A ship is really three systems running at once — the machinery that has to work, the crew that has to be looked after, and the commercial deal that has to stay profitable. Miss any one of them and the whole operation suffers. This Running a Ship programme from Arab British Fellowship Training Academy teaches all three together, giving ship managers the technical, human and commercial judgement to run vessels safely and profitably.

Part of the Training Courses In Shipping, Maritime and Ports Training Courses specialization under Management, the course covers technical maintenance, crewing, commercial operations, safety compliance and risk management as one integrated discipline rather than separate silos.

• Understand how technical, crew and commercial management interact on board.
• Apply technical management best practices to machinery and asset lifecycle.
• Improve crewing, welfare and competency development.
• Build preventive and predictive maintenance programmes around Planned Maintenance Systems.
• Manage commercial and voyage operations to protect profitability.
• Apply Safety Management Systems, the ISM Code and international compliance requirements.
• Use digital tools to anticipate risk before it becomes downtime.

Target Audience

This course is designed for:

• Ship Managers.
• Technical Superintendents.
• Crew Managers and Crewing Officers.
• Marine Engineers.
• Ship Masters and Senior Deck Officers.
• Marine Operations Managers.
• Maritime Compliance Officers.
• Professionals seeking expertise in Training Courses In Shipping, Maritime and Ports Training Courses.

Module 1: Three Systems, One Ship — What Ship Management Really Involves

• Roles and responsibilities of ship management teams.
• Ship management organisational structures.
• Integrated management systems.
• How the technical, human and commercial sides interact.

Module 2: Keeping the Machinery Running — Technical Management

• Principles of technical management.
• Machinery and equipment management.
• Technical inspections and audits.
• Asset lifecycle management.

Module 3: Crewing, Welfare and Human Performance

• Best practices in crewing.
• Recruitment, certification, and crew planning.
• Crew welfare and performance management.
• Training and competency development.

Module 4: Maintenance and Reliability Engineering

• Preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.
• Dry docking management.
• Planned Maintenance Systems (PMS).
• Reliability and asset optimisation.

Module 5: Commercial Operations and Voyage Management

• Managing daily vessel operations.
• Voyage planning and operational coordination.
• Commercial performance monitoring.
• Cost optimisation and resource management.

Module 6: Compliance, Safety and Risk at Sea

• International compliance requirements and the ISM Code.
• Safety Management Systems (SMS).
• Risk identification, mitigation and incident investigation.
• Performance measurement using KPIs and business continuity planning.

Module 7: Digital Ship Management and Emerging Practice

• Digital transformation in ship management.
• Fleet management technologies.
• Predictive maintenance systems.
• Future trends in maritime operations.