Pitfalls and Remedies in International Trade

Pitfalls and Remedies in International Trade:

Five-day course at The Old Thorns Manor Hotel, Liphook, Hampshire, UK

Course aims and benefits
Why attend the course?
Brochure
Who should attend?
PDU/CPD Information
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Course aims and benefits

The IMB Trading Course is in its 35th year and widely acknowledged for its unique and practical approach in identifying and tackling potential pitfalls faced by those involved in international trade.

This fully residential intensive course has established itself as an essential date in the calendar of those responsible for managing and avoiding risk in today's trading environment. The course is designed for senior/middle managers in trading houses, banks, shipping companies, insurance companies with an interest in international trade.

Delegates will acquire an understanding of international trading problems including financing, insurance and shipping contracts. Recent developments will be analysed including a detailed examination of the manipulation of the documentary credit system, fraud and financial crime in trade finance, charter party failure and cargo abandonment at intermediate ports.

The course is heavily based on real-life case studies and draws on the considerable expertise of the IMB in preventing international trading problems.

Brochure

Click here for the April 2023 brochure.

Why attend the course?

The changing face of trade finance fraud. Are your due diligence measures effective?

How can you reduce risk by negotiating effective contract terms?

What are the major vulnerabilities in the transportation chain?

Why do charterparties fail? What can be done to prevent charterparty breakdowns?

What action do you take when your cargo and / or vessel does not arrive at the discharge port?

Who do you turn to when problems arise?

What are the legal remedies that are practical and available?

A Certificate of Qualification will be awarded at the conclusion of the course.

Who should attend?

The course is for senior/middle managers in trading houses, banks, shipping companies, insurance companies with an interest in international trade. The ideal participant will be engaged ‘hands-on’ within their organisation on a day-to-day basis.

In past years, the Annual IMB Trading Course has been attended by delegates from organisations based in over thirty different countries a small sample of which include :-

• ABN Amro Bank NV, Amsterdam
  Agrocorp International Pte Ltd, Singapore
  Aluminium Bahrain BSC, Manama
  Banca Commerciale Lugano, Lugano
  Bank of China, London
  Barclays Corporate, London
  PT. Bank Negara Indonesia (PERSERO), Jakarta
  BP Oil International Ltd.
  Cal Bank Limited, Accra
  Cellulose Marketing International AB, Gothenburg
  DS Concept, Monchengladbach
  Central Bank of Jordan, Amman
  Central Insurance of Iran, Tehran
  Credit Suisses, Zurich & Geneva
  Fortis Bank NV, Rotterdam & Singapore
  Ghana National Petroleum Corporation
  Helm A.G., Hamburg
  ING Bank, Amsterdam & Rotterdam
  Khimji Ramdas LLC, Muscat
  Malaysian International Shipping Corporation, Kuala Lumpur
  Munich Reinsurance, Munich
  National Maritime Authority, Lagos
  New India Insurance Co. Ltd., Mumbai
  PEC Limited, New Delhi
  Royal & Sun Alliance, London
  Solvay & Cie (Hestia), Brussels
  Swedish P & I Club, Gothenborg
  Swiss Re, Zurich
  Tilleke & Gibbins, Bangkok
  Vesta Forsikring AS, Bergen
  Walter Matter SA, Geneva
  Winterthur Swiss Insurance Co, Winterthur

PDU/CPD Information

CDCS®, CSDG®, CSCF® and CTFC®
holders attending will earn
18 PDU/CPD points
towards recertification