COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CARGO OPERATIONS, SHIP STRUCTURE AND STABILITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 3012 CARGO OPERATIONS, SHIP STRUCTURE AND STABILITY ELECTIVE 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SERIM PAKER

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration (Evening)
Maritime Business Administration

Course Objective

Students are supposed to understand, Hull of a ship and speficifications, Deck equipments, Load line, Plimsol marks and draft marks, Displacement, draught survey,Buoyancy, Effects of sea water density,
Movement of the center of gravity, Free surface effects, Longitudinal stability (trim), and corrections, Dry cargo equipments,Dry cargo operations, Bulk cargoes, Grain cargoes, Hazardous, harmful and dangerous cargoes.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn hull of a ship and specifications
2   To get information about deck equipments, Load line, Plimsol marks and draft marks, Displacement, draught survey, Buoyancy, Effects of sea water density
3   To learn movement of the center of gravity, Free surface effects, Longitudinal stability (trim), and corrections
4   To identify dry cargo equipments, dry cargo operations, bulk cargoes, grain cargoes
5   To get information about hazardous, harmful and dangerous cargoes

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Hull of a ship and specifications
2 Deck equipments
3 Load line, Plimsol marks and draft marks, Displacement, draught survey
4 Buoyancy, Effects of sea water density
5 Movement of the center of gravity
6 Free surface effects, Longitudinal stability (trim), and corrections
7 Midterm exam
8 Dry cargo equipments, Dry cargo operations, Bulk cargoes, Grain cargoes
9 Hazardous, harmful and dangerous cargoes
10 Usage of IMDG Code
11 Usages of IMDG Code
12 Tanker operations
13 Port operations
14 General review

Recomended or Required Reading

Thomas' Stowage, Captain R.E. THOMAS, 1993
Gemi Stabilitesi -1, Capt. Serdal CAN, 2007
Genaral Information for Grain Loading, National Cargo Bureau, Inc., 1994

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Cooperative and active teaching and learning strategies

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

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
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 117

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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