Maritime Supply Chain Management Training Course |Smart

Overview

Why Attend

A container can move flawlessly through a vessel schedule and still arrive late to the customer, because the failure happened somewhere between the port gate and the warehouse door — a missed rail slot, a freight forwarder working from outdated information, a handoff nobody owned. Maritime Supply Chain performance is rarely broken by a single weak link; it's broken by the seams between shipping, ports, and inland logistics that nobody manages end to end. The Maritime Supply Chain Management Training Course, is built for professionals responsible for making that entire chain function as one system rather than a series of disconnected handoffs.

This course treats maritime supply chains as an integration challenge first, and a transport challenge second. Participants explore how logistics integration connects ocean carriers, terminals, and inland transport into a coordinated flow, how multimodal transport decisions affect cost, speed, and reliability across a shipment's full journey, and how freight forwarding fits into that chain as a coordination function rather than just a booking service. The course also covers supply chain optimisation in practical terms — where genuine efficiency gains exist across a maritime network, and where apparent savings in one stage simply create delay or cost somewhere else. Participants leave with a practical, systems-level understanding of maritime supply chain management they can apply directly to routing, carrier, and logistics partner decisions.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Apply Maritime Supply Chain principles to manage shipping, ports, and logistics as one system
Achieve genuine logistics integration across ocean, port, and inland transport stages
Evaluate multimodal transport options for cost, speed, and reliability trade-offs
Manage freight forwarding relationships as a coordination function, not just booking
Apply supply chain optimisation techniques across a maritime logistics network
Identify where handoffs between stakeholders create delay or hidden cost
Coordinate effectively across carriers, terminals, and inland logistics providers
Evaluate maritime supply chain performance using metrics that reflect true end-to-end outcomes

Target Group

Supply chain and logistics managers working with maritime transport
Freight forwarding and multimodal transport professionals
Port and terminal coordinators working across the broader logistics chain
Shipping line commercial and logistics professionals
Procurement and operations professionals managing ocean freight
Professionals transitioning into maritime supply chain management roles

Course Outline

Foundations of Maritime Supply Chain Management
- Why supply chain failures usually occur at the seams, not within a single stage
- Managing shipping, ports, and logistics as one coordinated system
Achieving Genuine Logistics Integration
- Connecting ocean carriers, terminals, and inland transport into a coordinated flow
- Overcoming information gaps that break integration between stakeholders
Multimodal Transport Decision-Making
- Evaluating rail, road, and sea combinations for cost, speed, and reliability
- Structuring multimodal routing that avoids unnecessary handling and delay
Freight Forwarding as a Coordination Function
- Managing freight forwarders as active coordination partners, not just booking agents
- Building forwarding relationships that improve visibility across the chain
Supply Chain Optimisation in Practice
- Identifying genuine efficiency gains across a maritime logistics network
- Avoiding local optimisations that create cost or delay elsewhere in the chain
Managing Handoffs and Stakeholder Coordination
- Identifying where responsibility gaps between stakeholders cause disruption
- Building coordination practices that keep cargo moving across every handoff
Port and Terminal Integration Within the Supply Chain
- Understanding how port and terminal performance affects the wider supply chain
- Coordinating effectively with terminals to reduce dwell time and delay
Risk and Disruption Management Across the Chain
- Identifying vulnerabilities across shipping, ports, and inland logistics
- Building contingency approaches that maintain flow during disruption
Measuring End-to-End Supply Chain Performance
- Defining metrics that reflect genuine door-to-door performance
- Using performance data to drive continuous supply chain improvement

Schedule & Fees

2026 Schedule & Fees

25 - 29 Oct, 2026

English

Per participant USD 2,900

25 - 29 Oct, 2026

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

6 - 10 Dec, 2026

English

Per participant USD 2,900

6 - 10 Dec, 2026

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

2027 Schedule & Fees

24 - 28 Jan, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

24 - 28 Jan, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

7 - 11 Mar, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

7 - 11 Mar, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

25 - 29 Apr, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

25 - 29 Apr, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

6 - 10 Jun, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

6 - 10 Jun, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

25 - 29 Jul, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

25 - 29 Jul, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

5 - 9 Sep, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

5 - 9 Sep, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

24 - 28 Oct, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

24 - 28 Oct, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

5 - 9 Dec, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

5 - 9 Dec, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900