ICS students gear up for exams

It’s become a regular fixture on the shipping calendar for Institute of Shipbrokers students – the annual preexamination weekend held in the Drakensberg. This year 32 students and nine ICS tutors wrapped up their exam preparation with a varied programme that ranged from presentations on the Rotterdam Rules, the current economic climate and port developments on the South and East African seaboard to piracy and the effects of global warming on the North Pole. A mock exam provided the usual wake-up call to students. This year 110 South African students will sit the exams in various centres in SA, while students registered with the SA Distance Learning Centre will sit the exams in Mauritius, Singapore, Chile, Dar-es-Salaam and Nairobi.