COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTAINER SHIPPING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIY 5053 CONTAINER SHIPPING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DURMUŞ ALI DEVECI

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration

Course Objective

Understanding the structure of container shipping industry, containers, ships, container terminals and the actors in the business. Analyzing the costs, revenues and pricing in container shipping. Undertading the services of liner shipping companies. Analyzing the transportation contracts and other container shipping related documents. Comprehend the container security and international codes and applications. Understanding the strategic cooperations in container shipping industry.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding containers, ships and parties in container shipping
2   Understanding container operations and managements
3   Understanding costs, revenues and pricing in container shipping
4   Understanding contracts of carriages and documents in container shipping
5   Understanding strategic cooperations in container shipping

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Principles, concepts and developments of containerization
2 Container types and classification
3 Container ship types and characteristics
4 Shipowners, Operators, Shippers, Liner Agents, Freight forwarders, third party logistics service providers and Non Vessel Operating Common Carriers (NVOCCs)
5 Container ports, terminals and container handling
6 Container management
7 Midterm Exam
8 Container shipping costs
9 Container shipping revenues
10 Liner service networks
11 Transportation contract and documentation
12 Container security and the ISPS Code
13 Landside container logistics
14 Alliances, consortia, conferences and regulations on pricing

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 :
Liner Trades, The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers Witherby Shipping Business, Edinburg, Scotland, UK, 2011/2012
Sea Change in Liner Shipping Regulation and Managerial Decision-making in a Global Industry, Marry Brooks, Pergamon Press, 2000
Marine Transportation Management, Henry S. Marcus, Auburn House Publishing Co. Dover, Massachusetts.1987

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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