MBA in Maritime and Shipping Management
Tallinn, Estonia
MBA
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
About: The MBA in Maritime and Shipping Management at Orion University develops operational, commercial, legal, environmental and financial expertise in ship operations, port and terminal systems, chartering, marine insurance, maritime law, ocean processes and sustainability, culminating in an original dissertation that addresses a real maritime problem. Keywords: maritime management, shipping operations, chartering, shipbroking, marine insurance, maritime law, logistics.
Career Outcomes: Graduates enter roles across shipping: shipowners' offices, operations, chartering, shipbroking, marine insurance and claims, surveyors and marine superintendents, port and terminal management, ship agency, bunkering, shipyards, banks and financing, maritime law, supply chain and logistics, executive maritime positions and research.
Objectives
- Build a comprehensive understanding of ship operations and management, maritime regulations, documents, and standards.
- Develop operational and commercial expertise in port, terminal, and cargo systems, including safety and hazardous goods.
- Master the legal–commercial framework of carriage of goods by sea and chartering (voyage/time charters, contracts, disputes).
- Apply marine environmental regulation, compliance, and sustainability tools to reduce risk and cost.
- Quantify risk and protection using marine insurance principles (MIA, proximate cause, losses/liabilities).
- Interpret ocean and coastal processes that influence routing, safety, and port/terminal planning.
- Use maritime economics & finance—markets, investment appraisal, risk management, and emerging analytics—to drive strategy.
- Conduct ethical, methodologically sound research and communicate results clearly to professional and academic audiences.
- Deliver an original dissertation that addresses a real maritime problem with actionable recommendations.
1. Maritime Operations and Shipping Management
Shipowning departments, maritime careers, shipping terminology, ship types, nationality, flags, IMO conventions, sales contracts, B/L, cargo terms/operations, classification/ISM.
2. Maritime Trade, Port and Cargo Operations
Port expenses, agency services, unitized cargo, grains, timber, minerals, chemicals, dangerous goods, cargo disputes, documents, world ports, Port State Control.
3. Carriage of Goods by Sea and Chartering
Commercial shipping and chartering: shipbrokers, Baltic Exchange, liability, laydays, NOR, demurrage, time charters, Worldscale, crude oil transport, procedures, negotiations, contracts.
4. Marine Environment, Pollution
Marine Environmental Protection Regulations and Case Studies. Marine Debris & Hazardous Pollutants: Antifouling, Ghost Gear & Radiological Risk.
5. Marine Insurance
Marine Insurance Law & Practice: MIA 1906, Lloyd’s, Insurable Interest & Utmost Good Faith. Proximate cause, risks, losses and liabilities.
6. Ocean Circulation and Biological Ocean Processes
Seawater, salinity; Ocean and boundary currents; Plankton, zooplankton, holoplankton; Nekton, fishes and mammals, migration; Waves, abnormal waves, tsunamis; Tides, energy from tides.
7. Maritime Economics & Finance
Maritime finance and Quantum finance, Strategic management, Risk management, Maritime economics.
8. Research Methods
From ideas to researchable questions, Literature, ethics, and research integrity, Methodologies, sampling, and quality criteria, Data analysis, visualization, and reporting.
9. Dissertation
An original, supervised research project addressing a maritime or marine-science problem, demonstrating literature synthesis, rigorous methodology, data analysis, and professional practice; submitted as a written dissertation and defended orally.
On successful completion, graduates will be able to:
- Explain the structure of the maritime industry, ship types, documentation, and IMO/ISM frameworks.
- Plan and evaluate port, terminal, and cargo operations, balancing efficiency, safety, and regulatory compliance.
- Apply the legal principles and commercial practice of chartering (laytime, demurrage, NOR, contracts and disputes).
- Assess environmental risks and implement marine environmental protection and sustainability strategies.
- Analyse and structure marine insurance cover; interpret causation, interest, and liability to manage claims.
- Integrate ocean circulation and coastal processes into navigational, operational, and infrastructure decisions.
- Interpret maritime market cycles, freight/asset pricing, and finance instruments; appraise investments and manage risk.
- Use quantitative and qualitative research methods, sampling, and quality criteria to generate valid evidence.
- Visualise, report, and defend analyses with professional clarity for executive decision-making.
- Lead cross-functional teams and negotiate effectively with owners, charterers, insurers, regulators, and port stakeholders.
- Design and execute an independent research project that produces practical recommendations for industry.
- Demonstrate ethical conduct, research integrity, and commitment to continuous professional development.
Career - Maritime jobs explained
Academic staff consisting of professionals with significant careers at sea and generally in the shipping industry, in collaboration with special academic personnel highly expert in business and international maritime affairs. Below are the maritime jobs that our courses prepare you.
Shipowners Office
- Operation
- Accounting
- Chartering
- Marine Insurance
- Technical
- Claims
- Crew
- ISM
- Supply
Autonomous Office
- Charterers
- Custom broker
- Consignor
- Receiver
- Shipbroker
- Sales and Purchase Broker
- Marine Insurance Broker
- Ship’s agent
- Bunker broker
- Underwriter
- Average adjusters
- Arbitrators
- Shipyards
- Marine superintendent
- Surveyors
- Banks (funding, guarantees)
- Consulates
- Lawyers’ office
- Ship Supplier or Shipchandler
Work in Executive maritime positions
Our students, regardless of their professional origin and their academic level, acquire the necessary knowledge which gives them the opportunity to get an outstanding job position in shipping and rise to the highest levels of the maritime industry.