C58

About this course

C58 is part of the CIP’s three-course Marine curriculum and is the first of two courses concerning marine hull and associated liability risks. You will review world shipping in outline, consider the legal environment of shipping, and examine the scope of various insurance options.

Areas of interest

1

Learn about the different types of ships, their key characteristics, and their operations.

2

Examine the legal environment of shipping, along with its implications for hull and protection and indemnity (P&I) insurance.

3

Explore the scope of marine, hull, liability, and related classes of insurance for ships, ports, and terminals and their practical application.

4

Study the scope of P&I insurance and how it is provided.

Topics

Main elements of marine hull and liability risk
Legal environment for shipping
Legal mechanisms that allocate risk

Legal issues relating to carriage of goods and charterparties
Marine Insurance Act 1906

Who should register

You can take all three Marine courses or a combination of Marine and Applied Professional courses to fulfil the Applied Professional requirement within the CIP program. Alternatively, you can take this course as an elective.

Upcoming classes

Exam

Each CIP course has a final exam worth at least two-thirds of the course grade. The exam can be written online with virtual proctoring or in person at one of our exam centres (subject to availability).

Please note the C58 exam format is changing effective July 2025 exam session. The new exam format will include a combination of multiple-choice and constructed-response questions.

For further information, see

Exam format page
C58 exam blueprint, available to registered students in the C58 online resources in our learning management system

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Marine Hull and Associated Liabilities—Part 1 (Marine Course)