COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PORT ECONOMICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 4019 PORT ECONOMICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SADIK ÖZLEN BAŞER

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration (Evening)
Maritime Business Administration

Course Objective

Port Economics is the study of the economic decisions (and their consequences) of the users and providers of port services. It aims to evaluate port in all the economic concerns.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the classifying of port users and suppliers of port services in the context of economic demand and supply curves
2   To evaluate the two prices of ports: The price paid to port by the users and the price incurred by port user carriers, shippers and passengers
3   To comprehend the port users and service providers
4   To understand the operations in ports
5   To compare the carrier and shipper demand in port

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Port and economic development
2 Port users and service providers
3 Ports in operation
4 Carrier demand in port
5 Shipper demand in port
6 Port choices and passengers
7 Midterm exam I
8 Port operator operating options, productivity and cost
9 Port operator operating objectives, prices and investment
10 Port governance and agglomeration
11 Midterm exam II
12 Port performance and competition
13 Port dockworkers
14 EU Port services and directives

Recomended or Required Reading

Port Economics, Wayne K. Talley, New York, Routledge

Port Economics, Jansson Jan Owen and Dan Shneerson, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + 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 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 2 10 20
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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