COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SALVAGE OPERATIONS AT SEA

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTE 4172 SALVAGE OPERATIONS AT SEA ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Marine Transportation Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BURAK KÖSEOĞLU

Offered to

Marine Transportation Engineering

Course Objective

This course will begin with the history of salvage and the general principles and go on with the legal issues such as; The Salvage Convention, Lloyd s Open Form and the SCOPIC clause. Concept of Modern Salvage will be covered and variety of salvage practices around the world will be discussed. The course will also include the technical aspect of salvage operations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To ensure that students have general knowledge of ship salvage operations.
2   Ensure that students have knowledge of the legislation on ship salvage.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General Information.
2 Brief history of marine salvage, marine salvage law.
3 The concept of marine salvage, elements of marine salvage, marine peril.
4 Salvor, salvage reward, saving lives.
5 Wreck removal.
6 Classification of marine salvage, pure salvage.
7 Concept of no cure - no pay, contract salvage, Lloyd`s Standard Form (LOF).
8 Mid Term Exam.
9 Marine salvage and environment.
10 International Salvage Conventions.
11 Modern marine salvage, special compensation, Special Compensation P&I Club (SCOPIC Clause) .
12 Emergency response, parties involved in marine salvage, International Salvage Union (ISU), P&I Clubs, Cost Guard, Navy, marine salvage in Turkey.
13 Marine salvage engineering, salvage master.
14 Salvage diver, marine salvage equipment.
15 General Evaluation.
16 Final Exam.

Recomended or Required Reading

- ICS. (2004). Peril At Sea and Salvage, International Chamber of Shipping.
- Reid, G. (1995). Marine Salvage: A Guide for Boaters and Divers.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, CBT, Videos.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Active Participation of Students

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asisst. Prof. Dr. Oguz Atik
oguz.atik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 80

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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