COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN SHIPPING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIY 5041 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN SHIPPING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration (English)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SEÇIL SIGALI

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration (English)

Course Objective

To have a strong background about Advanced Shipping and Logistics Finance
To gain an financial perspective for the shipping and logistics Industry
To understand general financial structure of all shipping and logistics operations

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To Gain detailed knowledge on Shipping and Logistics Finance.
2   To understand general financial structure of all shipping and logistics operations.
3   To understand the financial relationships in shipping and logistics operations
4   To understand the financial transactions in shipping and logistics industry
5   To comprehend financial aspects of shipping

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The economic Organization of the shipping Market
2 The financial structure of the shipping and logistics markets
3 The four shipping markets
4 Supply, demand and freight rates
5 Costs, Revenue and Financial Performance and finance methods for ships and shipping companies
6 Financial indicators for the logistics and shipping companies, Issuing stocks for maritime industry .
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 Bulk cargo and the fianancial aspects of bulk shipping
9 The general cargo and the financial aspects of liner shipping
10 Financial Risks for the Shipping and logistics companies
11 Financial aspects of shipbuilding and scrapping
12 Maritime Financial forecasting and market research
13 Financial Evaluation of ship and logistics investments
14 Project Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s)/References/Materials: Stopford, Martin (1997). Maritime Economics, London

REFERENCE BOOKS :
Schall, Lawrence D. (1991). Introduction to Financial Management, Singapore
Journals:
Maritime Policy and Management, Journal, ISSN: 0308-8839
Maritime Economics and Logistics, Journal, ISSN: 1479-2931

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


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

Monday 15:15 - 16:15

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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