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New maritime training qualifications
New maritime training
qualifications
available at Puerto Rican university
2009, July 29: The
Pontifical Catholic
University of Puerto Rico has announced two training qualifications in maritime
logistics, a Professional Certificate Program in Transportation and Maritime
Logistics and a Bachelor of Business Administration, major in International
Business and Logistics.
CERTIFICATE
PROGRAMME
The Professional Certificate programme will
produce technicians with in-depth knowledge of transportation and maritime
logistics, by teaching technical skills and ethical standards of the various
areas of maritime law, maritime logistics and international transportation
management. It will teach the elements of supply and demand chain management;
import and export chain operation, as well as security.
Participants will do research projects which will
provide them the opportunity to address and overcome the challenges and
difficulties associated with maritime law, logistics, international
transportation management, maritime trade issues and security.
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DEGREE PROGRAMME
The International Business and Logistics degree
programme will qualify students to perform effectively in the global economy.
The International Business programme will provide students with the knowledge
needed to recognize the importance of human resources within the context of
global business and a global economy. It will stimulate participants to develop
and monitor, plan, organize and lead the global business environment.
This aspect of the degree programme emphasizes
the importance of diverse abilities that will allow students to participate
effectively in organizations within global markets.
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The Logistics component will teach logistic
concepts, techniques and principles, as well as supply chain management. It will
provide students with the knowledge to understand the relationship of business
processes, national and international, within and between organizations. It will
emphasize the various approaches associated with logistics to solve managerial
and business problems while providing the knowledge to understand the impact of
current and future logistics and management trends.
CSA members are
especially invited to avail
themselves and their organization of these training opportunities. In fact, the
announcement of these programmes comes following the signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding between the university and the Caribbean Shipping Association. The
Memorandum was signed on October 8, 2007 in Ponce Puerto Rico. (Details
of MOU between CSA and Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico.)
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