Technical management

Admiralty law
History
Ordinamenta et consuetudo maris Amalfian Laws Hanseatic League
Features
Shipping Freight rate General average Marine insurance Marine salvage Maritime lien Ship mortgage Ship registration Ship transport International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
Contracts of affreightment
Bill of lading Charter-party
Types of charter-party
Bareboat Demise Time Voyage
Parties
Carrier Charterer Consignee Consignor Shipbroker Ship-manager Ship-owner Shipper Stevedore
Judiciary
Admiralty court Vice admiralty court
International conventions
Hague-Visby Rules Hamburg Rules Rotterdam Rules Maritime Labour Convention International Convention on Salvage United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) SOLAS Convention Ballast Water Management Convention
International organisations
International Maritime Organization London Maritime Arbitrators Association

Technical management involves the duties a shipping company must perform for the technical operation of a vessel. This involves management related to crew management with related tasks, logistics related to operations as well as operations, service and maintenance.

Often technical management is performed by the ship owning company, but not always. Technical management is sometimes performed by separate companies than the commercial management, that involves chartering of the vessels and the financial aspects that is performed by the owner company.

Technical manager also involves managing all areas of technical support.

References

• Huber, Mark (2001). "Ch. 9:Chartering and Operations". Tanker operations: a handbook for the person-in-charge (PIC). Cambridge, MD: Cornell Maritime Press. ISBN 0-87033-528-6.
• Turpin, Edward A.; McEwen, William A. (1980). "Ch. 18:United States Navigation Laws and Ship's Business". Merchant Marine Officers' Handbook. Centreville, MD: Cornell Maritime Press. ISBN 0-87033-056-X.