change

Sunday

Evening: Arrive in Oxford

 

Monday

09:00

Introduction/Administration/Round Robin

09:30

Introduction to the Bunker Industry

10:30

Coffee Break and Course Photograph

11:15

Commercial Introduction

12:15

Mini Exercise: Bunker Game

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Technical Introduction

15:00

Tea Break

15:30

Operations - Practical Aspects

17:00

Mini Bunker Quiz/Video

17:30

Close

Evening: Oxford University Tour

 

Tuesday

09:00

Bunker Fuel: Refining and Production

10:15

Coffee Break

10:45

Specifications: ISO 8217 - Parameters, Levels, Variations, Labs & Test Methods

12:00

On-Board Handling, Purifying, Blending (featuring Alfa Laval Video)

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Sampling and Testing Equipment

14:45

Bunker Surveys / Surveyors

15:45

Tea Break

16:15

Practical Problems associated with LSFO (including a Case Study on a MARPOL Fuel Problem)

17:15

Technical Quiz / Video (DNVPS and Tramp)

17:45

Close

Evening: Tour of historic Oxford pubs

 

Wednesday

09:30

Aspects & Effects of International Control and Regulation of Bunkers

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

The Role of the Major Oil Company, The Fuel Oil Market and The Sulphur Issue

12:15

Brokers, Traders and Bankers

12:45

Lunch

13:45

Uses and Abuses of Credit

14:45

Mini Case Study

15:00

Tea Break

15:30

Mini Case Study

16:00

Oil Spills, ISPS etc

16:40

Commercial Quiz

17:10

Close

Evening: Punting on the Isis

 

Thursday

09:00

The Buyer's Viewpoint (Owner, Charterer, Manager)

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

Material Safety Datasheets etc

11:40

Bunker Hedging (A Beginner's Guide and Some Practical Demonstrations)

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Bunker Case Study

16:30

Tea

17:00

Course Recap

17:30

Close

Evening: Course Dinner

 

Friday

09:30

Comprehensive Course Quiz

10:15

Coffee

10:30

Legal Aspects of Bunkering

12:30

Results of Course Quiz

12:45

Course Wrap-Up

13:00

Lunch / Close

 


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