COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARITIME CARGO OPERATIONS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIY 5045 MARITIME CARGO OPERATIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OĞUZ ATIK

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration

Course Objective

Approach to International trade, logistics , transportation with a cargo point of view.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the international approach to maritime business, cargo movement and trade
2   To learn cargo types and special requirements for each type
3   to learn the cargo handling facilities, cargo handling equipment, storage principles and cargo care principles
4   To get a broad approach to international rules and regulations on cargo carriage and being able to evaluate legal consequences when the need arises
5   To increase the awareness on the role of cargo carriage on environmental protection

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of cargo, basic definitions and intoduction
2 Historical approach to cargo and transportation
3 Cargo types I
4 Cargo types II
5 Dry cargo operations I
6 Dry cargo operations II (Grain and BC code)
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 Stability of dry cargo, rules & regulations
9 Container operations
10 Liquid cargoes in bulk carriage, surveys, regulations.
11 Obo, RoRo, heavy cargo vessels, reefers and other types
12 Pollution coused by cargo carriers, MARPOL, OPA
13 Storage, warehousing, cargo care (ventilation, fumigation etc), cost minimization.
14 Understanding the network around cargo operations, brokers, banks, carriers, stevedores, shippers, agents, ports and others.

Recomended or Required Reading

Fundamental Maritime Business Administration literature, academic books, journals and other publications in the international transport and maritime transport areas.

REFERENCE BOOKS :
Gemi stabilitesi Teoman. Akın
Dry cargo operations
Marine Cargo Operations (The Blue Book). Charles L. Sauerbier Cornell Maritime Press; 3rd edition (April 2004)
The Stowage of the Cargo. Herbert H. Bridger Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson, ltd., 1927

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature survey, data analysis, case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.34553424455344
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