The Netherlands Maritime University Rotterdam (STC-NMU) is a specialised educational institute founded by the

STC Group The Shipping and Transport College Group (STC Group) is an international maritime transport and logistics education provider, which also offers consultancy and applied research in the field of shipping, ports, transport, logistics and port-related ...

(Shipping and Transport College),

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

. It offers a specialised 40-week Master Shipping and Transport program that trains students for

management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

positions in the

shipping Freight transport, also referred as ''Freight Forwarding'', is the physical process of transporting Commodity, commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American English, it h ...

and

transport Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, an ...

industry.

Learning objectives

The program teaches tactical and strategic levels of a variety of subjects, such as: * Understanding means of transport and principles of all inbound and outbound

maritime Maritime may refer to: Geography * Maritime Alps, a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps * Maritime Region, a region in Togo * Maritime Southeast Asia * The Maritimes, the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Princ ...

port modalities. * Design, control and management of

port A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ham ...

shipping lines A shipping line or shipping company is a company whose line of business is ownership and operation of ships. Shipping companies provide a method of distinguishing ships by different kinds of cargo: # Bulk cargo is a type of special cargo that is ...

and freight traffic flows. * Cross-functional and interdisciplinary cooperation between all actors in the (maritime) industry (during planning, design and operational processes). * Understanding maritime politics, maritime political issues within the international arena. * Understanding the different organisational perspectives, e.g. strategy, crewing and manning (

human resources Human resources (HR) is the set of people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, industry, or economy. A narrower concept is human capital, the knowledge and skills which the individuals command. Similar terms include m ...

management), fleet and

cargo Cargo consists of bulk goods conveyed by water, air, or land. In economics, freight is cargo that is transported at a freight rate for commercial gain. ''Cargo'' was originally a shipload but now covers all types of freight, including trans ...

operations, shipping finance and accounting, management, (organisation) policies, etc. * Understanding the implications in respect to social and environmental welfare. The program also includes simulator assisted applications that position participants in a situation in which they must act upon a practical management problem. Participants are challenged to bring solutions and defend their findings in front of a group or in plenary settings.

Entry qualification

Students must have a

bachelor degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ye ...

in a relevant subject and at least two years working experience, or, a bachelor's degree and at least two years of working experience in shipping, transport, logistics or a related industry. Potential participants have such backgrounds as: * Seafaring officers, needing the necessary tools to take up an onshore occupation after a number of years at sea. * Current staff ashore, needing extra training to extend their knowledge and skills on shipping, supply chain management and intermodal and multimodal transport. * Employees in specialised or technical related functions, who aspire to a management function. Graduates have moved on to positions in: maritime and logistic operations such as port management organisations, shipping companies, international logistics providers,

port authorities In Canada and the United States, a port authority (less commonly a port district) is a governmental or quasi-governmental public authority for a special-purpose district usually formed by a legislative body (or bodies) to operate ports and other t ...

, governmental institutes and consultancy firms.

The program

The 40-week program is divided into five modules. The fifth module is dedicated to the thesis project, which takes around four months. Participants can do the thesis in their home country, at their own employer or as an internship within a company in the Rotterdam area. The programMaster Shipping and Transport course overview
comprises five different modules, including a specialisation. Each module is split up into various courses. In total there are 21 courses and 2 specialisations. Participants are challenged to approach maritime issues on tactical and strategic level from different perspectives: * Roles in the supply chain, e.g. freight forwarder,

stevedore A stevedore (), also called a longshoreman, a docker or a dockworker, is a waterfront manual laborer who is involved in loading and unloading ships, trucks, trains or airplanes. After the shipping container revolution of the 1960s, the number o ...

, logistics company, carrier,

shipbroker Shipbroking is a financial service, which forms part of the global shipping industry. Shipbrokers are specialist intermediaries/negotiators (i.e. brokers) between shipowners and charterers who use ships to transport cargo, or between buyers and ...

, port authority, governmental body. * Different organisational perspectives, e.g. legal, human resource management, operations, finance and accounting, organisation, company policies, etc. Participants are required to define their own thesis projects in close cooperation with the thesis supervisor and to find a suitable company that will ‘sponsor’ the thesis. The thesis must demonstrate that the participant has acquired the necessary skills and knowledge to approach a management problem in shipping.

Notes and references

External links

Netherlands Maritime University main site
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