COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PORT AND TERMINAL BUSINESS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DLU 7014 PORT AND TERMINAL BUSINESS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Logistics and Maritime Transport Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÇIMEN KARATAŞ ÇETIN

Offered to

Logistics and Maritime Transport Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

Understanding the importance of the ports as a node between transportation systems, Learning the main terms and knowledge related to ports, Learning about the terminals and other facilities. Learning and discussing the topics of port business and management to prove the learnig outcomes, Gaining the ability of solving the possible problems analytically related to prt and terminal management.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the environment of transportation, port and logistics
2   Analyzing port environment through the perspective of business management
3   Learning and applying the functions of port management
4   Understanding the principles of port economic analysis
5   Solving and managing the problems related to port and terminal management; and sharing the solutions in written/oral forms

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Maritime Transport and Ports: Role, Functions, Economic Criteria
2 Port Infra-structures, Super-structures and Terminal Area Placement
3 Port Types, Organization and Port Members
4 Port Management Functions and Human Resources Management
5 Port Capacity: Congestion and Efficiency
6 Port Operations and Capacity Analysis
7 Midterm Exam
8 Cargo Handling Principles, Cargo Handling Gear, Elasticity and Specification of Handling Gears
9 Port Performance, Competition, Technology and IT
10 Port and Terminal Marketing
11 Port Finance
12 Legal Environment of Ports
13 Risk Management at Ports
14 Homework presentations and discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Business Resources, maritime and logistics resources, publications of national and international organizations of economics.
Alderton, Patrick Port Management and Operations , LLP Lloyd s Practical Shipping Guides London, 1999
Frankel, Ernst. G. Port Planning and Development , John Wiley and Sons, 1987
Yüksel, Yalçın ve Çevik, Özkan. Liman Mühendisliği , Beta Yayınları, 2010
World Bank, publications http://www.worldbank.org
http://www.iaphworldports.org/

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature survey, data analysis, case studies and presentations.

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 * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Achieving specialist level of knowledge, skill and competency and researching, commenting, expressing (oral-written forms) about port and terminal management in logistics and maritime transport sector will be evaluated

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: hakki.kisi@deu.edu.tr Tel: 3018832

Office Hours

Tuesday, 16.00 - 17.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 2 15 30
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 130

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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