A look inside our Global Commerce, International Transportation and Trade Course (Shipping 101tm)

Our Shipping 101 training course began in 2004, after we recognized a need to provide clients with a better understanding and knowledge of the ever-changing shipping industry.   The business is always changing—there is no way around it.  We at Artemus anticipate the changes, embrace them and prepare for them.

Benjamin Disraeli once said, “In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.”  

 Our course provides the knowledge that is important to keeping up-to-date with the industry, the regulations, the systems, and so on. Since launching the program in Virginia Beach, VA, we have expanded the training courses from Virginia to New Jersey/New York, Atlanta, Houston and Seattle/Tacoma. We have two upcoming courses in Virginia in August and one in Seattle/Tacoma in September. Dates will be announced shortly.

We recently wrapped up a week at the New Jersey Marine Terminal with maxed-out attendance of 21 students with Anita Carty as the instructor We put a high value on feedback from the attendees, and are really motivated when we hear comments like the following from recent students:

“It is quite obvious that the instructor has had a lot of experience in the industry,” and “The class did meet my expectations, primarily due to the instructor’s ability to swiftly and effectively apply every concept in a pragmatic mode.”

Ed Kelly from the Maritime Association of the Port of NY/NJ has been sponsoring Shipping 101 in the NY/NJ area since 2007. Students that attend are from a wide-range of sectors: ocean carriers, NVOCC’s, freight forwarders, Port Authority, FMC officials, truckers, importers/exporters, and more.

In fact, one of Ed’s favorite aspects of the course is how well the industry as a whole is represented. According to Ed: “What I think is great is that you can have a shipper sitting next to someone in rail, which presents networking opportunities that you did not expect.”

Attendees get to enjoy an interactive environment with the instructor and fellow students in an informal classroom setting.

We see about 15-20 students sign up for each course. When I say students, there are some students from local colleges but many are entry-level employees have either been asked to take the class by upper-level management or have gotten recommendations from fellow employees.   Students walk away from the course with a better understanding of their company and the industry, enabling them to perform better on the job and improve customer service with clients.

 Albert Einstein said it best “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”

We are committed to providing a comprehensive program that fully prepares our students making them more efficient, more knowledgeable employees. Attendees from the course remarked, “It will help me relate to our business units better and support them more effectively” and “I would recommend it to everyone before their first day on the job.”

Topics include: the Export Process, Equipment Management, Intermodal Transportation and Logistics, Export Documentation, Terminal and Marine Operations and the Import Process.

Students are able to enjoy a port tour mid-week to get a better understanding of what is being taught by seeing the port in person.

You can read details about this course at:

http://www.artemus.us/shipping101.html

Our success stories are what make the course. We hear from students that have taken the course years before and are now working within the industry, many advancing to management level…starting out having never been in the industry before.  When asked about success stories, Steve Pniewski, President/CEO of ARTEMUS talks about two stories, “I had a single mom who was recently divorced and a military spouse so she has just moved to the area, come to me and ask if she could take the course as she wanted to get into the industry.  That was in 2004.  Today, she is a manager at an Ocean Carrier in Norfolk.” 

“Another story is a student who joined our company as an intern, just to work in 100 hours in business.  She took the course in 2009 and is now running the logistics operations of a national freight forwarder/NVOCC in Virginia Beach. Both students believe they could not have accomplished this without that initial introduction to the industry through our course.  We also have been hired by companies such as United Arab Shipping Company, who brought us to their location to teach the course to their employees.”

If you are interested in learning more about the course and when we will be in your area, please contact information@artemus.us or call us directly at 866-744-7101

Until next time, ARTEMUS OUT!