COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SHIP AGENCY AND BROKERING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DLU 7025 SHIP AGENCY AND BROKERING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Logistics Engineering (Non-Thesis-Evening)
Logistics Engineering

Course Objective

Business management approach to understanding and analyzing the international maritime business environment

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the international approach to maritime business and transport
2   Learning the tools for systems thinking, including methods to elicit the structure of international maritime business environment system
3   Understanding and application of the guidelines for ship agency and brokering functions
4   Grasping the procedures related to the liabilities and the authorities of ship agencies and brokers
5   Concluding, managing and communicating the problems arising in the ship agency and brokering environment of the international shipping markets

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 International transport environment, Ship agency, broker; types and definitions in legal aspects and regulations
2 Agent Principal Relations and principles of work
3 Authorities, official procedures and the agent
4 Agent and port services
5 Services to the ship and crew
6 Charter Parties and the responsibilities of ship agency
7 Charter Parties; Laytime, Demurrage and Despatch
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Ship and Cargo documents
10 Unusual events; Surveys, Arrest and Detention
11 Agency costs and fees,
12 Ship types and measurement, ship certificates
13 Agency organization
14 Homework Presentation and Discussion
15 Final Exam

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 :
Malcolm Latarche, Port Agency , Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, Witherby Publishers, 1998.
Alderton, Patrick Port Management and Operations , LLP Lloyd s Practical Shipping Guides London, 1999.
The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business, 2nd Edition, ed. Costas Th. Grammenos, Lloyd s List, London, 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature survey, analysis, case studies

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

MSc level knowledge, skills and competencies in research, examination, critics, oral and written presentation of Business Management practices in the scope of international maritime business environment will be assessed

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Hakkı KIŞI
e-mail: hakki.kisi@deu.edu.tr ,Tel: 3018832

Office Hours

Tuesday, 16.00 -17.00

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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